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WEBCAST TODAY: Queens of Code – Stories of NSA’s Computing Women
by Joly MacFie 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

>From Ada Lovelace through GraceHopper, there are many pioneering women coders, many of whom are only now coming to be recognized. Our webcast today hopefully adds to that recognition. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday January 20 2022 at 4pm-5pm EST (21:00-22:00 UTC) the Maryland Women's Heritage Center Queens of Code project will host a virtual session 'Stories of NSA's Computing Women'. Queens of Code is a women's technology history project that collects s" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/queensofcode>On *Thursday January 20 2022* at *4pm-5pm EST* (21:00-22:00 UTC) the *Maryland Women's Heritage Center <https://MDWomensHeritageCenter.org>* Queens of Code project will host a virtual session '*Stories of NSA's Computing Women <https://bit.ly/3r5faXv>*'. *Queens of Code <https://queensofcode.com/>* is a women's technology history project that collects stories, experiences, and insights from women who worked in information technology at National Security Agency in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. *Laura Nelson*, *Kathy Jackson* and *Eileen Buckholtz* will share their experiences of being technology pioneers at NSA as well as advice for students considering a STEM career. This event will be simulcast through a partnership with the *Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org>.* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/queensofcode <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/queensofcode>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3r5faXv <https://bit.ly/3r5faXv>* (AI Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT (*see*ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/14974>)* *TWITTER #QueensofCode <http://bit.ly/queensofcode> Laura Nelson @cryptmf Kathy Jackson Eileen Buckholtz @MDWomensCtr Laura Nelson @NSAGov #WomenInTech #WomenWhoCode #STEM* *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/queensofcode <https://archive.org/details/queensofcode>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14974/ -- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Digital Modern Languages: Tibet, Economic Development and the Affective Politics of Online State Media in the PRC - Séagh Kehoe (University of Westminster), 26 January
by Naomi Wells 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

The Digital Modern Languages seminar series (https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/) will restart in 2022 with our newly expanded convening team that reflects a wider range of expertise in relation to different language, research and teaching contexts. In addition to Naomi Wells (School of Advanced Study) and Paul Spence (King’s College London), the new convenors are Joe Dale (independent languages consultant), Orhan Elmaz (St Andrews), Saskia Huc-Hepher (Westminster) and Xuan Wang (Cardiff). Please find below the details of the first seminar. This is a free online event but advance registration at the following link is essential to be given access to the Zoom link:https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/25682. Tibet, Economic Development and the Affective Politics of Online State Media in the PRC - Séagh Kehoe (University of Westminster) Wednesday 26 January 2022, 4-5pm GMT Abstract: Chinese state media coverage about Tibet has long been dominated by stories about state-led economic growth. In recent years, the focus of these stories has shifted from macro-level descriptions of infrastructure, science and technology, income, and education, to a more granular approach that foregrounds dramatized and emotionalized narratives of individual Tibetans engaging in and reaping the benefits of economic development. Seeking to understand this trend, this paper examines the increasing production and circulation of affect in online state media stories about economic development in Tibet. Through a selection of texts, videos and social media posts, it analyses how and why repeated references to hardship, happiness and gratitude have come to characterize these stories and how they work to valorize Tibetan diligence, self-responsibility, and patriotism, obscure structural inequalities and consolidate Chinese rule over Tibet. In doing so, this paper shows the increasingly sophisticated and creative ways in which the state has harnessed the power of affect and new media to manage public opinion about Tibet in the PRC and reinforce political power. Speaker bio: Dr Séagh Kehoe is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster. Their research interests include Chinese media representations of ethnicity and race, gender and sexuality, nationalism, and military. They have published in China Quarterly, positions, Media, Culture & Society, and Asian Ethnicity, and are co-editor of Cultural China: The Contemporary China Review 2020. You can stay up-to-date on future events in the series via our website (https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/) Twitter account (@digmodlang) and JISC email list (https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=DIGITALMODERNLANGUAGES Dr Naomi Wells Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities/Co-Director of the Doctoral Centre Institute of Modern Languages Research/Digital Humanities Research Hub School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/

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Call for nominations - 2022 IJPP Best Book Award - deadline 15 March
by Cristian Vaccari 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you healthy and safe. I am writing to share the call for nominations for the 2022 IJPP Best Book Award, with nominations due on the 15th of March. The call for nominations is reproduced below and available online at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HIJ/2022%20IJPP%20book%20… . The award honors internationally oriented books that advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkages between news media and politics in a globalized world in a significant way. Books written in English and published within the last ten years will be considered. Monographs as well as edited volumes of exceptional quality and coherence will be considered for the award. The award committee is composed of Sophie Lecheler, Seth Lewis, and myself. I hope you will consider submitting your own work as well as other colleagues' work that you think deserves this recognition. I would also be grateful if you could help spread the word about this award to anyone you think might be interested. *** Call for Nominations *** The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award 2022 *** Deadline: 15 March 2022 Nominations are invited for the annual International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award, to be sent to committee members no later than March 15. Rationale The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award honors internationally oriented books that advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkages between news media and politics in a globalized world in a significant way. It is given annually by the International Journal of Press/Politics and sponsored by Sage Publications. The award committee will judge each nominated book on several criteria, including the extent to which the book goes beyond analyzing a single case country to present a broader and internationally oriented argument, the significance of the problems addressed, the strength of the evidence the book relies on, conceptual innovation, the clarity of writing, and the book’s ability to link journalism studies, political communication research, and other relevant intellectual fields. Eligibility Books written in English and published within the last ten years will be considered. Monographs as well as edited volumes of exceptional quality and coherence will be considered for the award. Books by current members of the award committee are ineligible and committee members will recuse themselves from discussion of books by members of their own department, works published in series that they edit, and similar circumstances. Award committee The award committee consists of Cristian Vaccari (the editor of the International Journal of Press/Politics), Sophie Lecheler (chair of the Political Communication Division of ICA), and Seth Lewis (chair of the Journalism Studies Division of ICA). Nominations Nominations including a rationale of no more than 350 words should be emailed by March 15 to Cristian Vaccari at c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. Self-nominations are accepted. The nomination must specify why the book should receive the award by outlining the importance of the book to the study of media and politics and by identifying its international contribution and relevance. Please include links to or copies of relevant reviews in scholarly journals. Arrangements should be made with the publishers of nominated books for one hard copy or e-book (i.e., the full book in PDF form) to be sent by March 15 to each of the three committee members at the following addresses: Cristian Vaccari, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Brockington Building U.3.19, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. Email: c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. Sophie Lecheler, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Email: sophie.lecheler(a)univie.ac.at Seth Lewis, School of Journalism and Communication, 1275 University of Oregon, Allen Hall Room 219, Eugene, OR 97403-1275, USA . Email: sclewis(a)uoregon.edu Presentation The award will be presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association and will be announced on the IJPP website. The awarded book will also receive recognition in issue 4/2022 of the journal. Past winners of the award 2021: Allissa V. Richardson, Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, and the New Protest #Journalism (Oxford University Press 2020). 2020: Thomas Hanitzsch, Folker Hanusch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, and Arnold S. de Beer (Editors), Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe (Columbia University Press, 2019). 2019: Maria Repnikova, Media Politics in China: Improvising Power Under Authoritarianism (Cambridge University Press, 2017). 2018: Erik Albæk, Arjen van Dalen, Nael Jebril, and Claes H. de Vreese, Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2014). 2017: Katrin Voltmer, The Media in Transitional Democracies (Polity Press, 2013). 2016: Andrew Chadwick, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power (Oxford University Press, 1st edition 2013). 2015: Rodney Benson, Shaping Immigration News (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, *The International Journal of Press/Politics <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb>* ****************************************************** New book: Outside the Bubble: <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?la…>Social Media and Political Participation in Western Democracies <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?la…> (with Augusto Valeriani, OUP 2021) New project: Everyday Sharing of Misinformation on Private <https://everyday-mis.info/>Social Media <https://everyday-mis.info/> (with Andrew Chadwick) ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari> Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

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University of Pittsburgh - Computer Science Department seeks Teaching Assistant Professors
by Khattab, Sherif 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Hi everyone, I hope that you are staying safe and healthy. The Department of Computer Science (https://www.cs.pitt.edu) at the University of Pittsburgh is inviting applications for two teaching assistant professor positions. The department is looking for candidates who are eager to use pedagogical approaches and inclusive practices and have experience teaching in any of the following areas: algorithms and theory; computer systems (especially cloud computing, HPC, and mobile computing); data science, probability, and statistics; and software engineering and software quality assurance. Please apply at https://www.sci.pitt.edu/recruiting#appointment-stream and check more open positions at the School of Computing and Information at Pitt: https://www.sci.pitt.edu/recruiting Best regards, Sherif -- Sherif Khattab [A button for name playback in email signature] <https://www.name-coach.com/sherif-khattab> Lecturer, Department of Computer Science School of Computing and Information University of Pittsburgh <http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab> Office: 6307 Sennott Square Phone: 412-624-8438 http://people.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab/ Pronouns: he/his/him

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AoIR 2022 Instagram Panel
by Plothe, Theo 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear Colleagues, I am organizing a panel on Instagram research for the upcoming AoIR conference, and I am seeking participants for the panel. I last organized an Instagram panel for Brisbane 2019 we had a fantastic group of scholars present their outstanding research on Instagram in a well attended and well received session. I would like to replicate this success with another IG panel for the #AoIR2022. This panel seeks to collect and examine research on Instagram specifically as a site of activity. I am looking for panelists who align closely with the conference theme, Decolonising the Internet, but that is not to say this is the only rubric for inclusion in the panel. If you research Instagram and are interested in joining this panel, please reply off-list with a 250-word abstract of your study by February 20 to my email address at plothet(a)savannahstate.edu<mailto:plothet@savannahstate.edu>. I'll contact you by February 21 in order for us to move forward with selected panelists. Thanks for your attention and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University

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Platformisation and small nations: 5-episode interview podcast series
by Minna Aslama 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Hello: This may interest the list members: The conference Media Platformisation and Small Nations (28-29 Oct 2021, University of Helsinki) featured 5 great keynote contributions. We have created a 5-episode interview podcast featuring all our keynote speakers: Steven Livingston (George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs) Terry Flew (University of Sydney) Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam) Marko Milosavljevic (University of Ljubljana) Anja Bechmann (Aarhus University) Please find the podcasts and other materials here: https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/media-platformisation-and-small-nat… -- feel free to use them and share them widely! -- Dr. Minna Aslama Horowitz @aslama https://minnahorowitz.net/

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Research on use of podcasts by NGO/nonprofits
by Steven Clift 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Anyone here actively researching trends with podcasts across the nonprofits, foundations, community organizations? Hosting, listeners, etc. Thanks, Steven Clift

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Two Post-doctoral Fellowships in Digital Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Yang, Guobin 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, We’ve just posted the following call for applications for two “Post-doctoral Fellowships in Digital Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic” https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/call-applications-post-doctoral-… Please feel free to share with your colleagues and students. Thank you! Guobin Yang --- Guobin Yang Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication & Sociology Annenberg School for Communication & Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences Director, Center on Digital Culture and Society<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/center-digital-culture-…> University of Pennsylvania

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Advice requested (software)
by Monica Marra 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear all in the list, I am interested in a software that makes qualitative analyses easier to manage. My needs are: - not too expensive; - *easy to use*; - runs on Windows; - import/export functionalities; - possibility to make graphs. I’ve read about Nvivo but would like to know if also different softwares are advisable, especially if they have a good value for money. Any suggestion from users is welcome; you can contact me in private if preferred. Thank you for your attention, Monica -- Monica Marra INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio v. Gobetti 93/3 I-40129 Bologna, Italy uff. 3W1 Scopus author ID: 7102382905 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica_Marra

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Julia Ticona's author interview for Left to Our Own Devices
by Ilana Gershon 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear Colleagues, I get very few chances to release an author interview when the book is published. Today on the blog, I feature Julia Ticona on her newly released book, Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age. https://campanthropology.org Best, Ilana Press blurb: Over the past three decades, digital technologies like smartphones and laptops have transformed the way we work in the US. At the same time, workers at both ends of the income ladder have experienced rising levels of job insecurity and anxiety about their economic futures. In *Left to Our Own Devices*, Julia Ticona explores the ways that workers use their digital technologies to navigate insecure and flexible labor markets. Through 100 interviews with high and low-wage precarious workers across the US, she explores the surprisingly similar "digital hustles" they use to find work and maintain a sense of dignity and identity. Ticona then reveals how the digital hustle ultimately reproduces inequalities between workers at either end of polarized labor markets. A moving and accessible look at the intimate consequences of contemporary capitalism, *Left to Our Own Devices* will be of interest to sociologists, communication and media studies scholars, as well as a general audience of readers interested in digital technologies, inequality, and the future of work in the US.

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