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JOB: Manager, Global Events, Internet Society
by Joly MacFie 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

[This involves working closely with me, amongst others ;)] https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=174 The Global Events Manager is responsible for the entire lifecycle of Internet Society’s marquee events, from strategic concept to execution and event closeout. The Global Events Manager is expected to facilitate fresh ideas and concepts for our marquee events, including developing executable plans, coordinating all logistics to bring the event to life, managing project timelines, directing vendors, and collaborating with internal and external teams to ensure best-in-class event production. After the event has wrapped up, the Global Events Manager closes out the event, reporting on metrics set against strategic event KPIs. Seasoned and tenacious, the Global Event Manager is a blend of creative, operational, and analytical thinker, capable of handling the vast range of event duties. With admirable ability to juggle a variety of tasks with an eye for detail the Global Event Manager is a natural collaborator to seamlessly execute engaging events with precision. Location Remote. Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Working with Internet Society marquee event owners, the Global Event Manager will help determine event KPIs and target metrics to achieve results. Collaborating with the Creative Director, IT, and the Content and Marketing Communications teams to design the event experience to meet goals, and develop the promotional plan to reach the intended audience. - Create comprehensive event project plans including event overview and scope, budget, run-of-show, contracts, task lists, technical requirements, registration, staffing requirements, permits, policies and procedures. - Vet, secure, and direct consultants and vendors to support event execution. - Conduct regular checkpoints with event owners, consultants, and vendors. Flag potential risks and develop alternative plans to address. Orchestrate and direct event support staff, consultants, and vendors during execution. - Develop risk plans and event briefing books, host event briefing meeting in days leading up to the event. Manage event close out including consultant and vendor deliverables, reconcile budget, host post-event retrospective meetings, post event recordings, and event reporting. - As the resident expert in event management, the Global Event Manager is the go-to-expert to consult staff on events and logistics. Regularly update event documentation for staff, provide training and innovation, and oversee Internet Society master event list. Annually audit Internet Society’s marquee events. - Other duties as assigned Desired Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree in communications related field is preferred - 8+ years of proven event planning, management, and execution experience in all types of events including in-person, online, and hybrid in a global environment is desired - Minimum 2 years experience using online event platforms including Zoom - Documented strong project management skills - Exceptional organization skills, motivated self-starter, resourceful, and effective multitasker - Ability to stay composed under pressure and efficiently solve challenges - Driven by accountability for results, resilient, and resourceful - Understanding of policies, codes, and permitting - Commitment to Internet Society’s mission and values - Experience working with a globally distributed workforce - Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability interact positively in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment - Ability to travel as needed (when permitted) Compensation and benefit package for this position will be competitively commensurate with the successful applicant’s qualifications. Applications will be evaluated until the position has been filled. The list of applicants will not be posted publicly and will be reviewed in confidence by members of the evaluation committee. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP Reminder || Global Media and China_Special Issue: Feminist Media Production and Beyond
by Xiao Han 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Global Media and China CFP Special Issue: Feminist Media Production and Beyond Guest Editors: Dr. Tracy Ying Zhang (Communication and Media Studies, York University); Dr. Alison Harvey (Communications, Glendon College, York University) Time Schedule: —1 May 2022: abstract proposals (title, 500 words outlining argument, theoretical framework, and methods with short bibliography) Submit to Dr Tracy Ying Zhang (tracyyzh(a)yorku.ca <mailto:tracyyzh@yorku.ca>) and Dr Alison Harvey (alison.harvey(a)glendon.yorku.ca <mailto:alison.harvey@glendon.yorku.ca>) —June 2022: notification of acceptance of accepted abstracts —30 November 2022: full paper submission —December 2022 - March 2023: double-blind peer review —April - June 2023: revision —July - August 2023: second round of double-blind peer review —August 2023: revision —September - December 2023: editorial final review Overview: The underrepresentation of women in media-making, as well as their marginalization and discriminatory practices faced within the working environment have been well-documented across history in traditionally-studied industries ranging from broadcast television (Meehan, 2002, Ball & Bell, 2013) to film (Banks, 2009, Hill, 2016, Reynolds, 1998) to video game development (Consalvo, 2008, Prescott & Bogg, 2011). The obfuscation of women’s participation in cultural, creative, and technical fields, including in assembly and other forms of work typically overlooked in the literature (Nakamura 2011, 2014, Mayer, 2011) cannot be disentangled from the historical association of femininity with consumption and the private, domestic sphere (Kearney, 1998), and the devaluation of women’s production activities (White, 2015). Feminist scholarship of media production activities, both within professional industrial contexts and in spaces beyond this such as new digital economies (Duffy, 2015), have highlighted the role of women in media work as well as the social, technical, economic, and political structures that contribute to the ongoing devaluation of women’s work. This special issue seeks to extend this conversation and open up new horizons for research on feminist media production. At a time where the few high profile women in media making are held up as examples of change when the #MeToo movement and its ripple effects have highlighted ongoing pervasive issues, the moment is ripe for critical, intersectional, and transnational discussions of feminism and media-making. This is all the more pressing given the global fight against workplace-based sexism has waned in light of the exigencies of the Covid-19 pandemic. Paradoxically, within this context and an ever-expanding digital cultural economy, gendered inequality and employment precarity have become even more acute. At a virtual conference hosted by Women in Television and Film Canada in 2021, speakers noted the disproportionate impact of crises like COVID-19 on women and people of color in the media. Evidence shows that women are struggling with not only a shortage of employment opportunities but also challenges related to care responsibilities, mental health, and/or domestic violence (Boserup, McKenney, & Elkbuli, 2020, Bradbury-Jones & Isham, 2020, Power, 2020, Seedat & Rondon, 2021). In tandem with this, scholars have noted how the proliferation of digital platforms offer content creators, including women, new avenues and tools to disseminate their works and connect with new audiences (Lauzen, 2021). This special issue seeks to explore women’s production cultures and practices, the subject-positions they entail, and the labour relations and policies they are entangled with. We seek submissions from scholars in diverse fields to advance interdisciplinary dialogues on feminist media production. We are interested in empirical, theoretical, and historical contributions that address long-standing and emerging questions regarding the relationship between media production, gender, race, labor, embodiment, nationalism, surveillance capitalism, platform politics, neoliberalism, and reactionary politics. Submissions that deploy intersectional feminist, decolonial, and anti-colonial approaches are especially welcome. We are also very interested in papers that explore approaches and methods for examining feminist media production in emerging and digital media. We encourage those considering submission to take a broad view of media production and a local perspective on these practices, as we are interested in case studies from different parts of the world. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: ● Feminized and feminist media production activities ● Aspirational, affective and immaterial labor and precarity in media production ● Care, intimacy, and social reproduction in the context of media-making ● Racialization of women’s cultural work ● Inclusions and exclusions in media production training ● Internships, mentorship, and professionalization activities in media production ● Global mobility, migration, and women’s media production ● Craft, handmade, amateurism, and vernacular practices of media production ● Independent production, do-what-you-love, and passion discourse ● Female entrepreneurialism and the hustle in media-making ● Algorithmic shaping and data feminism approaches References Ball, Vicky & Bell, Melanie (2013.) “Working Women: Women’s Work: Production, History, Gender.” The Journal of British Cinema and Television, 10(3), pp. 547-562. Banks, Miranda J. (2009.) “Gender Below-the-Line: Defining Feminist Production Studies.” In Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media, edited by Vicki Mayer, Miranda J. Banks & John Thornton Caldwell. Routledge, pp. 87-98. Boserup, Brad., McKenney, Mark, & Elkbuli, Adel. (2020). “Alarming Trends in US Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 38(12), pp. 2753-2755. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077> Bradbury-Jones, Caroline., & Isham, Louise. (2020). “The Pandemic Paradox: The Consequences of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence.” Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(13-14), pp. 2047–2049. <https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296>https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296 <https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296> Consalvo, Mia. (2008). “Crunched by Passion: Women Game Developers and Workplace Challenges.” In Beyond Barbie & Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming. Edited by Yasmin B. Kafai, Carrie Heeter, Jill Denner and Jennifer Y. Sun. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, pp 177-191. Duffy, Brooke Erin. (2015). “The romance of work: Gender and aspirational labour in the digital culture industries.” International Journal of Cultural Studies, pp. 1-17. Hill, Erin. (2016.) Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production. Rutgers University Press. Kearney, Mary Celeste. (1998). “Producing Girls: Rethinking the Study of Female Youth Culture.” In Delinquents and Debutants: Twentieth Century American Girls’ Culture, ed. Sherrie Inniss, New York: New York University Press, pp. 285-310. Lauzen, Martha M. (2021). “Indie Women in a Pandemic Year: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in U.S. Independent Film, 2020-21.” A report published by the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, San Diego State University. https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/indie-women-in-a-pandemic-year-behind-the-sc… <https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/indie-women-in-a-pandemic-year-behind-the-sc…> Mayer, Vicky. (2011). Below the Line: Producers and Production Studies in the New Television Economy. Duke University Press. Nakamura, Lisa. (2011). “Economies of Digital Production in East Asia: iPhone Girls and the Transnational Circuits of Cool.” Media Fields Journal, 2. Nakamura, Lisa. (2014). “Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture.” American Quarterly, 66(4), pp. 919-941. Power, Kate. (2020). “The COVID-19 Pandemic has Increased the Care Burden of Women and Families.” Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16(1), pp. 67-73. <https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561>https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561 <https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561> Prescott, Julie & Bogg, Jan. (2011). “Segregation in a Male-Dominated Industry: Women Working in the Computer Games Industry.” International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 3, pp. 206-227. Reynolds, Siân. (1998). “The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor: Women Editors in the French Cinema of the 1930s.” Labour History Review, 63(1), pp. 66–82. Riordan, Ellen. (2002). “Intersections and New Directions: On Feminism and Political Economy.” In Sex & Money: Feminism and Political Economy in the Media, edited by Eileen R. Meehan & Ellen Riordan. University of Minnesota Press, pp. 3-15. Seedat, Soraya & Rondon, Marta. (2021). “Women’s Wellbeing and the Burden of Unpaid Work.” BMJ, 374:n1972. <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972>https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972> White, Michele. (2015). Producing Women: The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity. New York and London: Routledge. Dr HAN Xiao Research Associate, State Key Lab of Media Convergence and Communication, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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CfP Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Neoliberal Ideology to Data Colonialism - Special Issue
by Rafael Grohmann 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

CALL FOR PAPERS - COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: FROM NEOLIBERAL IDEOLOGY TO DATA COLONIALISM - SPECIAL ISSUE Fronteiras Journal - a Brazilian open journal. We accept proposals in English, Portuguese or Spanish - [1]http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/fronteiras/announcement/view /55 Guest editors: Claudia Nociolini Rebechi (Federal University of Technology – Parana - UTFPR) Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) Roseli Fígaro (University of Sao Paulo - USP) Syed Mustafa Ali (The Open University) Call for Papers There is no doubt that communication has become a fundamental aspect of productive forces in the current context of digital technologies. Communication is a time-space relationship that can be and has been mediated by language. Time-space has always been a matter of contestation in the logic of the organization of life in human societies. Overcoming distances and controlling time are at the heart of our concerns. The concept of development is linked to the human capacity for agility in the production, circulation and distribution of goods and knowledge, and depends on the control of time-space. With this in mind, time-space is a socio-historical notion that is at the heart of human culture. The wheel, the navigation, the press, the steam engine, the train, the plane, the telegraph, the cinema, and the internet have at their core the same principle: to approach, communicate, exchange, circulate, produce and deliver. The codes of digital technologies are based on time-space compression. Language as an objective aspect of the human capacity to symbolize, represent, plan, and create has a robust base in the digital age, dependent on ores, optical fiber, cables, plastic, glass, water etc. At the same time, the mathematical phrases and instructions - including those instructions tied up with what is referred to as "artificial intelligence" (AI) - are the symbolic elements that have become tools for organizing, managing, and controlling time-space and everything that is or can become digitalised. In this second decade of the 21st century, we are faced with mounting challenges. The capacity of infrastructure favors the creation of large companies that offer us the dimension of instantaneity, connectivity, transparency and sharing. In return, these companies extract our data. The logics of financial capital and platform companies have in the data flows equivalents of gold, silver, and oil mines - that is, an inexhaustible supply of wealth as long as there is life. Controlling this wealth in the context of a new geopolitics challenges national states. Plurilateral global governance bodies are also challenged. Unemployment grows and the gap between rich and poor has never been greater. Science creates and capital appropriates: from the right to vaccines to internet access, inequality advances. The responsibility for solving these problems has been foisted on the individual who must be an entrepreneur, overcome difficulties, be resilient, and exercise individual freedom to choose the right, the best, and compete to occupy the podium of the successful. What communication is this? What is this development? What science is this? What barbarism is this? What to expect from the future? Future is another dimension of time to be controlled, another portal to be supplanted by technoscience. The future that promises long life, perhaps eternal youth, space travel, other worlds. Science fiction or the future of science? There are so many possible questions. Oppression, exploitation and expropriation are constitutive elements of contemporary capitalism intensely integrated into the development of systems called "artificial intelligence". Human life, in this context, is considered a valuable source of data extracted, controlled and manipulated by powerful corporations for the purpose of serving their own economic and political interests. The practices of transforming human experiences into data are advancing rapidly, promoting evident asymmetries of capital. Forms of resistance to this phenomenon, however, are possible and can offer alternatives that promote the common good, citizenship and democracy. This special issues aims to bring together research and studies focused on the interrelationship of communication, technology and society and that contribute to this debate. We indicate some topics for the development of articles: · Communication in the age of artificial intelligence; · Algorithms, information control and public communication; · Artificial intelligence, control and privacy; · Materiality of work and artificial intelligence; · Artificial Intelligence, techno-science and neoliberalism; · Algorithmic oppression and digital labor; · Decolonial perspectives on platform studies; · Artificial intelligence in the workplace; · Algorithmic bias and structural racism; · Feminist perspectives in the context of artificial intelligence; · Artificial intelligence and gender equality; · Artificial intelligence governance, ethics and policies. TIMELINE April 15 - Closing date for submission of 500-word abstract - revistafronteiras(a)gmail.com May 15 - Invitations to submit full-length papers August 31 - Deadline for submitting full-length papers (5,000-8,000 words) December 2022 - Publication of special issue If you have any questions, please send to revistafronteiras(a)gmail.com Rafael Grohmann Editor-in-chief - Fronteiras Journal References 1. http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/fronteiras/announcement/view/55

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WEBCAST APR 12 - Internet Freedom Under Threat: The Divergent Paths of Taiwan and Hong Kong
by Joly MacFie 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

See new ISOC Board electee Charles Mok in action! REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3xnEKf8 ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday 12 April 2022 at 12pm-1pm PDT (19:00=20:00 UTC) the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center (CPC) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative present 'Internet Freedom Under Threat: The " <http://http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpc-internetfreedom>On *Tuesday 12 April 2022* at *12pm-1pm PDT* (19:00=20:00 UTC) the *Program on Democracy and the Internet <https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/program-on-democracy-and-the-inter…>* (PDI) at *Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center <https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/>* (CPC) and the *William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative <https://hewlett.org/programs/cyber/>* present '*Internet Freedom Under Threat: <https://bit.ly/3DJTSo9>* *The Divergent Paths of Taiwan and Hong Kong*'. Both Taiwan and Hong Kong face increasing threats of online misinformation and cybersecurity risks, but the freedoms of the Internet for their citizens appear to be heading in opposite directions. From censorship and surveillance to influencing public opinions and elections, what are the lessons from the experiences of Hong Kong and Taiwan for the world? The speakers will provide an overview of the state of internet freedom in Hong Kong from before to after the enactment of the National Security Law in 2020. Censorship and surveillance are on the rise, and a misinformation law is looming on the horizon, to give the government and the police even more unfettered power. They will also cover the techniques used by cyber intrusion groups aimed at toppling election campaigns. Drawing research work from Taiwan AI Labs, they will elaborate on how AI is used to track misinformation on social media particularly on Chinese-language speaking portals. *SPEAKERS* *Jason Hsu*, Senior Research Fellow, The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School *Charles Mok*, Visiting Scholar, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford Cyber Policy Center *MODERATOR* *Larry Diamond*, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution / Mosbacher Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpc-internetfreedom <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cpc-internetfreedom>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3DJTSo9 <https://bit.ly/3DJTSo9>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15319>*) *TWITTER #netfreedom <https://bit.ly/3DMu9v7> @StanfordCyber <https://twitter.com/StanfordCyber> @Hewlett_Found @augama @Kennedy_School @charlesmok @Stanford_GDPi @LarryDiamond #HongKong #Taiwan* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cpc-internetfreedom <https://archive.org/details/cpc-internetfreedom>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15319/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for CDQ Editor in Chief and Associate Editor Positions
by Sonia Stephens 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. Our current Editor in Chief of Communication Design Quarterly, Dr. Derek Ross (Auburn University), will be stepping down this summer after five illustrious years. Please see the attached call for applications for both the Editor in Chief position as well as our new Associate Editor position. The attached call includes a list of roles and responsibilities for both positions, as well as instructions on how to submit your dossier. Applications are due by June 1, 2022 with an intended start date of August 1, 2022—with a full month of transition period where the successful applicants can learn the ropes, so to speak, from Dr. Ross. SIGDOC is indebted to the work done by Dr. Ross over the last five years, especially with the work he has done in supporting the scholarship of SIGDOC members and growing the publication to one of the more reputable ones in the field. We are excited at the prospect of integrating two new editors who can build upon and extend this work. If you have any questions, please contact Daniel P. Richards, SIGDOC Chair, at dprichar(a)odu.edu. And be sure to visit CDQ's "About" page on our SIGDOC website for a fuller sense of the journal's scope. Best, Sonia ______________________________________ Dr. Sonia Stephens Associate Professor Department of English & Texts and Technology Program University of Central Florida sonia.stephens(a)ucf.edu

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CFP - ECREA Pre Conference ‘Doing gender’ across mobile apps
by Inês Amaral 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

[Apologies for cross posting] Interested in questioning how gender and sexuality are constructed in media production and consumption, feminist scholarship has been highlighting the importance of identifying dominant ideas and discourses and how symbolic materials are outcomes of social arrangements that legitimate an essential division of society. As digitisation has taken place, concerns have also been directed to the gendered dimension of human embodiment and humans’ relational practices with technology. Research shows that collective narrative processes on mobile app-based platforms enhance power relations by perpetuating hegemonic masculinities and femininities anchored upon heteronormativity. Masculinities and femininities represent a culturally imagined, as well as discursively and semiotically conveyed, ideal of what it means to be and behave like a man and a woman. Understanding technology as producing meaning, subjectivity, and agency shaped by power relations and adopting a critical perspective of contemporary digital media, this pre-conference invites scholars to analyse mobile apps affordances, grammars, platform politics and content, as well as their uses, appropriations and embodiment, in order to make sense on how they are shaping hegemonic normativity and changing gender roles. This pre-conference welcomes theoretical and empirical abstracts that use qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodologies and focus on these topics: - How do the uses of m-apps dialogue with social and political contexts? - How does gender identity performances vary across different m-apps?; - To what extent do uses intertwine with the affordances of these apps?; - How do gender identities are negotiated and imagined in user experiences of mobile apps?; - To what extent mediated interfaces reproduce or challenge normative imaginaries of gender? Abstracts focusing on other topics within gender, sexuality and app studies are also welcome. The organisation of the pre-conference will publish a book with the articles that may be submitted. Abstracts (300 max.) should be send to mygender(a)fl.uc.pt until 1st of July 2022. Notice of acceptance will be given by the 15th of July. Date: 18 October 2022 – Full day Location: online Organisation: University of Coimbra / MyGender project (PTDC/COM-CSS/5947/2020) -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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AIR-L Vs Gmail (temporary removal of AIR-L members; should now be resolved)
by Tama Leaver 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Dear AIR-L Members, Recent changes to Gmail security settings meant that the list software was suddenly identifying all gmail and gmail-based addresses as spam addresses which led to a huge number of people being automatically (temporarily) removed for the AIR-L. We have subsequently manually re-added almost everyone who was inadvertently removed and hope the issue has been resolved between the listserv software and Gmail. As a reminder, if you wish to change or updated your AIR-L details, you can go straight to login (and reset passwords etc.): http://listserv.aoir.org/options.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Once logged in users have options including: * *Changing your Air-L membership information - *to update the email address that receives emails ** Unsubscribing from Air-L - *to remove themselves from the list * *Your Air-L Subscription Options - *to adjust settings on how emails are received. [] Mail delivery - you can ENABLE (turn on) or DISABLE (take a break w/o removal) your subscription [] Set Digest Mode - YES turns digest on (list of emails) / NO turns digest off (individual emails) There are several other listed options that users can play with to personalize their list details and such. We do apologise to those who’ve been unsubscribed temporarily, but if you’re receiving this message clearly that has been resolved. If you received nothing from the AIR-L for a period of time and you worry you may have missed something, you can always access the archive for the list here: http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/ Apologies again for any inconvenience. Regards, Tama -- Professor Tama Leaver President, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI) Faculty of Humanities Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth WA Australia 6845 Ph: (+61 8) 9266 1258 Email: t.leaver(a)curtin.edu.au Web: www.tamaleaver.net Twitter: @tamaleaver <https://twitter.com/tamaleaver> CRICOS Provider Code: 00301J (WA)

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CfP ECREA 2022 Pre-conference: “Digital Election Campaigning Worldwide”
by yossi david 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Call for Papers (deadline for submission: 1 May 2022) Wednesday, 19 October 2022 Aarhus (Denmark) The ECREA pre-conference is organized by DigiWorld ( https://digidemo.ifkw.lmu.de/digiworld/) a scientific collaboration network of scholars that aims at international comparisons of election campaign strategies in digital communication channels, which currently is bringing together researchers from 17 countries. The long-term goals of DigiWorld include building a continuous research network dealing with digital campaigning, user engagement, and factors influencing it. The pre-conference, however, is open to researchers both from and beyond the DigiWorld network. The health of digital democracy has become under attack from political actors who actively use social media to spread disinformation and hate speech. To what extent are these (digital) propaganda techniques used in democracies during election times? How do they affect democratic processes and participation? We want to answer these questions by revealing and comparing the online communication of parties and politicians across the political spectrum on social media during national elections in various democracies. To discuss the use of communication strategies of party and candidate accounts on social media platforms during national elections, we are particularly interested in bringing together scholars who explore the use of such platforms in the local and international arena from both the global north and the global south. It especially welcomes contributions that explore this phenomenon from a comparative perspective between social and cultural groups. The pre-conference welcomes contributions on, but is not limited to: - Digital propaganda, campaigning, and democracy - Social media and disinformation in election campaigns - Elections and online hate speech - Methodological issues in research of elections and social network sites - Ethical dilemmas in research of elections and social network sites - Comparative approaches for studying digital propaganda, campaigning, and online hate speech Abstracts of 300 words excluding references must be sent to Yossi David ( ydavid(a)uni-mainz.de) and Uta Russmann (uta.russmann(a)uibk.ac.at) no later than May 1st, 2022. The pre-conference will take place in person in Aarhus (Denmark) on October 19th, 9 to 15 (CEST). Timeline: Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1st, 2022 Notification of acceptance: June 1st, 2022 Deadline for registrations: September 1st, 2022 Pre-conference: October 19th, 2022, 9-15 (CEST) -- Yossi David Israel professor in communication science Department of communication Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Jakob-Welder-Weg 12 55128, Mainz, Germany ydavid(a)uni-mainz.de +49-6131-39-29884 Pronouns: he/him/his Department homepage <https://www.ifp.uni-mainz.de/israel-professorship-in-communication-science/> - academia.edu <https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/YossiDavid> - researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yossi_David2> - ORCiD <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-0317>

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CALL FOR PAPERS: extended deadline: Drones in Society: New Visual Aesthetics
by Elisa Serafinelli 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

CALL FOR PAPERS [deadline extended] Drones in Society: New Visual Aesthetics 8th and 9th September 2022, Halifax Hall, Sheffield, UK You can join this conference in person or online 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 a debate to rethinking the relationship between media and mobility (Hildebrand, 2021), material practice (Howley, 2017), and vertical power (Kaplan, 2018) (just to mention a few). Drones are now 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. * We invite the submission of proposals for the interdisciplinary conference ‘Drones in Society: New Visual Aesthetics’, which will be held on 8th and 9 th September at Halifax Hall in Sheffield, UK. This 2-day conference will be hosted by the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield. The updated deadline for submission is *9th of May 2022*. The conference is concerned with the role of drones in society and the way they are contributing to new visual aesthetics. The theme invites interdisciplinary research, reflection and critique on topics including (but not limited to) the following: - People’s perspectives on drones (and their data): surveillance, ethics and privacy issues in domestic and commercial uses - New visual perspectives: the creation of new visual content (drone art and amateur uses) - Drone regulations: potential gaps in regulating domestic and commercial drones, future perspectives - Current uses and future applications: the implementation of drones in society in their various uses - Drones and vertical power: the uses of drones in war zones, activism and humanitarian activities. Proposed formats: - Individually submitted papers (organised into panels by the DiS committee) - Panels (3-4 individual papers) - Roundtable discussions (led by one of the presenters) - Visual posters Abstracts between 300-500 words in Word format must be submitted to e.serafinelli(a)sheffield.ac.uk. You will be notified of the decision by 13th of June 2022. Conference proceedings and selected papers will be published in a section of the forthcoming book Vision and Verticality (Palgrave), edited by Gary Bratchford and Dennis Zuev. Conference attendees will also have the opportunity to visit a drone visuals exhibition held on the evening of 8th September and participate in a workshop with two drone artists on 9th September.Conference organised by Elisa Serafinelli and Lauren Alex O’Hagan, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield. For more information, contact e.serafinelli(a)sheffield.ac.uk or visit www.visualsociety.net Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drones-in-society-tickets-318517513457 List of References Hildebrand J. (2021): Aerial Play: Drone Medium, Mobility, Communication, and Culture. Singapore: Palgrave McMillan Howley K. (2017): Drones: Media Discourse and the Public Imagination. New York: Peter Lang. Kaplan C. (2018): Aerial Aftermaths: Wartime From Above. Durham: Duke University Press. Best, *Dr Elisa Serafinelli **New website! **https://visualsociety.net/* <https://visualsociety.net/> *Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Digital Society Network* Sociological Studies University of Sheffield Western Rd Sheffield S10 2TU Tel: 0114 222 6470 (external), 26470 (internal) Room: Elmfield, 110 Serafinelli E. (2020): Networked Remembrance in the Time of *Insta-Memories,* *Social Media + Society, *1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120940799 <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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The Open Hardware Summit - April 22
by Lee Wilkins 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

The Open Hardware Summit will be held April 22 virtually via YouTube and Discord. You can get tickets here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-hardware-summit-2022-tickets-267762443677>, see the speaker schedule here <https://2022.oshwa.org/speaker-schedule/>, and share more info here <https://twitter.com/ohsummit/status/1513562547236093955?s=20&t=aMVH96WYVfcj…>. We have free, PWYC, and goodie bag tickets that all help support the Open Source Hardware Association year round. Hope to see you there! -- *Lee Wilkins,*Cyborg www.leecyb.org | @leeborg_ Open Hardware Summit Chair www.2022.OSHWA.org Board of Directors Pleasure Dome <http://pdome.org>

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