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WEBCAST APR 26 – CITI Governance – Social Media and International Governance: The UNESCO Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms
by Joly MacFie 27 Apr '23

27 Apr '23

Since I have my hands full with the Central Africa Peering Forum <https://isoc.live/16507/>, two languages on Channels 1 and 2, this will run on Channel 3, and also real time text will not be posted until later in the day. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16515>On *Wednesday April 26 2023* at *11:00-12:30 EDT* (15:00-16:30 UTC) the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information <https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/>*, as part of its *Global Digital Governance <https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars-global-digital-gove…>* series, presents a webinar '*Social Media and International Governance: The UNESCO Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms <https://bit.ly/3AvCTFa>*'. The many issues raised by social media platforms have stimulated calls for new governance mechanisms. Some platforms have responded by establishing self-governance systems like oversight boards, and some governments and regional bodies like the European Union have responded with laws and regulations, in particular for the largest platforms. At the multilateral level several initiatives are underway, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) effort to develop *Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms <https://www.unesco.org/en/internet-conference/guidelines>*. The Guidelines are intended to promote regulations that both support freedom of expression and deal with content that is illegal and risks harm to democracy and human rights. This webinar assembles a panel of leading expert participants in the UNESCO debate and related discussions. The group will assess driving issues and interests, negotiation dynamics, potential outcomes and larger digital governance implications. *INTRODUCTION* *Eli Noam*, Paul Garrett Professor, Emeritus / Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information *PANEL* *Alison Gillwald*, Executive Director of Research, ICT Africa (RIA) *David Kaye*, Director, International Justice Clinic, University of California, Irvine *Laura O’Brien*, Senior UN Advocacy Officer, Access Now *MODERATOR* *William J. Drake*, Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citi-unesco-social <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citi-unesco-social>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3AvCTFa <https://bit.ly/3AvCTFa>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/16515>*) *TWITTER #DigitalPlatforms <https://bit.ly/3NeESFm> @UNESCO @Elinoam @wjdrake @Columbia_Biz @alison_gillwald @RIAnetwork @davidakaye @UCILaw Laura O'Brien @accessnow* *MASTODON #DigitalPlatforms <https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalPlatforms> @unesco@mastodon.social @davidkaye@mastodon.social* *SIMULCAST* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> *(AI Captions) Permalink https://isoc.live/16515/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://isoc.live/16515/> - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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app for collecting facebook posts
by Sneha Singh 27 Apr '23

27 Apr '23

Kia Ora all, I am an early career researcher. I was wondering if there are any specific applications/tools that can help me collect Facebook posts from a private group that I am a member of. Tried using nVivo but it hardly does the job. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Thank you so much for your help, -- Ngā mihi nui, Sneha Singh PhD Candidate Department of Sociology Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

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ICA PreConference on Gen Z and Global Communication Program
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Register our ICA on-site preconference on May 25 Thursday $10 (registration deadline is May 12) https://www.icahdq.org/event/ICA23-GenZ ICA PreConference Gen Z and Global Communication May 25 Thursday, 8-a.m. -12 p.m. Sheraton Toronto - Room: Linden See Full Program at: https://omgc.shisu.edu.cn/8e/63/c12420a167523/page.htm Chair: Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State University, U.S.A.; Founding Editor-in-Chief, Online Media and Global Communication Keynote: Homero Gil de Zuniga, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Salamanca, Distinguished Professor of Media Studies at Pennsylvania State University, and Senior Research Fellow at Universidad Diego Portales “Zoomers, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers? The News Finds Me Perception as a Media Effect Equalizer and Implications on Global Communication” Panel 1: Media Use and Gen Z’s World View Panel 2: Children and News: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions Full paper presentations (5 papers): High Density Session (14 papers): I. Effect of Social Media and International News Exposure on Gen Z’s Perception of the World II. Artificial Intelligence and Gen Z III. Gen Z and Digital Activism/Advocacy Campaigns IV. Comparison between Gen Z and Other Generations

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IEEE Communications Magazine Call for Papers - Special Issue on Social-aware Communication Networks and Systems and Innovative Social Network Applications and Services
by Jui-Yi Tsai 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

*IEEE Communications Magazine Call for Papers* *Special Issue on Social-aware Communication Networks and Systems and Innovative Social Network Applications and Services* *Call for Papers* Social network analysis has been an active area of research for several decades. Ιt has recently though gained a big momentum with the booming popularity of social media, the proliferation of mobile devices and advancement of their capabilities and the semantically enriched user interactions that have exponentially grown, especially during the long-lasting COVID-19 pandemic. In general, social entities with close relationships (family, friends), sharing similar interests or belonging within the same community, tend to interact more often, more regularly and for longer periods than others, carrying with them an inherent concept of trust. Representing social interactions using directed or undirected graphs with nodes and edges carrying weight and different types of information, researchers have been able to identify users within certain circles of trust / distrust (friends, friends of friends, distrusted entities, friends of distrusted entities, etc.), communities of users sharing similar interests, the most influential users and information / influence flows, and to develop recommender system for users and content. The social dimension, however, cannot be separated from the spatial one: physical proximity affects relations between users, making social ties establishment more likely to succeed. Thus, online social networks and offline social interactions (mostly following users’ mobility patterns) in the physical world can play a crucial role in a multitude of areas. As a result of the aforementioned considerations, social networks have attracted interest from researchers across multiple disciplines and for a wide range of challenges. Without being exhaustive: developing social-aware networking algorithms for improving various networking operations (most notably routing and information forwarding, resource allocation, content placement/caching/sharing etc.), identifying graph topology structure as well as its evolution, along with information / influence paths for maximizing the impact of information dissemination (with advertisements for new products and services in marketing being a direct application area) and exploring decision making process in a social psychology context (with the Internet of Behaviors forming a new concept to be explored), designing incentive mechanisms for promoting cooperation and establishing trust in order to address security concerns (mostly concerning open, uncertain, highly dynamic and potentially competitive environments, such as Internet of Things). These challenges have often been addressed with the help of emerging informatics and communication technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analysis, and blockchain. The aim of this Feature Topic (FT) is to attract original works discussing the state-of-the-art and setting future directions in the area of social-aware networks and advanced applications in the following topical areas. Prospective authors are invited to submit articles on topics including, but not limited to: - Graph modeling, learning/prediction, social network evolution with application in social-aware networks / systems and advanced applications; simulations, experiments - Recommender systems, community detection with application in social-aware networks / systems and advanced applications - Influence, trust, information propagation & evolution with application in social-aware networks / systems and advanced applications - Detection and mitigation of echo chambers, polarization, radicalization and other societal challenges exacerbated by social media platforms with application in social-aware networks / systems and advanced applications - Platforms, algorithms, systems and techniques integrating AI/blockchain/big data with social networking - Social-aware traffic management - Social-aware network infrastructure - Social-by-engineering design in 6G - Social-aware networking algorithms, techniques and social-aware communication systems - Internet of Things (IoT), Social-IoT, Internet of Behavior (IoB), Social Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of People - Social sensing - Location-based social networks, user activity modeling and exploitation, mobility and behavior data mining - Advanced Innovative social network related applications and services - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on social networks for social-aware networking and advanced applications *Submission Guidelines* Manuscripts should conform to the standard format as indicated in the Information for Authors section of the Manuscript Submission Guidelines <https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-communications-magazine/…>. Please, check these guidelines carefully before submitting since submissions not complying with them will be administratively rejected without review. All manuscripts to be considered for publication must be submitted by the deadline through Author Portal <https://ieee.atyponrex.com/journal/COMMAG-IEEE>. Select the “FT-2227 / Social-aware communication networks and systems” topic from the drop-down menu of Topic/Series titles. Please observe the dates specified here below noting that there will be no extension of submission deadline. *Important Dates* Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 April 2023 Decision Notification: 30 July 2023 Final Manuscript: 30 September 2023 Publication: Fourth Quarter 2023

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New Book: Labor of Reinvention
by Lin Zhang 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Dear All, I am delighted to announce the publication of The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the Chinese New Digital Economy<http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-labor-of-reinvention/9780231551298> (Columbia University Press, 2023). Please consider reading the book if you are interested in digital labor, entrepreneurship, innovation, non-Western tech and science, China & Asia. BOOK DESCRIPTION >From start-up founders in the Chinese equivalent of Silicon Valley to rural villages experiencing an e-commerce boom to middle-class women reselling luxury goods, the rise of internet-based entrepreneurship has affected every part of China. For many, reinventing oneself as an entrepreneur has appeared to be an appealing way to adapt to a changing economy and society. Yet in practice, digital entrepreneurship has also reinforced traditional Chinese ideas about state power, labor, gender, and identity. Lin Zhang explores how the everyday labor of entrepreneurial reinvention is remaking China amid changing geopolitical currents. She tells the stories of people from diverse class, gender, and age backgrounds across rural, urban, and transnational settings in rich detail, providing a multifaceted and ground-level view of the twenty-first-century Chinese economy. Zhang explores the surge in digital entrepreneurialism against the backdrop of global financial crises, the U.S.-China trade war, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She argues that the rise of internet-based industries and practices has simultaneously empowered and exploited digital entrepreneurs and laborers. Despite embracing high-tech innovation, state-led entrepreneurialization does not represent a radical break with the past. It has provided a means for implementing developmental goals while retaining the importance of the traditional family and generating new inequalities. Shedding new light on global capitalism and the digital economy by centering a non-Western perspective, The Labor of Reinvention vividly conveys how the contradictions of entrepreneurialism have played out in China. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface: The Cult of Entrepreneurialism 1. The Labor of Entrepreneurial Reinvention Part I. City in Transition 2. Navigating the Investor State: Elite and Grassroots Entrepreneurs in Zhongguancun 3. From Science Park to Coworking: ZGC’s Contested Spaces of Innovation Part II. Back to the Countryside 4. The Platformization of Family Production: Reinventing Rural Familism and Governance for the E-Commerce Era 5. Moving Beyond Shanzhai? The Contradictions of Entrepreneurial Reinvention in Rural China Part III. Transnational Encounters 6. Between Individualization and Retraditionalization: Reinventing Self and Work Through Platform-Based Daigou Epilogue: Toward a China Paradigm Notes Index Lin Zhang Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies University of New Hampshire Author of Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (Columbia, 2023) http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-labor-of-reinvention/9780231551298 Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Communication Website: http://linzhangweb.org/ Academic.edu: http://usc.academia.edu/ZhangLin

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Call for Abstract: 4S Open Panel "Rethinking Platform Studies in and With Asia"
by Lin Zhang 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Please consider submitting your abstracts to our open panel “Rethinking Platform Studies in and With Asia” at the 4S Conference in Honolulu this fall, November 8-11. The submission deadline is May 26th. Open Panel organizers: Elaine Yuan, eyuan(a)uic.edu Lin Zhang, Lin.zhang(a)unh.edu Merlyna Lim, Merlyna.Lim(a)carleton.ca Asmita Bhutani Vij, Asmita.bhutani(a)mail.utoronto.ca Conference info: https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php Panel info: https://4sonline.org/news_manager.php?page=31405 The 'platform turn' introduced a new framework to comprehend the technological, economic, and discursive practices of the post-industrial digital economy. The understanding of platforms as the new frontiers of the globalized digital economy, however, has only gained further depth and nuances when situated outside the epicenter of Silicon Valley in other parts of the world, especially Asia, the world's fastest-growing region. The variegated local experiences, dynamism and heterogeneity of platform economies in Asia both complement and challenge Silicon Valley-centered narratives. They interrogate mainstream platform studies' assumptions and position 'platform capitalism' within the extension and convergence of long-term tendencies in the history of global capitalism and in diverse local social and cultural contexts. This 'politics of imagining Asia' has become increasingly contested recently with a surge in Anti-Asian sentiments during the Covid-19 pandemic and the intensification of a 'new Cold War' centered around the US and China. Digital platforms and technologies are at the center of these confrontations: from supply chain disruption and restructuring, inter-regional flows of capital, goods, technologies, and labor, new restrictions of foreign capital and businesses, to discursive battles over racism and xenophobia, and debates about different models of political governance and economic development. This panel aims to facilitate productive discussions and dialogue for scholars working at the intersection of platform studies and Asian studies. What could we gain by rethinking platform studies in and with Asia? How could our engagement with platforms help advance Asian studies at the new conjuncture? To submit YOUR ABSTRACT, please go to: https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php, click “SUBMIT AN OPEN PANEL/INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACT”, select “Submit New Paper”, sign-in or continue without logging in, and select our panel “Rethinking Platform Studies in and With Asia” from the open panel selection. Lin Zhang Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies University of New Hampshire Author of Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (Columbia, 2023) http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-labor-of-reinvention/9780231551298 Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Communication Website: http://linzhangweb.org/ Academic.edu: http://usc.academia.edu/ZhangLin

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Vacancy: Assistant Professor Cultural AI & Computational Methods (1.0 FTE)
by Helmond, A. (Anne) 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Hi everyone, We have a vacancy for an Assistant Professor Cultural AI & Computational Methods (1.0 FTE) at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, at the Department of Media and Culture Studies. We are looking for a new colleague specializing in cultural AI and computational methods. The candidate for this position combines computational skills with a critical perspective on how AI shapes transformations in media, art and culture (AI for culture) and how media, art and culture can shape AI (culture for AI), with special consideration for AI’s ethical implications. We invite applications from researchers with experience in teaching on critical data and algorithm studies, and with practical skills in machine learning practices, programming languages and recommender systems. The applicant has a background in media studies, communication studies or Digital Humanities. A successful candidate will contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching within the Faculty of Humanities and beyond. Application deadline: 26 May 2023. More information: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/assist…

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Creator Culture & Digital Ethnography reading lists
by Glatt,ZA (pgr) 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Hi everyone! A lot of you already know about these already but for those of you who don’t, for the past three years I’ve curated and managed two open access reading lists that I hope you’ll find useful for your teaching and research: * Influencer Industries and Creator Culture reading list: https://t.co/Z8fbfmkojd * Digital Ethnography reading list (resource of The Digital Ethnography Collective): https://t.co/ggTw5zeVaR As is evidenced by the lovable eclecticism of their referencing styles, these reading lists are collaboratively produced! They’ve really taken on a life of their own and I’m so happy that people continue to use and grow them. If you have work that you’d like to share, then I invite you to please add it via the links at the top of each document. Many thanks and all the best, Zoe ________________________ Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> ESRC PhD Researcher in Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Incoming Postdoc: Microsoft’s Social Media Collective Co-Founder: The Digital Ethnography Collective @DigECollective<https://twitter.com/DigECollective> Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | LSE bio<http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/phd-researchers/zoe-gl…>

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Call for applications, PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research - NASP (University of Milan - University of Turin)
by Alessandro Gandini 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

The SOMET (Sociology and Methodology of Social Research) PhD, jointly run by the University of Milan and the University of Turin, is now accepting applications for a.y 2023-24. Applicants will be admitted ONLY with a scholarship. There are 6 scholarships available for the upcoming cycle. SOMET is one of the leading sociological PhD Programmes in Italy. Entirely held in English, its courses, seminars and research activities are organised jointly by the University of Milan and the University of Turin. Its Faculty also includes sociologists from other Italian and international universities. The Ph.D. programme in Sociology has a longstanding tradition of excellence in Italy. It was one of the first to be established after the 1980 university reform and has provided a large number of outstanding academic sociologists who have gone on to make significant contributions to teaching and research in Italy and abroad. The aim of the programme is to provide structured and advanced training in theoretically-guided empirical research across a wide range of sociological fields and to introduce students to current international issues in both qualitative and quantitative social research. The course consists of a three-year programme made of 60 credits per year. The first year is devoted to basic training, in conjunction with the activities of the Faculty's interdisciplinary Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences. The second year is partly spent in a relevant university department abroad and is devoted to the initial drafting of the thesis. The third year is entirely spent completing the thesis. Graduates will be able to compete successfully for positions as researchers (in public and private universities and research centers), skilled professionals and consultants in sociology to public agencies and international organizations and institutions in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. Several of our recent graduates have obtained positions in important international universities (University of Amsterdam, King's College London, University of Essex, EmLyon Business school, Middlesex University, University of Birmingham). Since 2014-2015, the PhD programme in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research (SOMET) has been offering PhD positions for joint degrees with two LERU partner universities – *University of Amsterdam* and *Lund University*. From 2019-2020 a new partnership will be activated with *Vrije Universiteit Brussel*. Several joint-degrees are currently active also with several French Universities, among which the *Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales* (EHESS) in Paris. The research areas covered by the PhD Programme in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research (Universities of Milan and Turin) comprise: - Culture and consumption - Digital society and the media - Gender and sexuality - Migration studies, multicultural societies and citizenship - Science, technology, environment and urban studies - Social inequalities and socio-economic stratification - Social movements, collective action and civil society - Sociology of family - Sociology of health - Sociology of politics, public opinion and voting - Work and organizations Deadline: 5 May 2023 The Call for Applications is available here: https://www.unimi.it/en/education/postgraduate-and-continuing-education-pro… -- Alessandro Gandini Associate Professor of Sociology University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milan @afrontiercity Zoom room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86220750830

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"James Carey & Media Studies" Colloquium--University of Illinois, Apr. 27-28
by Hay, James W 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

James Carey & Media Studies--The Past in the Present James Carey has had a profound impact on Communication & Media Studies, and in shaping the direction of Communication & Media Studies at the University of Illinois--as a professor, mentor, Dean of the College of Communication (now the College of Media), and Director of the Institute of Communications Research (ICR). He was, and remains, globally recognized for his wide-ranging contributions and interventions, including as an advocate for interdisciplinary studies of media and communications, as a historian of media, through his perspectives about Communication, Information, & Media Studies and their history, through his interests in the relation between Communication Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Studies, through his attention to the technologies of communication and information, through his engagement with theories and histories of journalism, and as a contributor to theories and histories about the role of media in democratic forms of citizenship. To revisit and reconsider Carey’s impact on the field of Communication & Media Studies, and to highlight the recent launch of the James Carey Faculty Fellowship at the University of Illinois, the Institute of Communications Research is sponsoring a two-day colloquium on April 27 & 28. The event will take place at the University of Illinois. Room numbers are indicated on the attached flier. QR codes for accessing the event through Zoom are also included on the flier. For those who miss the event, we intend to make the recorded file available soon on the ICR website. * For more details on & flier for the Thursday panel, see: https://media.illinois.edu/node/1435 * For more details on & flier for the Friday panel, see: https://media.illinois.edu/node/1436 Also, Zoom addresses are as follows for each of the two parts of the event: For the Thursday meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82335808417?pwd=S094T3dFMTFXVTNva0ZPRkNoQUVnUT09 Meeting ID: 823 3580 8417 Password: 051933 For the Friday meeting: Join Zoom Meeting https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81496803120?pwd=Z0ZBdkJYbDVKRzY1c2d5VWZPdjN0UT09 Meeting ID: 814 9680 3120 Password: 109121 Questions about the event should be directed to Theresa Harris (tharris(a)illinois.edu) or Prof. James Hay (jameshay(a)illinois.edu) James Hay, Professor Institute of Communications Research & Department of Media & Cinema Studies Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory College of Media University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

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