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Univ. Copenhagen - PhD fellowship position (deadline: 19 April 2022)
by Jun Liu 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Univ. Copenhagen - PhD fellowship position (deadline: 19 April 2022) The Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, invites applications for one 3 year PhD fellowship in Digital Media and Political Contention. The successful applicant will become part of a project that examines the use and appropriation of digital media in political contention like protests, demonstrations, activism, and revolutions in Europe, the United States, and China. See here for more details: https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=155768; and https://tech-in-movement.ku.dk/ best, Jun Jun Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen Karen Blixens Plads 8, DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark ORCID: 0000-0001-6066-4130 The Danish Independent Research Fund’s Research Leader 2021, https://tech-in-movement.ku.dk/

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TIME SENSITIVE: Helping find talented techies to advise the UN on the evolution of the Internet
by Joly MacFie 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

[ via Dave Farber] *[from Mike Nelson]* The UN recently announced a special meeting related to Internet governance to be held in New York City at the end of March. The deadline for nominations for this important UN group considering the future of the Internet Governance Forum (and the future of the Internet) is just days away. *[from George Sadowsky]* A request from the Internet Technical Collaboration Group ( https://www.internetcollaboration.org ): In the past, this group has helped identify representatives of the "Internet technical community" to participate in specific UN activities. Recently, the UN announced creation of an expert group on Internet governance and the UN's role: https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-expert-group-meeting-egm. Note that the deadline for applications to participate is 28 February 2022, 4 days from now. Rather than try to locate suitable individuals to recommend for an expert study group through a participative process, as ITCG has done in the past, the group will consider supporting specific recommendations from individuals and organizations instead. We therefore ask you for help in doing the following: (1) Share this post now with your colleagues who might be suitable experts for this voluntary assignment (2) Note that should anyone nominating themselves wish to request the support of the ITCG, send a note to George Sadowsky ( george.sadowsky(a)gmail.com) or to Elizabeth Oluoch (oluoch(a)isoc.org) before 28 February 2022. - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Seeking documentation on prevalence of employee surveillance technologies
by Luc Cousineau 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Hello AoIR community, My colleagues from the International Network on Technology, Work, and Family (Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Xavier Parent-Rocheleau) and I are currently working on a project examining the prevalence of employee surveillance technologies (i.e., "Bossware" like keylogging, random screenshots, webcam monitoring, etc.), and developing a typology of these technologies. While there is some information available from the industry and grey literatures, we are in search of data about the actual use of specific types of employee surveillance technologies. Works like Charbonneau and Doberstein (2020), Mateescu and Nguyen (2019) and Ravid et al. (2020) provide good overviews, but lack specific usage numbers. We are seeking material (published and unpublished) that we can use to assess the prevalence of different types of bossware in different parts of the world and are hoping that this community can point to sources we have not yet identified. The help of this active and positive community is much appreciated. Please reach out with any questions. Luc Cousineau Luc S. Cousineau, Ph.D. (he/him | they/them) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Université du Québec à Montréal's International Network on Technology, Work and Family (INTWAF)<https://intwaf.esg.uqam.ca/> Instructor, University of Waterloo Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/LucCousineau> | Website<https://luccousineauphd.ca/> Newest Publications: 'A Positive Identity for Men'?: Pathways to far-right participation through Reddit's /r/MensRights and /r/TheRedPill in Rise of the Far Right: Technologies of Recruitment and Mobilization<https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786614926/Rise-of-the-Far-Right-Technologies-of…> "Entitled to everything, responsible for nothing:" Gendered Discourses of Antifeminism, Biological Determinism, and Violence in Two Communities of Reddit's Manosphere<https://riviste.unige.it/index.php/aboutgender/article/view/1274>. In AG About Gender: International Journal of Gender Studies<https://riviste.unige.it/index.php/aboutgender/issue/view/44> The University of Waterloo is on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. It is situated on the Haldimand Tract, land promised in treaty to Six Nations, which includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. We include this statement in our email signatures, but it is clear that the University itself, nor any level of government in Canada, is committed to actually doing anything about this issue. The very smart Dr. Dan Henhawk<http://umanitoba.ca/kinesiology-recreation-management/faculty-staff/dan-hen…> gave a talk once that made me wonder - What value does this statement have?

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ISOC WTSA Resources
by Joly MacFie 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

In preparation for the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly WTSA-20, taking place in Geneva, March 1 - 9, the Internet Society has prepared a wealth of resources. Please check the matrix of proposed resolutions, with focus on Internet-related resolutions. https://www.internetsociety.org/events/un/wtsa-2020/isoc-at-wtsa/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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TRANSMISIÓN POR WEB FEB 24 – Internet de las Cosas y los Nuevos Desafios en Ciberseguridad
by Joly MacFie 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Me temo que llegué un par de minutos tarde al iniciar esta transmisión, ¡pero todo va bien ahora! [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotciberdesafios> El* jueves 24 de febrero de 2022* a las *11:00 EST* (16:00 UTC) la *Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones <https://www.citel.oas.org/>* (CITEL) de la OEA y el *Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para América Latina y el Caribe <https://www.ccatlat.org/latam/contactenos/>* (CCATLAT) presentan el webinar '*Internet de las Cosas y los Nuevos desafios en ciberseguridad <https://bit.ly/3JP3eAQ>*'. Este webinar está dirigido a funcionarios públicos y privados, académicos y miembros de la sociedad civil de las Américas, donde se ofrecerá una visión general del problema de seguridad de IoT, el estado de situación y los diferentes estándares y protocolos en uso. Estará disponible sólo en español. *DISERTANTES* *Oscar Giudice*, Cofundador IoT CiberSec LAC *Nicolas Fiumarelli*, Cofundador IoT CiberSec LAC *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotciberdesafios <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotciberdesafios>* *PARTICIPAR VIA WEBEX https://bit.ly/3JP3eAQ <https://bit.ly/3JP3eAQ>* *TWITTER #IOTciberdesafios <https://bit.ly/3Hb6ZyI> #IoT #IoTCSLAC #IoTCiberSecLAC @IoTCiberSecLAC @OEA_CITEL @ccatlat* *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/iotciberdesafios <https://archive.org/details/iotciberdesafios>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15205/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New Book: DESIGNING FOR DEMOCRACY
by Forestal, Jennifer 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Hi all, Forgive the self-promotion, but I recently published a book that many of you may be interested in: Designing for Democracy: How to Build Community in Digital Environments (Oxford UP, 2022). How should we "fix" digital technologies to support democracy instead of undermining it? In Designing for Democracy, Jennifer Forestal argues that accurately evaluating the democratic potential of digital spaces means studying how the built environment--a primary component of our "modern public square"--structures our activity, shapes our attitudes, and supports the kinds of relationships and behaviors democracy requires. While many scholars and practitioners are attentive to the role of design in shaping behavior, they have yet to fully engage with the question of what structures are required to support democratic communities--and how to build them. Forestal closes this gap by providing a new theory of democratic space. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including architecture, psychology, and the history of political thought, she argues that "democratic spaces" must be designed with three environmental characteristics--boundaries, durability, and flexibility--that, taken together, afford users the ability to engage in fundamental civic practices. Through extended analyses of Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, Forestal shows precisely how well these digital platforms meet the criteria for democratic spaces, or whether they do so at all. The result is a more nuanced analysis of the democratic communities that form--or fail to emerge--in these spaces, as well as more concrete suggestions for how to improve them. In connecting the built environment, digital technologies, and democratic theory, Designing for Democracy provides blueprints for democracy in a digital age. You can order it from OUP here<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/designing-for-democracy-97801975687…> (use code ASFLYQ6 for 30% off!): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/designing-for-democracy-97801975687…. Jennifer Forestal Helen Houlahan Rigali Assistant Professor of Political Science Loyola University Chicago 328 Coffey Hall 1032 W. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60660 e: jforestal(a)luc.edu<mailto:jforestal@luc.edu>

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MIS4TEL 2022: 3rd Call for Paper / 13-15 July 2022 / L'Aquila (Italy)
by MIS4TEL 2022 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

--- Kindly forward it to anyone who might be interested --- --- Apologies for cross-posting --- ====================================================================== Call for Papers We are glad to invite you to submit a manuscript to MIS4TEL2022, the 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning. The conference proceedings are published by Springer and indexed in Scopus, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. MIS4TEL 2022 will be held in L'Aquila (Italy) on 13th-15th July, 2022, in parallel with the PAAMS'22 International Conference. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be hybrid, meaning that we will also organize remote participation/presentation for whoever cannot travel to L'Aquila. Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ====================================================================== Important dates: - Submission deadline: 22nd April, 2022 - Notification of acceptance: 30th May, 2022 - Camera-Ready papers due: 17th June, 2022 - Conference celebration: 13th-15th July, 2022 ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 -- 12th International Conference on Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning >>> SCOPE Education is the cornerstone of any society and it serves as one of the foundations for many of its social values and characteristics. State-of-the-art and novel methodologies and technologies allow researchers, designers, and domain experts to pursue Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) solutions targeting not only cognitive processes but also motivational, personality, or emotional factors. Nowadays, we can identify two main legs, providing necessary and complementary strengths to a TEL-oriented design process: appropriate technologies should be applied, and appropriate methods should guide the design of such application. Technologies in TEL are capable of delivering smart, personalized, tailored, and motivating learning solutions. Methods are coming from different fields, such as education, psychology, medicine, computer science, and from diverse communities, where collaboration and co-working are used, such as maker communities and participatory design communities. In addition, Learning Analytics can help manage available (big) data and augment learning opportunities for learners and educators alike, for instance by supporting self-regulated learning or adaptation of the learning material. As to these topics, the annual appointment of MIS4TEL established itself as a consolidated fertile forum where scholars and professionals from the international community, with a broad range of expertise in the TEL field, share results and compare experiences. The 12th edition of the conference calls for novel research in TEL and expands the topics of the previous editions, highlighting the role of the most recent methods and technological opportunities. As in the tradition of MIS4TEL, this edition aims at offering the different perspectives, and complementary voices, coming from the multidisciplinary field of TEL. >>> TOPICS Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: # Technologies and technology-based solutions for TEL # - AI technologies and tools for TEL - Agent-based and multi-agent TEL systems - Knowledge representation, reasoning, and management systems for TEL - Natural language systems for TEL - Recommendation, personalization, and adaptation in TEL systems - Social networks for TEL - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for TEL - Internet of things (IoT) solutions for TEL - Smart solutions or environments for TEL - Wearable technologies for TEL - Robotics for TEL - Virtual reality environments for TEL - Games for TEL or gamified TEL - Sharing and interoperability between TEL environments - Making and fabrication for TEL # Methodologies and experiences for TEL # - Methodologies for personalization, user modeling, and adaptation in TEL- Methodologies for recommendation systems and user modeling in TEL - Methodologies for fostering motivation and engagement in TEL - Methodologies for the design of accessible and usable TEL systems - Methodologies for including different voices in the design process of TEL - Methodologies for informal learning for TEL - Methodologies for fostering TEL in small, medium, and large companies - Methodologies, tools, and frameworks supporting experiments in TEL - Methodologies or approaches from game design and gamification for TEL - Novel experiences and studies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic studies, field studies, experimentations) with methodologies for TEL # Learning analytics for TEL # - Big data and data visualization in TEL - Learning analytics for curriculum design - Learning analytics for personalizing the learner experience - Learning analytics for predicting behavior - Learning analytics for designing learning interventions - Learning analytics for stakeholders >>> SUBMISSIONS # Submitting papers # MIS4TEL papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNNS Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages, including figures and references. For further details, please see:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission # Review process # MIS4TEL welcomes the submission of papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process. Each contribution will be refereed by three experts in the field using the following set of criteria; relevance, originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant, and previously unpublished sound research efforts related to any of the topics of the conference. # Publication # Accepted papers will be included in the MIS4TEL Proceedings published by LNNS series of Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.com/series/15179) At least one of the authors will be required to register for MIS4TEL and to attend the Conference in order to present their paper and to have it included in the conference proceedings. ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.** ====================================================================== MIS4TEL 2022 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE # General Chair # - Marco Temperini - Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) # Technical Program Co-Chairs # - Ivana Marenzi - L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) - Vittorio Scarano - University of Salerno (Italy) # Paper Co-Chairs # - Milos Kravcik - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Germany) - Rosa Lanzilotti - University of Bari (Italy) - Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova (Romania) # Workshop Co-Chairs # - Zuzana Kubincova - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) - Alessandra Melonio - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) # Publicity Co-Chairs # - Agnese Addone - University of Salerno (Italy) - Federica Caruso - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Dalila Durães - University of Minho, Braga (Portugal) - John Jairo Páez Rodríguez - University Francisco José de Caldas of Bogotà (Colombia) # Steering Committee Representatives # - Fernando De La Prieta University of Salamanca (Spain) - Rosella Gennari - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) # Local Organizers Co-Chairs # - Tania Di Mascio - University of L'Aquila (Italy) - Pierpaolo Vittorini - University of L'Aquila (Italy) ====================================================================== More information can also be found on the MIS4TEL22 website and social media: Official Website:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/ Submission info:https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission Contact us:info@mis4tel-conference.net Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MIS4TEL22/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mis4tel22/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/MIS4TEL22 ======================================================================

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Two Ethics Working Group roundtable proposals for AoIR2022
by Zimmer, Michael 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Hello, AoIR friends, On behalf of the AoIR Ethics Working Group, I am working on two roundtable submissions for AoIR2022 in Dublin. The first is an open roundtable discussion to learn how the AoIR community has applied the Ethical Guidelines 3.0 in their research, help identify gaps and limitations in the current version, and brainstorm additional topical companion resources as we think about version 3.1 and beyond. The second is a more focused roundtable that engages with the ethical complications of data collection under data protection regimes (such as GDPR) and aims to bring together academic, industry, and policy folks. We have space for a few more primary contributors, so please email me directly (michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu) if you'd like to help finish up the submissions and be listed among the primary roundtable discussants. But everyone is welcome to attend and contribute at the conference, of course! Hope to see many of you in Dublin! Thanks, Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michae…> @michaelzimmer Schedule a meeting with me at https://calendly.com/michael-zimmer/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalendly.…>

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ICA Preconference on Comparative Privacy
by Quinn, Kelly Ann 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Hi All, Just a reminder that there is less than a week left to submit your 800-word abstract for our #ica22<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ica22?src=hashtag_click> preconference "Comparative Privacy and the Literacies of a Digital Age." The (extended) deadline is 28 February. More info is available at https://comparativeprivacy.org/2022-ica-preconference/. Hope to see you there! Kind regards, Kelly ------ Kelly Quinn, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago Treasurer, Association of Internet Researchers

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panel on disinformation and health
by Raquel Recuero 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Hi all, Anyone interested in a proposal for a panel focusing on Disinformation and health for AOIR 2022? Best, Raquel -- Raquel Recuero -------------------------------------- Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) MIDIARS (Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes)

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