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Meme Studies Research Forum
by Seong-Young Her 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Dear all, We have a new forum dedicated to meme studies; a place to discuss new research and methodologies, share your work, exchange feedback, and collaborate with fellow meme scholars*.* It is designed so that the forum discussions themselves are persistent and citable, with each post having its own URI. There are currently around 300 members from various backgrounds including platform studies, philosophy, machine learning, and biology. We hope to help develop the new generation of meme studies scholarship through a post-disciplinary approach towards the subject matter. We welcome students and researchers with an interest in memes from all disciplines, even those seemingly unrelated to meme studies. Invite link: https://forum.memestudies.org/invites/VGzvVwtLuu Please feel free to circulate the above. Kind regards, Seong-Young Her

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Job Call: TT Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Digital Media Studies (Fordham University)
by Gregory Donovan 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Hi Everyone - The Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Critical Race and Digital Media Studies, to commence September 1, 2023. To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by 11:59pm, Sunday, October 2, 2022 through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/111366 <https://apply.interfolio.com/111366> __ Position Title: Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Digital Media We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Digital Media, to commence September 1, 2023. The position is based at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, with the potential opportunity to contribute to the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx as well. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute pedagogically to the department’s undergraduate major in Digital Technology and Emerging Media, with potential to also contribute to the department’s majors in Communication and Culture, Film and Television, and/or Journalism. The candidate would also have an opportunity to teach in our M.A. program in Public Media, the interdisciplinary program in New Media and Digital Design, and other programs across the university. Applicants are sought in the area of Critical Race and Digital Media Studies. The successful applicant will take a critical stance in their theoretical and methodological approach to understanding race and digital media, where critical implies a foregrounding of traditionally marginalized perspectives or a decentering of dominant structures, forms, aesthetics, and practices. Applicants’ approach to scholarship should be attentive to the mutual shaping of identity, culture, and technology and also the global historical shifts brought about by digitality in its infrastructural, political, geographical, and technological particularity. We are especially interested in interdisciplinary applicants whose scholarship and pedagogy engages the public in critical race theory and media studies through means such as policy, community-based learning, participatory research and design, or media production. Requirements: - Ph.D. in Communication, Media Studies, or related area, with focus on race or traditionally marginalized communities in digital or social media - Evidence of active and promising research and publication agenda - Ability to teach a variety of courses designed to evolve our major in Digital Technology and Emerging Media and deepen our curriculum in diversity and anti-racism across the department - Evidence of excellence in teaching - Commitment to mentoring and advising students Application Process: Interested applicants should submit via Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/111366 <http://apply.interfolio.com/111366> (1) a cover letter with qualifications, including approach to teaching and scholarship; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) 1-2 writing samples (approximately 30 pp maximum in total, solo-authored or first-authored); and (4) the names and contact information for three references. The deadline for applications is 11:59 PM on October 2, 2022. For specific questions, please contact the departmental administrator Michelle O’Dwyer at modwyer2(a)fordham.edu <mailto:modwyer2@fordham.edu>. About the Department: Fordham’s Department of Communication and Media Studies advocates the model of the publicly-engaged scholar and critically-informed practitioner who is civically and socially reflective and critical through analytical and/or applied means. Our faculty includes scholars and practitioners from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. We seek to attract and promote a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. We believe that cultural and intellectual diversity is central to the excellence of our academic program and we strive to create an academic community and campus culture that attracts and facilitates the development of promising teacher-scholars from varied backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates with substantive experience and commitment to teaching and mentoring students with a range of social, cultural, and economic experiences, and who have successfully incorporated the research of women and scholars of color into their courses. Fordham is located in the heart of New York City, interacting on many levels with a diverse array of communities and institutions. Through research, teaching, and service, we are committed to developing and deepening our connections to the people and organizations around us. Fordham is an independent, Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from all backgrounds. Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and women, people of color, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. -- Gregory T. Donovan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Joseph A. Martino Hall 45 Columbus Ave New York, NY 10023 https://gtd.nyc <https://gtd.nyc/>

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How to analyze the content of 150 Slack Communities
by Hashem Elassad 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Hi Hope you're doing great. I'm working on a project might involves analyzing the content of 150 communities so any tools that can do that would be great. May We Seek What We Need and Find What We Seek Researcher/ Content Curator & Creator/ Writer (Psychology/ Learning / Career Development) Hashem ElAssad If you find something interesting on my LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hashemelassad/>, let's chat about it!

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Two Postdoc Positions and one PhD Position: Department of Communication and Media Research at University of Zurich
by Alena Birrer 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Dear community members, The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just) of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich invites applications for two open positions of senior research and teaching associate/postdoctoral researcher (80%) and one PhD position (60%). Start of employment: Upon agreement, by 1 January 2023 at the latest. The Media & Internet Governance Division studies media policy and media economics in the convergent communications sector. Alongside research on traditional mass media, the division focuses on Internet Governance and Platform Studies. The successful applicants will work on dedicated topics that align with the division's research program. One of the two postdoc positions and the PhD position will primarily contribute to a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (Sinergia Project no. 209250: https://www.ikmz.uzh.ch/en/research/divisions/media-and-internet-governance…) which will, among other things, develop policy recommendations for dealing with problematic content on social media. It combines insights from governance research with computational social science methods to model and quantify the impact of regulatory measures. Further information and application details: Postdoc positions: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/two-senior-research-and-teaching-associa… PhD position: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/doctoral-position-in-snsf-project/d90e89… Review of applications starts immediately, but the positions will remain open until qualified candidates are found. Please contact Alena Birrer, MA (a.birrer(a)ikmz.uzh.ch<mailto:a.birrer@ikmz.uzh.ch>) if you have any further questions. Alena Birrer, MA Research and Teaching Associate Media & Internet Governance Division Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) University of Zurich Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Tel. +41 44 635 21 61, www.ikmz.uzh.ch<http://www.ikmz.uzh.ch/>

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Tenure-Track Position in AI and Critical Data Studies, York University
by ganaele 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Dear colleagues, The Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University is hiring for a tenure-track position in AI and Critical Data Studies <http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumbe…> . All the best, Ganaele -- Ganaele Langlois (she/her) Associate Professor and Chair Department of Communication & Media Studies York University

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Digital Data Processing 2022
by ijwa dline.info 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Second International Conference on Digital Data Processing University of Bedfordshire Luton. UK December 07-09, 2022 www.socio.org.uk/ddp (IEEE Xplore. Papers should follow the IEEE template) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than a few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more efficiently where the Data analytics can reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, studying data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous; they do not sufficiently solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that require further consideration/ The proposed conference will discuss topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data Ecosystem Business Analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modelling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Data in Biomedical Engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data Publications DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Webology 5. Journal of Digital Information Management 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 7. Journal of Optimization 8. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Important Dates Full Paper Submission: October 01, 2022 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: November 01, 2022 Registration Due: November 25, 2022 Camera Ready Due: December 01-09, 2022 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: December 08-09, 2022 Main conference December 07-09, 2022 Keynote Speakers Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK Program Committee General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Chair UK& RI IEEE TEMS, UK Program Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau - Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: ddp(a)socio.org.uk

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Reminder - C4P Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society
by Locatelli Elisabetta (elisabetta.locatelli) 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Dear all, on behalf of my co-editors Charles M. Ess and aline shakti franzke, and apologizing for cross-posting, I would like to remind the upcoming deadline of September 16, 2022 for the abstract submissions for the Special Issue of Comunicazioni Sociali - Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies dedicated to "Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society: Theoretical Reflections, Research Experiences, and Open Questions". You can find the call for papers below. Feel free to contact us for any further information kind regards Elisabetta Locatelli ------- Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society: Theoretical Reflections, Research Experiences, and Open Questions Edited by Charles M. Ess, aline franzke shakti, Elisabetta Locatelli Since the late 1990s, Internet Research Ethics (IRE) has emerged as a burgeoning field, fueled by an ever-growing variety of ethical challenges and concerns (Zimmer and Buchanan, 2016). To name but a few, questions include how to minimize risks for researchers and research subjects, and issues surrounding informed consent and intersecting interests between corporations and academic approaches: both emphasize the importance of the integrity of researcher but also add challenges to Ethics Committees, who aim to confirm what research can or cannot be conducted (franzke et al., 2020). In recent years, the societal and technological landscape has changed and expanded still again: platforms such as social media and apps aggregate a significant number of users, generating new social, cultural, and media practices to study. Research into these realms is stimulating and challenging but further implies methodological and ethical issues surrounding both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Both ethnographies and big data approaches in particular have different but compelling ethical issues to consider (Zimmer, Kinder-Kurlanda, 2017; Zook et al, 2017). Actually, there is the need to study and comprehend users' behaviors and their socio-cultural implications but users need to be more aware of what may happen to the data they posted and also about the research they are involved into. Moreover, the complex nature of AI technology and platform logics has evoked thunderous academic debates surrounding buzzwords such as fake news, and the importance of taking up misinformation, hate speech and ethical reflection in social media research is more compelling than ever before. In addition to these changes, the role and importance of internet research ethics has grown for over a decade and the approach of having it incorporated by design into the research projects is increasingly more common (Ibiricu, Van Der Made, 2020). For example, when participating in public grants and fundings such as Horizon Europe, the evaluation of the ethics of research is an aspect required from the very beginning also for social sciences and humanities. This entails a specific attention to privacy and developing a new attitude and best practices also for these disciplines, with consequences for how research projects are developed and carried out, including ethics assessments from its very beginning through its dissemination. Among the new challenges there is also the need of making research data open, requiring a further level of reflection. Considering this landscape, the present issue of Comunicazioni Sociali. Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies focuses on the new challenges of the ethics of social media and internet research through eliciting papers addressing theoretical reflections and research projects across the world especially related to social sciences, media studies, performing arts, and cultural studies. This topic is consistent with the tradition of the journal and its attention to the research on media and its context. The aim is to make a collection of research experiences as well as theoretical reflections that can serve as useful examples and references for the academic community. The call for papers invites submission of abstracts regarding the following topics of internet and social media research ethics; abstracts on other topics related to internet research ethics are also welcome: * Informed consent; * Possible harms to research subjects (especially when dealing with vulnerable subjects such as children, immigrants and people at the margins, and sensitive issues, such as gender and health); * Potential harms vis-a-vis the safety and integrity of the researcher; * Privacy and data protection with small data (e.g., ethnographies, interviews) and big data; * The role of the research participants in the research project (e.g., considering them as active subjects, as in research with children or in research-action projects); * Internet Research Ethics across countries (e.g., comparative studies, the role(s) of Ethics Review Boards, etc.); * Ethics by design and the design of the research process; * Dissemination of the research and open data. * Submission details Please send your abstract and a 150 words biographical note by September 16, 2022 to: redazione.cs(a)unicatt.it elisabetta.locatelli(a)unicatt.it aline.franzke(a)gmail.com c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no Abstracts should be between 300 to 400 words of length (in English). All submissions should include: 5 keywords, name of author(s), institutional affiliation, contact details and a short bio for each author. Authors will be notified of proposal acceptance/rejection by September 30, 2022. If the proposal is accepted, the author(s) will be asked to submit the full article, in English, by February 17, 2023. Submission of a paper will be taken to imply that it is unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles must not exceed 5’000/6’000-words (including references) For editorial guidelines, please refer to the section “Guide for the authors” on the Comunicazioni sociali website http://comunicazionisociali.vitaepensiero.com Contributions will be submitted to a double-blind peer review process. The issue number 2.2023 of Comunicazioni Sociali will be published in September, 2023. “Comunicazioni Sociali” is indexed in Scopus and it is an A-class rated journal by ANVUR in: Cinema, photography and television (L-ART/06), Performing arts (L-ART/05), and Sociology of culture and communication (SPS/08). References Franzke, aline shakti et al. (2020) Internet Research : Ethical Guidelines 3.0 Association of Internet Researchers. Available at: https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf. Ibiricu, B., & van der Made, M. L. (2020). Ethics by design: a code of ethics for the digital age. Records Management Journal, 30(3), 395–414. https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-08-2019-0044 Zimmer, M. and Buchanan, E. (2016) Internet Research Ethics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-internet-research/ Zimmer, M., & Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (Eds.). (2017). Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age: New Challenges, Cases, and Contexts. Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age. New York: Peter Lang (Digital Formation series). https://doi.org/10.3726/b11077 Zook, M., Barocas, S., Boyd, D., Crawford, K., Keller, E., Gangadharan, S. P., … Pasquale, F. (2017). Ten simple rules for responsible big data research. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(3), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005399 [http://static.unicatt.it/ext-portale/5xmille%20firma%20mail%202022.jpg]

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Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022): Sixth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

*** Seventh Call for Papers *** Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) December 5-7, 2022, Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022 (Proceedings to be published by Springer in CCIS; Journal Special Issues with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier); Best Paper Award sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF) ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing (IHAW 2022) is the second of the series of International Conferences on "ICT for Societal Challenges". It is a showcase for high quality oral and poster presentations and demonstrations sessions. This conference aims to be a platform for multi and interdisciplinary research at the interplay between Information and Communication Technologies, Biomedical, Neuro-cognitive, and Experimental research. This research includes the design, experimental evaluation and standardization of new ICT scalable systems and in-silico systems for new and future inclusive and sustainable technologies that benefit all: healthy people, people with disabilities or other impairments, people having chronic diseases, etc. User-centered design and innovation, new intuitive ways of human -computer interaction, and user acceptance are the topics of particular interest. Conference Topics Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Artificial Intelligence, Computation and Data Analytics • Artificial Intelligence methods for medical device testing. • Algorithms, methods and services for condition-specific intervention (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dementia, post cancer treatment, allergies, mental health). • Algorithms, methods and services for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Crowd-sourcing and social media analysis for predicting and monitoring infectious disease. • Medical Data and/or Medical Image Analysis. • Electronic Medical Records Analysis. • Computational methods for medical devices. Human Computer Interaction and Cognition • Human-Machine Interaction for healthcare and well-being. • Cognitive Mechatronics for healthcare and well-being. • Models for human-device interaction for medicine. • Cobotics for healthcare and well-being. • Model-based design and configuration tools for healthcare and well-being. Assistive Devices • Precision medicine. • ICT for in-silicon trials. • Implantable medical devices. • Multimodal assistive ICT devices to empower people with sensory, cognitive, motor, balance and spatial impairments. ICT & Wellbeing • Age-friendly systems for active and healthy ageing (telepresence, robotics solutions, innovative solutions for independent living, innovative elderly care, integrated care, age-related risks prevention/detection). • ICT systems to improve the quality of life and for daily life activities assistance (education, recreation, and nutrition). • Smart living homes and wearables (Intelligent and personalized digital solutions for sustaining and extending healthy and independent living; personalized early risk detection and intervention). • Smart Systems and services promoting access to the socio-economical and cultural environment. • IoT and smart real-time surveillance systems for monitoring, auditing and control to prevent the spread of the pandemic. • eHealth smart solutions in the fight against a COVID-19 like pandemic. • IoT and Smart Healthcare systems with an environmentally friendly and sustainable footprint. Health Infrastructure and Healthcare Operation Services • Distributed and connected digital healthcare services. • IoT services for real-time monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • Wearable devices and IoT systems for remote monitoring of health data and status of patients and/or older adults. • mHealth services and applications using mobile and wearable devices to collect community and clinical health data, and deliver healthcare information to practitioners, researchers and patients. • Sustainable city environments for emergency health management. • 5G and beyond for healthcare in sustainable smart cities. • Wireless Sensor Networks for advanced smart healthcare in sustainable cities. Quality in Healthcare Systems • New experimental validation methods with end-users. • Systems and services for ensuring patient’s commitment to the medication schedule. • Digital health systems and tools for health care professional training and workforce development. • Communication systems and services improving the quality of patient and healthcare provider contact before, during and after admission. • Methods and Technology for Improving the quality of services-oriented care delivery systems. • Methods, Digital Tools and/or Services for inclusive-for-all healthcare systems. • Co-Creation of healthcare systems for social well being of people with special needs, older adults and/or deprivileged or disadvantaged people. • Systems for management of health and care (mental health, pain, neurological disorders, sight, hearing, balance, space awareness; sensory based physiological and psychological non-invasive measurements, preventive healthcare, m-healthcare, e-healthcare, integrated care, serious games, electronic health record, self- management, patient-centered systems for survivorship, palliation and/or end-of-life care). Privacy, Security & Standardization • Standardization, certification, labelling, and communication issues (related to ageing well, to sensory impairment). • Privacy and Security/Regulation compliant services in health care systems (e.g., HIPAA). • Security and privacy of digital health systems and service. • Socio-economic issues of smart healthcare in sustainable societies. • Privacy, security and ethics in eHealth smart solutions and surveillance at scale in the fight against a COVID-19 pandemic. High-quality original submissions that address such future issues, show the design and evaluation in (near-) real scenarios, explain how to benchmark systems, and outline the education and training procedures for acquiring new perceptual skills while using such systems are welcome. Research and technical papers are expected to present significant and original contributions validated with the targeted end-users. Submissions should clearly state the progress beyond the existing state-of- the-art and the expected societal benefits of the developed technology. When possible, validate scenarios with the target user groups and well-identified technology readiness levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level) should be at least outlined. Submissions We invite Research and Technical papers, up to 15 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a substantial contribution to the research field. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. As was the case for IHAW 2021, the proceedings of IHAW 2022 will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7899) and will be presented in the technical sessions of the conference. The Best Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI "Sensors" with 300 CHF. The authors of the best papers accepted and presented at IHAW2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible inclusion in either of two Journal Special Issues that will be organised with SN Computer Science (Springer) and Smart Health (Elsevier). Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer format for conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . The submission process will be handled through Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icihaw2022 . Important Dates • Submission Deadline: September 12, 2022 (AoE) • Notification: October 17, 2022 • Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: October 24, 2022 • Author Registration Deadline: October 24, 2022 Organizers Honorary General Chair • Edwige Pissaloux, University of Rouen Normandy, France General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Scientific Chair • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus Scientific Vice-Chair • Ramiro Velazquez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico Publicity Chair • Jessica Allingham, Lakehead University, Canada Finance Chair • Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD, Cyprus Steering and Program Committee • https://cyprusconferences.org/ihaw2022/committees/

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Fwd: REMINDER - Drones in Society conference 8th-9th of September, Sheffield Halifax Hall
by Elisa Serafinelli 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Dear colleagues, Our conference is just one week away! If you have not registered yet, this is the right moment to do that👇 Drones in Society: New Visual Aesthetics8th and 9th September 2022, Halifax Hall, Sheffield, UKRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drones-in-society-tickets-318517513457 Click here to download: Conference Programme <https://visualsociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Conference-Programme-1…> Drones are an increasingly important social phenomenon. Their use has the potential to change the way people see the world in the same way other technologies have, like smartphones and the internet. Generating questions that go beyond safety and security issues, their widespread use opens new debates on the relationship between media and mobility (Hildebrand, 2021), material practice (Howley, 2017), and vertical power (Kaplan, 2018). Drones are the latest technological advancement to have a significant impact in the world we live in, offering opportunities for new forms of visual communication, culture and practices. Confirmed keynote speaker: Julia M. Hildebrand, Assistant Professor of Communication at Eckerd College, author of *Aerial Play: Drone Medium, Mobility, Communication, and Culture – Geographies of Media.* The conference is divided into the following thematic sessions: *-Drone art and creative practices* *-Drone activism, conflict, migration and war * *-Drones in cinema, films, and storytelling * *-Drone aesthetics, sensing and mapping* Look forward to seeing you there! Best, *Dr Elisa Serafinelli * *Research Fellow* Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield Elmfield Northumberland rd, room:B06 *https://visualsociety.net/* <https://visualsociety.net/> Serafinelli E. and O'Hagan L. A. (2022): Drone Views: A Multimodal Ethnographic Practice, *Visual Communication, * https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572211065093 Serafinelli E. (2022): Imagining the Social Future of Drones, *Convergence* , https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565211054904 Serafinelli E. and O'Hagan L. A. (2022): 'Researching Instagram: Computer-Mediated Research Methods in Practice', in SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online, Sage Publications. *https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529604009 <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529604009>*

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Applications are open for CDT's Non-Residential Fellows program (2023)
by Dhanaraj Thakur 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

Hi everyone, The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is now accepting applications <https://cdt.org/about/fellows/> for its 2023 cohort of non-residential Fellows. The Fellows program is a great opportunity for researchers to use their work to inform important tech policy debates. This includes opportunities to publish their work, particularly for non-academic audiences; attending and potentially presenting at CDT events that include industry, government, civil society, and academic audiences; and potentially participating in CDT led events to directly engage policy-makers in the U.S., the EU, and elsewhere. In addition, new Fellows will join an amazing network of researchers and academics <https://cdt.org/about/fellows/current-fellows/>. We encourage applications from interested persons who will commit to a two-year, nonresident engagement and possess a Ph.D., JD, or equivalent in their respective field of study. This can include but is not limited to communication, public policy, sociology, psychology, computer science, economics, law, anthropology, etc. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, including areas of interest and how they are aligned with CDT’s work, resume, and one relevant writing sample which should already be published. Please use this link to submit your application <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgIlQKnlECHLVQ2-tDnXLWexH8vxG8Ao-…>. To request additional information please contact research(a)cdt.org <mailto:research@cdt.org>. Feel free to share with relevant colleagues. Thank you, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj

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