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Call for Proposals to host AoIR Flashpoint Symposiums in 2023
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 21 Dec '22

21 Dec '22

To supplement our annual October conference, the Association of Internet Researchers is seeking proposals for a one-day AoIR Flashpoint Symposium to take place before the end of August 2023. As the 2023 AoIR conference takes place in Philadelphia, USA, only proposals for locations outside of North America will be considered. An AoIR Flashpoint Symposium is a small event that provides an opportunity to deepen or foster conversations about internet research among regions, groups, and/or thematic research areas that have thus far been underrepresented in the Association of Internet Researchers and its conferences. The Association is making available one grant of up to US$8,000 for the purpose of supporting a one-day symposium that will contribute to the life and mission of AoIR and feed into its annual conference. Each symposium will be a standalone event to take place in a region of the world that differs from that of the 2023 annual conference (Philadelphia, USA). Preference will be given to regions and locations where an AoIR conference has not yet been held, but where at least one active AoIR member, who will be on the Flashpoint Symposium planning committee, resides. We also require that the symposium makes a contribution to the main 2023 AoIR conference in some way (e.g., a panel, pre-conference workshop, or another format that presents key contributions and outcomes from the symposium). In addition to local participants, all AoIR members are invited to attend the Flashpoint Symposium. *Deadline for the submission of this proposal is 27 January 2023*, with a decision returned by the end of February 2023. Proposers are invited to engage in conversation with the AoIR symposium committee. Proposals should: - Be no more than 1-2 pages in length. - Outline a distinct issue or theme to be addressed by the symposium, and demonstrate how this theme has not been sufficiently addressed by AoIR conferences to date. - Include a proposed date (between 1 April and 31 August) and schedule for the one-day event, and identify potential keynote speakers (keeping in mind AoIR’s commitment to diversity and inclusivity <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/>). Note: the proposal should ideally not suggest parallel sessions but rather envision a day of consecutive sessions (i.e. a single stream only). - Include a brief description of the leadership team’s history with AoIR and their plans for future involvement. - Demonstrate how this Flashpoint Symposium will connect with AoIR more broadly. - Include a preliminary budget that demonstrates in-kind support and/or sponsorship from the host institution(s) and creates a preliminary plan for cost items. Please note that AoIR funding is not to be allocated for the funding of participant travel costs, staff costs in support of the symposium’s organization, or indirect costs (such costs must be borne by local sponsorship), but may include keynote honoraria, travel of keynote speakers, meals, venue or labor costs. - Indicate how regional and transnational graduate students will be encouraged to participate. - Include a discussion of projected outcomes from this symposium and its potential for ongoing benefit to AoIR more broadly (e.g., AoIR conference panel, special issue, etc.). A selection of organizers and delegates should make a firm commitment to present key contributions and outcomes from the Flashpoint Symposium at the year’s annual conference. AoIR’s commitment to the symposium will include: - Support for promotion and administration through our various channels and platforms (e.g. via organization social media accounts and email lists), as well as limited AoIR administrative support. - Up to $US8,000 disbursed in the form of reimbursements and invoices to cover costs related to organizing of the symposium. - Mentorship from members of AoIR Executive Committee related to the organization of the symposium and subsequent deliverables/outcomes. - Allocation of one session slot (panel, roundtable, fishbowl, experimental session, or pre-conference workshop) on the annual AoIR conference program to the symposium organizers. This session is invited and will be planned jointly by the symposium organizers, the AoIR Executive Committee, and the AoIR Conference organizers in order to present the symposium’s major themes and outcomes. It must involve several participants selected from among the organizers, keynote speakers, and/or other participants of the symposium in order to allow the symposium conversation to continue at the main annual conference. - An additional $US2,000 in travel awards to help bring a panel of Flashpoint participants to the AoIR conference in Philadelphia. (This cannot be reallocated for any other purpose.) Proposals will be ranked in relation to their ability to: - Advance AoIR’s goal of diversification of membership and the expansion of geographical presence at the annual AoIR conference. - Address a theme, topic, or issue not yet prominent in AoIR’s annual conferences. - Articulate a clear outcome that will foster conversation in the future. - Demonstrate a commitment to encouraging graduate student participation, particularly from those in the host region. - Demonstrate capacity for carrying out the symposium in a manner that contributes to the benefit of AoIR and the individual organizer(s). - Demonstrate a commitment to present outcomes at the annual AoIR conference. (This listing does not imply any ranking in the importance of these requirements.) AoIR will accept one symposium proposal in 2023. Submit your proposals to symposia(a)aoir.org by Friday, 27 January, 2023.

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Deadline Extended: Sign up by January 16 to run a Wikipedia assignment in Winter/Spring 2023!
by Helaine Blumenthal 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

The deadline to sign up for a Wikipedia assignment in Winter/Spring 2023 has been extended! Submit your course by January 16 to ensure your spot in the Wikipedia Student Program <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/>! Visit teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> to sign up and find out more. You can also join us on January 10 at 9 AM Pacific for an info session on how you and your students can help make Wikipedia a more equitable and inclusive space. Click here <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sfu-opzMjGtGfk0V9RkKEyBPe8drK3u…> to register. When your students contribute to Wikipedia, their work might:: * Inform the world on a critical case going before the Supreme Court <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/11/08/law-student-informs-thousands-on-upcomi…>. * Influence future research <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/10/18/randomized-controlled-experiments-hint-…> in a scientific field. * Provide insights into the human side of climate change <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/12/14/umich-students-represent-human-side-of-…>. * Win an award <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/12/01/grad-student-wins-outstanding-teaching-…> for their Wikipedia work. There are never any fees to run a Wikipedia assignment, and Wiki Education provides robust support to ensure that you and your students learn the ins and outs of Wikipedia editing. Only faculty teaching courses at post-secondary institutions in the U.S. or Canada are eligible. Wikipedia is the world's go-to site for information. Help ensure that it's accurate, up-to-date, and truly representative of the "sum total of human knowledge!" Best, Helaine -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>

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Call for Chapter Proposals: Handbook of Platform Urbanism
by Annelien SMETS 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Call for Chapter Proposals ** Handbook of Platform Urbanism (Edward Elgar Publishing) ** Edited by Pieter Ballon & Annelien Smets, Vrije Universiteit Brussel The aim of this Handbook of Platform Urbanism is to shed light on the nature of platform urbanism, the mechanisms that underly it, and the benefits and challenges, to provide a status of current scholarship and upcoming research directions, and to report on cases that are of particular interest. We welcome contributions from relevant disciplines (e.g., media studies, urban informatics, innovation management, political economy, digital geography) investigating different perspectives (geography, technologies, platforms, business models, and governance) on Platform Urbanism. Contributions related to all dimensions of Platform Urbanism are welcome. They include, but are not limited to, the following: -- Platform Urbanism: definitions, technologies and approaches Definitions, historical and philosophical perspectives, research schools and methods, technologies (blockchain, digital twin, …) and counter-initiatives (decentralized, peer-to-peer), … -- Spatiality and geolocation Physical and digital infrastructures, geolocation and urbanism, geographies of intermediation, architectural and design aspects -- Economics and entrepreneurial aspects Cost of living, gentrification, gig economy, network effects, innovation, creative clusters, city operations, … -- Governance and regulation Public-private partnerships and clashes, regulation and legal aspects, new forms of governance, … -- Urban life Local social networks and communities, sustainability, health and care, citizenship and social capital, … -- Equity and equality Data asymmetries, privacy, bias and discrimination, digital rights to the city, … ** Important dates ** February 15, 2023: Chapter proposal (+/- 500 words) March 15, 2023: Notification and author instructions Final chapters will be due mid 2024. The Handbook is scheduled for publication with Edward Elgar Publishing in late 2024. ** Submission instructions ** Please send the chapter proposal to Pieter Ballon and Annelien Smets (pieter.ballon(a)vub.be annelien.smets(a)vub.be) with the subject line "Handbook of Platform Urbanism - Chapter proposal" by February 15, 2023. ** More information ** https://smit.vub.ac.be/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CfP-Handbook-of-Platform-… We are looking forward to your proposals, and thanks for sharing in your networks!

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UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: Third Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
by Announce Announcements 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

*** Third Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals *** UMAP ’23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus https://www.um.org/umap2023/ Proposals due: January 16, 2023 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23 PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop and tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format via the Easy Chair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23, not exceeding 5 pages, and following the ACM single-column format. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSALS ● For tutorials: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-tutorials/ ● For workshops: https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-workshops/ WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ACM UMAP 2023, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modeling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: ● Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement ● Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes ● Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation ● Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics ● Joint panels for different workshops We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. IMPORTANT DATES FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ● Proposal submission: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of proposal acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Send the workshop description & website URL: February 23, 2023 ● Workshop Date: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● New user modeling technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. exploiting data mining and big data analytics for user modeling, evaluation methodologies, data visualization, etc.) ● User modeling and personalization techniques for specific domains (e.g., health sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage, education, internet of things, mobile, music, information retrieval, etc.) ● Application of user modeling and personalization techniques for information retrieval and recommender systems ● Eliciting and learning user preferences by taking into account users’ emotional state, physical state, personality, trust, cognitive factors An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorial presenters can have one page in the adjunct proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ● Proposals due: January 16, 2023 ● Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2023 ● Camera-ready tutorial summary: May 18, 2023 ● Adjunct proceedings camera ready: May 18, 2023 ● Workshop and Tutorial Day: June 26, 2023 Deadlines refer to 23:59 in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS CHAIRS ● Veronika Bogina, Haifa University, Israel sveron AT gmail.com ● Antonela Tommasel, ISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN antonela.tommasel AT isistan.unicen.edu.ar

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#SMARTDataSprint 2023 flies to Amsterdam
by Smart Inovamedialab 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

#SMARTDataSprint flies to Amsterdam [image: 📍] The seventh edition of the SMART Data Sprint will be slightly different in 2023. We are flying from Lisbon to Amsterdam in a joint venture with the Digital Methods Winter School. The pocket version of #SMARTDataSprint will explore digital methodologies for understanding computer vision. The data sprint occurs between 9 and 13 January at the Media Studies department (Turfdraagsterpad, 9), University of Amsterdam. To apply please send a letter of motivation, your CV, a headshot photo, a 100-word bio, and a copy of your passport (details page only) to smart.inovamedialab [at] fcsh.unl.pt, with a copy to winterschool [at] digitalmethods.net. Payment information is sent along with the acceptance notification. Applications are open until 5 January. Tuition fee: EUR 347. Organisers: Janna Joceli Omena, Jason Chao, Ana Marta Flores, Rita Sepúlveda & Elias Bitencourt iNOVA Media Lab, ICNOVA & Digital Methodologies Hub All information at - https://metodosdigitais.fcsh.unl.pt/?page_id=3104 - http://www.digitalmethodologies.org SMART Data Sprint 2023 | Pocket edition at DMI Winter School Theme: Cross vision-API studies - digital methodologies for understanding computer vision Date: 9 -13 January 2023 Venue: Media Studies | University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam Applications deadline: 5 January 2023 Fee: EUR 347 -- SMART ˚ ˚ Social Media Research Techniques I #SMARTDataSprint <https://smart.inovamedialab.org/> iNOVA Media Lab <http://inovamedialab.org/> I NOVA FCSH I Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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CfA Assessing the (de)construction of technological hypes” TaTuP
by Jascha Bareis 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Dear AoIRs I would be delighted if you could circulate this CfA in your communities. We would particularly appreciate contributions from communication and media studies *Call for Abstracts: “Assessing the (de)construction of technological hypes”.* https://www.tatup.de/downloads/TATuP_CfA_3_2023-REP.pdf**** This call advertises for the interdisciplinary TATuP Special topic in issue 3/2023. Please read the complete CfA here <https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/announcement/view/47> online. Deadline for submitting your abstract: *03 February 2023*. TaTuP's readership is the academic community but also a broader interested audience! Guest editors of this TATuP Special topic: Jascha Bareis (ITAS/ KIT, HIIG), Maximilian Roßman (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands), and Frédérique Bordignon (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech & LISIS lab, France) Best Jascha Bareis -- Signatur *Jascha Bareis* (Profile) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_bareis_jascha.php>(Scholar) <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bf1gf9AAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao>(LinkedIn) <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jascha-bareis-36082523b/> Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/index.php> Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) <https://www.kit.edu/english/index.php> Research Group Digital Technology and Societal Change (FG DigIT) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_digit.php> *Recent Publications* Talking AI into Being: The Narratives of National AI Strategies and Their Performative Politics, with C. Katzenbach. Science, Technology, & Human Values <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01622439211030007> “Autonomous Weapons“ as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: analyzing AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies, with T.C. Bächle. European Journal of Futures Research <https://eujournalfuturesresearch.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40309-0…> * *

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Postdoc and PhD positions at University of Melbourne
by Jake Goldenfein 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

Hi AoIRs We are advertising for a 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher and PhD students at the Melbourne Law School (University of Melbourne) node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). The positions are supported by the ‘Humans, Machines and Decision Responsibility’ and ‘Sustainably Governing ADM Use’ projects within ADM+S. More information about the projects and full position descriptions are accessible from the ad listings below: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/911123/postdoctoral-fellow https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/911121/phd-positions-in-university-o… ADM+S is a cross-disciplinary, national research centre, which aims to aims to create the knowledge and strategies necessary for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making. Funded by the Australian Research Council from 2020 to 2026, ADM+S is hosted at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, with nodes in eight other Australian universities, including the University of Melbourne. Melbourne Law School is Australia's first all-graduate law faculty. Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law, and awarded this country's first law degrees. The Law School is a single department faculty located in a custom designed building in University Square. The Law School has approximately 2,200 graduate students (including JD, Melbourne Law Masters and Research High Degrees). We will start reviewing applications from 13 February, and hoping that candidates would commence around the middle of 2023. -- Dr Jake Goldenfein | Senior Lecturer Melbourne Law School<https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/jake-goldenfein> | University of Melbourne 185 Pelham St, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 1330 | E: jakeg(a)unimelb.edu.au SSRN<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2722511> | Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ELko7foAAAAJ&hl=en> | @jakusg<https://twitter.com/jakusg> Associate Investigator | ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society<https://www.admscentre.org.au/> I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Peoples of the Kulin Nations, the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Law School stands; and offer respect to their Elders, past and present.

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CFP: Special Issue on Discourse, Context, & Digital Dating
by Riki Thompson 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

Dear Colleagues, Apologies for double posting. Please see the easier to read CFP below without links. Dating Apps have fundamentally changed the communicative practices of dating with 270 million adult users of dating apps worldwide in 2020. This special issue, which is being organized for the journal Discourse, Context, & Media (DCM), aims to explore communication and discourses related to online dating contexts. Broadly, this issue aims to provide a critical contribution to the small but growing body of work on online dating and language to inform our understanding of how media technologies influence communication in the search for love, sex, and intimacy (Kavroulaki 2021; Korobov, 2011, Licoppe 2020; Mortensen 2017; Stokoe, 2010. Thompson 2022, Turowetz & Hollander, 2012). Specifically, contributions to this special issue will present empirical research about communicative practices through some form of discourse analysis and/or theoretical and methodological debates within discourse studies in relation to digital dating. Papers may focus on, but are not limited to, studies on digital dating app research methods, platform architecture, geolocation affordances, algorithms, profiles, matching, messaging, and/or online talk. Papers that consider intersections of identity, such as gender, sexuality, race, age, ability, and/or class are also welcome. Please share with your networks! Important Dates * Deadline for the submission of proposals: Jan 15, 2023 * Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2023 * Expect submission of full paper (6000-8000 words): August 1, 2023 Submission Information * A 200-word abstract, highlighting research context, main aim of study, methods and analysis framework, and expected contribution to existing knowledge in reference to the aims and scope of the DCM journal. * 5 keywords that reflect the topic, data, theoretical and methodological approaches. * A short bio (up to 150 words) bio with name, position and affiliation of all authors. * Submit proposals to Dr. Riki Thompson (atrikitiki(a)uw.edu<mailto:rikitiki@uw.edu>) and mention CFP Discourse, Context, & Online Dating in the subject line. Selected authors will be invited to submit a full paper, which will undergo full peer review and determine acceptance of papers for publication. Journal Information Discourse, Context & Media is an international journal dedicated to exploring the full range of contemporary discourse work into mediated forms of communication in context. It provides an innovative forum to present research that addresses a variety of discourse theories, data and methods, from detailed linguistic and interactional analyses to wider studies of representation, knowledge and ideology analysed through all forms of discourse analysis. The journal seeks empirical contributions that also address the theoretical and methodological debates within discourse studies. The journal aims to explore the challenges and opportunities provided to discourse scholars by all forms of media as context-shaped and context-renewing, and to address questions raised by new and traditional media technologies as mediated communication. Such media provide opportunities for new forms of data to be analysed, allow rethinking of existing theories and methodologies and encourage the development of new models of interaction which further our collective understanding of discourse in context. Discourse, Context & Media is especially interested in contributions that make use of innovative methods and media for the analysis and presentation of data. Guidelines for authors regarding work published in Discourse, Context & Media is available at: http://www.elsevier.com/journals/discourse-context-and-media/2211-6958/guid… About the Guest Editor Dr. Riki Thompson is an Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Writing at the University of Washington Tacoma. She is an internationally recognized communication and internet researcher whose work contributes to understanding how people find connection and belonging through communication literacy. Her work is especially interested in uncovering how people become excluded and marginalized in digital spaces due to technology design and digital literacies. Dr. Thompson’s work has been featured in various venues, including journals such as Visual Communication and Journal of Language and Sexuality, and mainstream media such as The Conversation, Salon, and the Seattle Times. She is currently writing a book about online dating that focuses on dating profiles, discourse, and design to interrogate the intersections of technology, identity, gender, sexuality, and normativity in relation to postdigital intimacies. I look forward to receiving your proposals, Riki Thompson, Ph.D. (Special Issue Guest Editor) Associate Professor, Writing Studies & Digital Rhetoric, University of Washington Tacoma rikithompson.com

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CFP: Special Issue on Discourse, Context, & Digital Dating
by Riki Thompson 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

Dear Colleagues, Please see the Call for Papers for a Special Issue on "Discourse, Context, & Digital Dating", being organized for the journal Discourse, Context, & Media<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/discourse-context-and-media> (DCM). Abstracts of 200 words are due 15th January 2023. Please see details below, share with your networks, and send any questions to Riki Thompson (rikitiki(a)uw.edu) Dating Apps have fundamentally changed the communicative practices of dating with 270 million adult users of dating apps worldwide in 2020. This special issue, which is being organized for the journal Discourse, Context, & Media<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/discourse-context-and-media> (DCM), aims to explore communication and discourses related to online dating contexts. Broadly, this issue aims to provide a critical contribution to the small but growing body of work on online dating and language to inform our understanding of how media technologies influence communication in the search for love, sex, and intimacy (Kavroulaki 2021<https://benjamins.com/catalog/jlac.00063.kav>; Korobov, 2011<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08351813.2011.567102>, Licoppe 2020<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17530350.2019.1607530>; Mortensen 2017<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461445617715179?journalCode=d…>; Stokoe, 2010<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08351813.2010.497988>. Thompson 2022<https://benjamins.com/catalog/jls.20005.tho>, Turowetz & Hollander, 2012<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461445612454083?journalCode=d…>). Specifically, contributions to this special issue will present empirical research about communicative practices through some form of discourse analysis and/or theoretical and methodological debates within discourse studies in relation to digital dating. Papers may focus on, but are not limited to, studies on digital dating app research methods, platform architecture, geolocation affordances, algorithms, profiles, matching, messaging, and/or online talk. Papers that consider intersections of identity, such as gender, sexuality, race, age, ability, and/or class are also welcome. Please share with your networks! Important Dates * Deadline for the submission of proposals: Jan 15, 2023 * Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2023 * Expect submission of full paper (6000-8000 words): August 1, 2023 Submission Information * A 200-word abstract, highlighting research context, main aim of study, methods and analysis framework, and expected contribution to existing knowledge in reference to the aims and scope of the DCM journal. * 5 keywords that reflect the topic, data, theoretical and methodological approaches. * A short bio (up to 150 words) bio with name, position and affiliation of all authors. * Submit proposals to Dr. Riki Thompson (atrikitiki(a)uw.edu<mailto:rikitiki@uw.edu>) and explicitly mention CFP Discourse, Context, & Online Dating in the subject line. Selected authors will be invited to submit a full paper, which will undergo full peer review and determine acceptance of papers for publication. Journal Information Discourse, Context & Media is an international journal dedicated to exploring the full range of contemporary discourse work into mediated forms of communication in context. It provides an innovative forum to present research that addresses a variety of discourse theories, data and methods, from detailed linguistic and interactional analyses to wider studies of representation, knowledge and ideology analysed through all forms of discourse analysis. The journal seeks empirical contributions that also address the theoretical and methodological debates within discourse studies. The journal aims to explore the challenges and opportunities provided to discourse scholars by all forms of media as context-shaped and context-renewing, and to address questions raised by new and traditional media technologies as mediated communication. Such media provide opportunities for new forms of data to be analysed, allow rethinking of existing theories and methodologies and encourage the development of new models of interaction which further our collective understanding of discourse in context. Discourse, Context & Media is especially interested in contributions that make use of innovative methods and media for the analysis and presentation of data. Guidelines for authors regarding work published in Discourse, Context & Media is available at: http://www.elsevier.com/journals/discourse-context-and-media/2211-6958/guid… About the Guest Editor Dr. Riki Thompson is an Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Writing at the University of Washington Tacoma. She is an internationally recognized communication and internet researcher whose work contributes to understanding how people find connection and belonging through communication literacy. Her work is especially interested in uncovering how people become excluded and marginalized in digital spaces due to technology design and digital literacies. Dr. Thompson’s work has been featured in various venues, including journals such as Visual Communication and Journal of Language and Sexuality, and mainstream media such as The Conversation, Salon, and the Seattle Times. She is currently writing a book about online dating that focuses on dating profiles, discourse, and design to interrogate the intersections of technology, identity, gender, sexuality, and normativity in relation to postdigital intimacies. I look forward to receiving your proposals, Best, Riki (Special Issue Guest Editor) __________________ Riki Thompson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Writing Studies & Digital Rhetoric, University of Washington Tacoma SHESOURCE Expert<https://womensmediacenter.com/profile/dr-riki-thompson-phd> - Women's Media Center rikithompson.com<http://rikithompson.com/> | @rikithompson <https://twitter.com/rikithompson> | Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WGrHnB8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/riki-thompson-92653990/> Pronouns: she/her/they--promoting language change that makes space for all gender identities. Recent articles, podcast interviews, & presentations What's a polycule? An expert explains -<https://theconversation.com/whats-a-polycule-an-expert-on-polyamory-explain…> The Conversation Powerful women heading up dating apps are framed as young and sexy<https://theconversation.com/powerful-women-heading-up-dating-apps-are-frame…> - - The Conversation Does it really empower women to expect them to make the first move? <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/does-it-really-empo…> - The Conversation An Academic Perspective on the Online Dating Industry<https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/the-gdi-podcast-dr-riki-thompson-…> - GDI Podcast Research Methodology with Online Dating Apps<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo-qualitat…> NVIVO Podcast: Between the Data Reflective Approaches to Analyzing Digital Discourse.<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/file/d/15lQSPDyvWUHfBz…> - Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis More than the selfie: online dating, non-monogamy, normativity, & linked profiles on OkCupid<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.academia.edu/60241446/More_than_the…> - Language & Sexuality Digital Dating, Discourse, Design, & Normativity<https://youtu.be/b1PC5I0ziMQ>. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Puyallup, Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations.

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CFP: ICA Game Studies Division Preconference: "Games and the (Playful) Future of Communication"
by Christine Tran 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

Howdy, AoIR colleagues! Are you planning to attend ICA 2023 in Toronto this May<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icahd…>? You might also be interested in the ICA Games preconference<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icahd…> to be held on 25 May 2023 in collaboration with the University of Toronto Mississauga! We're open to a diversity of contributions: not just academic presentations, but also industry commentaries & creative works by scholars, makers, and players from across the milieu of gaming. Please find the CFP linked above and attached. Submissions due via email on 25 January 2023. Feel free to reach out at icagamespreconf2023(a)gmail.com<mailto:icagamespreconf2023@gmail.com> if you have any questions! Sincerely, Your Organizing Committee 🎮🎯👾 Dr. Maxwell Foxman, University of Oregon Dr. Sarah Stang, Brock University Dr. Christopher Young, University of Toronto Christine H. Tran, University of Toronto Önder Can, University of Oregon ________________________________ Call for Participants | ICA Game Studies Division Preconference: Games and the (Playful) Future of Communication * Preconference Date: 25 May 2023 * Location: University of Toronto, Mississauga campus * Submission deadline: 25 January, 11:59 PM EST While recent publications have declared that “the future of media studies is game studies” (Chess & Consalvo, 2022), can the same be said in the field of communications? Games have a long tradition within the discipline, with ties to cybernetics and psychological concepts ranging from “meta-communication” to flow. The medium of games has also firmly embedded itself into a vast array of communications fields: journalists, politicians, public relations and advertising professionals, and even educators all turn to games, not to mention their omnipresence in popular culture and heavy integration in mobile devices and other technologies. Beyond this, games provide invaluable insight into past, contemporary, and future cultural, psychological, and economic concerns. Conversations about virtual worlds (e.g., the metaverse), toxicity and harassment (e.g., trolls; QAnon), screen time, and “Zoom fatigue” all find traction within the ambit of games. They are focal points for debates regarding violence and gender, online cultures, labor, and technological innovation. And there are even those who question whether this subfield should remain a separate area of study at all (e.g., Gekker, 2021). This preconference aims to bridge disciplinary divides and emphasize collaboration by bringing together practitioners and scholars whose work highlights the intersection of game, media, and communication studies; showcases novel approaches to these fields; and imagines a future research agenda that brings together diverse objects of study, methodologies, and theories. Our goal is to both open issues surrounding games to wider fields (and vice versa) and to showcase how game studies can act as vital testing grounds for issues of culture and society. We also aim to draw a wide range of scholars and practitioners, especially those who are junior and emerging, those whose work has not found a clear disciplinary home or just lightly addresses games and play, and those who want to explore what games and play means for communications. In this way, we seek to foster interdisciplinary connections and open up conversations around what game studies has been and can be. Taking place at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus, home of the Syd Bolton video game collection with over 14,000 titles and 5,000 magazines. This preconference will also be an opportunity to draw as much from the past connections between games and communications as the present and the future. We are particularly interested in work from graduate students and early career scholars, as they represent the future of this field. If you’re unsure if your topic would work for our preconference, please reach out to us! References Chess, S., & Consalvo, M. (2022). The future of media studies is game studies. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 39(3), 159-164. Gekker, A. (2021). Against game studies. Media and Communication, 9(1), 73-83. ________________________________ Topics might include (but are not limited to!): * Games (and their players) in political economies of communication * Critiques of Big Data, AI & algorithmic control via gaming technologies and player communities * Methodologies (and critiques thereof) to studying games within/against communication studies * Games and players in the platformization of cultural production * Intersectional feminist game studies approaches to communication studies research * Globalization and colonial power as circulated (and critiqued) in game productions, player communities, and ludic practices * Games in communications and cultural policy * Close analyses of game content, production practices, or game culture/fandom * Examinations of software/tools/app design and infrastructure in games * Discussions of inclusivity and diversity that take up games as case studies and cautionary tales * Research-creation and media practices grounded in technologies and social practices of player cultures * Games as case studies/examples of broader psychological, social, and communicative phenomena. Types of Submissions (abstracts only): * Research papers * Theoretical papers * Pedagogical works (e.g., teaching about/with games) * Short papers / roundtable presentations * Panel proposals * Industry presentations * Creative submissions * Research-in-progress showcases * Games-in-progress showcases How to Submit: Please email anonymized abstract submissions of no more than 1,000 words in length (inclusive of references) as a PDF attachment to icagamespreconf2023(a)gmail.com<mailto:icagamespreconf2023@gmail.com>. Please include your: * name * role/title (i.e., independent scholar, graduate student, postdoc, assistant professor, etc.) * affiliation/institution if you have one) * and preferred email address in the body of the email. * In the subject line please indicate submission type (e.g., Theory Paper, Creative Submission, etc.). Submissions will be reviewed by a committee of scholars and may be organized into themed panels outside of submission type. Deadline for Submission: 25 January 2023, 11:59pm EST ________________________________ --- Christine H. Tran, they/she Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/christine-h-tran/> Junior Fellow, Massey College University of Toronto christine.tran(a)mail.utoronto.ca || http://thechristinet.wordpress.com<http://thechristinet.wordpress.com/>

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