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12 Streams 2021 #11 – Aaron Swartz – How We Stopped SOPA – Freedom to Connect, Washington DC, May 21 2012
by Joly MacFie 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Probably the most watched video ever by ISOC LIVE, 9 years ago an edited version played at Aaron Swartz's memorial, held at the Cooper Union, NYC on January 19 2013, On August 2 2013 Aaron Swartz was inducted posthumously <https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/aaron-swartz> into the Internet Hall of Fame. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday January 18 2022, at 6:15pm EST (23:15 UTC) in the 11th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, on the 10th anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA Internet blackout, we feature a keynote by the late " [image: livestream] <http://https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11>Today,* Tuesday January 18 2022*, at *6:15pm EST* (23:15 UTC) in the 11th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/?s=%2312streams>*‘ annual highlights, on the 10th anniversary of the *SOPA/PIPA Internet blackout <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA>*, we feature a keynote by the late *Aaron Swartz <https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/aaron-swartz>*, '*How We Stopped SOPA*' from *Freedom to Connect <http://freedom-to-connect.net/2012/videos.html>*, Washington DC, May 21 2012. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: * *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11> (Open captions) *TWITTER #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t12HX2J> #SOPAPlus10 <https://bit.ly/3rsTe8O> @aaronsw #f2c #netfreedom* *SIMULCASTS* (Open captions) *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/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/12streams2021-11 <https://archive.org/details/12streams2021-11>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15075/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ICA Preconference on Comparative Approaches to Privacy and Literacy
by Quinn, Kelly Ann 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Apologies for cross-posting. I am sharing a CFP for an ICA preconference jointly organized by CPRN (Comparative Privacy Research Network, https://comparativeprivacy.org/) and CEJEM (Research Network on Youth and Media). Title: Comparative Privacy and the Literacies of a Networked Age: A Critical Approach Location: OFF-SITE | Université de Haute-Alsace, UHA’s Campus Fonderie – FSESJ (Faculté des Sciences Economiques Sociales et Juridiques), 16, rue de la Fonderie in Mulhouse, France Date: 25 May 25 2022 – 9:30 – 17:00 Detailed information on the pre-conference is available at: https://comparativeprivacy.org/2022-ica-preconference/ This pre-conference aims to attend to privacy literacy’s critical comparative nature by bringing together scholars that examine the cultural, political, and otherwise contextualized aspects of privacy literacy. The ultimate goal is to enhance conversation in communication studies about the ways in which systematic comparative cross-cultural analyses of privacy literacy may be conceptualized, theorized, and operationalized in novel ways. This pre-conference will be organized in two parts: First, keynotes will provide inputs on the central issues and concepts involved, such as privacy, comparative research, and media literacy. Secondly, interactive sessions will focus on three main aspects of comparative privacy literacy research, namely: conceptualization, operationalization, and collaboration. These sessions will bring together competitively selected presentations followed by a discussion on the challenges of conceptualizing and operationalizing critical privacy literacy from a cross-cultural perspective. The presentation sessions will be followed by group activities where participants will discuss solutions to particular challenges. This final session will take the form of a guided discussion in the larger group that will build on the diversity of the group in order to consider new, future-oriented research questions and forge future collaborations. Submission: This pre-conference invites unpublished, innovative papers focusing on, but not limited to: - research on media/digital literacy and mediated communication, where knowledge or skills regarding privacy plays a role; - empirical studies focusing on privacy literacy in a comparative fashion; - current and new topics for literacies, including the digital ecology, sobriety, algorithmic and privacy literacies, as well as persistent areas of inequalities ; - challenges and opportunities represented by comparative approaches to studying privacy from a literacy perspective; - qualitative and/or quantitative methodological approaches to studying privacy and relevant literacies comparatively; - challenges and opportunities represented by comparative approaches to studying privacy and related literacies; discussions of pertinent dimensions of comparative privacy research; - explorations of potential antecedents, mediators, and outcomes of privacy-related perceptions, decision-making, and behavior; conceptualizations and interpretations of privacy and privacy outcomes in non-WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic) contexts. Both early-career and senior scholars are welcome. SUBMISSION AND SELECTION PROCESS Authors should submit an extended abstract of 800 words (not including references, figures, and tables) by 31 January 2022 to: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=cprn2022ica# The extended abstracts should include the main idea/argument, research questions, a short literature review and/or theoretical perspectives, information on methodology and empirical findings (if applicable). We welcome different approaches, including discussions of literature, concepts and theories, historical perspectives, and empirical analyses. All submitted abstracts must include name, affiliation and contact details. Decisions on acceptance of the extended abstracts will be made by February 28, 2022. We anticipate (for now) that authors of accepted abstracts will attend the pre-conference and present in person. 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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WEBCAST TODAY: How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet
by Joly MacFie 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

The SOPA / PIPA protest was a communal effort, and Public Knowledge played a leading role. Today on the 10th anniversary of the blackout, they assemble some experts to reflect on how such activity might improve today's Internet. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3tABmLJ ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 2pm-3pm EST (19:00-20:00 UTC) Public Knowledge hosts a discussion 'How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet'. This month marks the anniversary of a series of coordinated protests that led to the withdrawal of two pr" [image: livestream] <http://http://livestream.com/internetsociety/SOPAPlus10>On *Tuesday 18 January 2022* at *2pm-3pm EST* (19:00-20:00 UTC) *Public Knowledge <https://publicknowledge.org/>* hosts a discussion '*How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet <https://publicknowledge.org/BetterInternet>*'. This month marks the anniversary of a series of coordinated protests that led to the withdrawal of two proposed laws in the United States Congress: the *Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)* and the *PROTECT IP Act (PIPA)*. The panel will consider how public interest values have shaped the internet so far, how the internet has changed since the 2012 blackouts, and how the public interest community must ensure they continue *building a better internet <https://publicknowledge.org/public-interest-values-must-be-the-foundation-o…>* for everyone. *PANEL* *Catherine Stihler*, CEO of Creative Commons *Spencer Overton*, President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies *April Glaser*, Fellow of the Technology & Social Change Project *Akriti Gaur*, Resident Fellow, Yale Information Society Project *HOST / MODERATOR* *Chris Lewis*, President and CEO, Public Knowledge This event will be simulcast via a partnership with the *Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/SOPAPlus10 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/SOPAPlus10>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://publicknowledge.org/BetterInternet <https://publicknowledge.org/BetterInternet>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3tABmLJ <https://bit.ly/3tABmLJ>* *TWITTER #BetterInternet #SOPAPlus10 <https://bit.ly/3rsTe8O> @publicknowledge @C_Stihler @SpencerOverton @aprilaser @akritigaur @ChrisJ_Lewis @isocdc* *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/SOPAPlus10 <https://archive.org/details/SOPAPlus10>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15070/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Public Interest Technology Chat (PITCh) Series at NYU (next event 01/26)
by David Morar 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Good afternoon, *Apologies for cross-posting* The Digital Interests Lab <http://digitalinterests.org/> and Ai Now <https://ainowinstitute.org/> series of conversations surrounding Public Interest Technology (The PITCh <https://www.digitalinterests.org/events/the-pitch/>) has another event next week on January 26th (and a special edition on May 11th!) The PITCh is a monthly series of remote conversations between established and early career scholars to support the work of practitioners and academics interested in public interest technology (PIT), with discussions on substantive issues and professional development topics. The PITCh, hosted by Digital Interests Lab Director Prof. Anne L. Washington, <https://annewashington.com/> PhD, features analysis and approaches by established scholars, and extensive opportunities for dialogue and reflections with two guests per session. Each session also has a limited number of early career individuals as a “live” audience, who will have the opportunity to ask questions and respond to the main conversation. The events are broadcast live in a Zoom Webinar format, and will also have a brief general public Q&A towards the end. Next week is the last of our regular programming. Join us on 01/26 at 9am EST as *Prof. Washington* chats with *Prof. Arvind Narayanan*, and *Prof. Frank Pasquale* about Ai Snake Oil. Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PrZ7HlyzR8iqNU3CHRAQ6Q> Then in May, we are featuring a special edition of The PITCh. On 05/11 at 3pm EST, *Prof. Washington* is joined by *Prof. Safiya Noble* and *Prof. Latanya Sweeney*. Register here. <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qgb7Ysh-SPC9EEQSs-wmIQ> The PITCh is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and the New America Public Interest Technology University Network. David Morar, PhD Postdoctoral Data Policy Fellow NYU Steinhardt ~ Fellow, Digital Interests Lab <https://www.digitalinterests.org/> ~ @morar <https://twitter.com/morar> davidmorar.com

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New Book: Reckoning with Social Media
by Tero Karppi 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the publication of *Reckoning with Social Media**. *More information below. Tero -- Tero Karppi, PhD Associate Professor, University of Toronto --Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (UTM) --Faculty of Information (St. George) Books: -- Disconnect <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/disconnect> -- Undoing Networks <https://meson.press/books/undoing-networks/> *Reckoning with Social Media* EDITED BY ALEENA CHIA; ANA JORGE AND TERO KARPPI Once celebrated for connecting people and circulating ideas, social media are facing mounting criticisms about their anticompetitive reach, addictive design, and toxicity to democracy. Known cumulatively as the “techlash,” journalists, users, and politicians are asking social media platforms to account for being too big, too engaging, and too unruly. In the age of the techlash, strategies to regulate how platforms operate technically, economically, and legally, are often stacked against individual tactics to manage the effects of social media by disconnecting from them. These disconnection practices—from restricting screen time and detoxing from device use to deleting apps and accounts—often reinforce rather than confront the ways social media organize attention, everyday life, and society. Reckoning with Social Media challenges the prevailing critique of social media that pits small gestures against big changes, that either celebrates personal transformation or champions structural reformation. This edited volume reframes evaluative claims about disconnection practices as either restorative or reformative of current social media systems by beginning where other studies conclude: the ambivalence, commodification, and complicity of separating from social media. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538147405/Reckoning-with-Social-Media ToC Introduction: Reckoning with Social Media in the Pandemic Denouement Aleena Chia, Ana Jorge, and Tero Karppi OA PDF: https://rowman.com/webdocs/reckoningwithsocialmediaintroduction.pdf Why Disconnecting Matters? Towards a Critical Research Agenda on Online Disconnection Magdalena Kania-Lundholm The Ontological Insecurity of Disconnecting: A Theory of Echolocation and the Self Annette N. Markham ‘Hey! I’m back after a 24h #DigitalDetox!’: Influencers posing disconnection Ana Jorge and Marco Pedroni Privacy, energy, time and moments stolen: Social media experiences pushing towards disconnection Trine Syvertsen and Brita Ytre-Arne Quitting Digital Culture: Rethinking Agency in a Beyond-Choice Ontology Zeena Feldman Ethics and Experimentation in The Light Phone and Google Digital Wellbeing Aleena Chia and Alex Beattie OA PDF: https://rowman.com/webdocs/reckoningwithsocialmediachapter6.pdf >From digital detox to 24/365 disconnection: between dependency tactics and resistance strategies in Brazil Marianna Ferreira Jorge and Julia Salgado Overcoming Forced Disconnection: Disentangling the Professional and the Personal in Pandemic Times Christoffer Bagger and Stine Lomborg Disconnecting on Two Wheels: Bike touring, leisure and reimagining networks Pedro Ferreira and Airi Lampinen Analogue Nostalgia: Examining Critiques of Social Media Clara Wieghorst

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Hiring data scientist, part time, temporary
by Melissa Villa Nicholas 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Greetings, *Hiring a Data Scientist for a part-time, temporary position* Dr. LaTesha Velez and Dr. Melissa Villa Nicholas are seeking to hire a temporary, part-time data scientist researcher as an independent consultant to identify and run text mining and visualization for a research project. This position would run for 4-5 months beginning in February or March 2022 and pays competitively. We are looking for an individual who can complete the following tasks: · Identify or create a tool that creates a corpus of articles that match certain criteria we will provide you · Identify or create a tool that does content analysis of that corpus · Run data analysis · Create visualizations based on the data Please email a CV or resume, or questions and comments of interest to Dr. Velez at lmvelez(a)uncg.edu and Dr. Villa Nicholas at mvnicholas(a)uri.edu Thank you, Mel Dr. Melissa Villa Nicholas Graduate School of Library and Information Studies University of Rhode Island Pronouns: She/Hers *Check out my new book Latinas on the Line (Rutgers Press) <https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/latinas-on-the-line/9781978813717> * melissavillanicholas.net

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Call for BOOK PROPOSALS—STUDIES IN NEW MEDIA--Rowman & Littlefield
by Ilana Gershon 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

*CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS—STUDIES IN NEW MEDIA* *Series Editor:*John Allen Hendricks, Ph.D. *Series Editor Email:*jhendricks@sfasu.edu <mailto:jhendricks@sfasu.edu> *Series website: https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/SNM/Studies-in-New-Media <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rowman.com_Action_SERI…>* ** *ABOUT THE SERIES:* This series aims to advance the theoretical and practical understanding of the emergence, adoption, and influence of new technologies. It provides a venue to explore how New Media technologies and Social Networking Sites (SNS) are changing the media landscape in the twenty-first century. Single authored, Multi-authored, and Edited book proposals will be considered. Books included in this series focus on topics such as: - New Media and research methodologies - Media technologies - Theory development - Video games - Mobile content - Policy development - Media usage and psychology - Political usage - Social media technologies *PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:* If you have a book idea that you wish to author or edit, this is your opportunity. Scholars interested in having a proposal considered should contact the series editor. ===== General list info and FAQ: http://comm.umn.edu/~grodman/cultstud.html

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WEBCAST NOW – Regulating the Internet Ten Years after the SOPA/PIPA Blackout
by Joly MacFie 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Yep, exactly 10 years since Internet Blackout Day! REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3nDStJ0 [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sopa-pipa10>On *Tuesday 18 January 2022* at *11:00-12:30 EST* (16:30-17:30 UTC) the *Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law <https://georgetowntech.org/>* hosts a webinar '*Regulating the Internet Ten Years after the SOPA/PIPA Blackout <https://bit.ly/3zTrXA6>*'. Calls to regulate the internet more strictly are now commonplace, but a new *report from Freedom House <https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-t…>* observes both the promise and peril of internet regulation. The global drive to control big tech thus carries a seeming contradiction: it can be an expression of democracy but can also support authoritarianism. On the tenth anniversary of the *blackout <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA>* of Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, and Mozilla in response to proposed internet regulation in the U.S., we ask what we learned from the SOPA/PIPA debates, take stock of where internet regulation stands today, and ask what internet regulations carry the most promise or risk today. *OPENING CONVERSATION* *Jimmy Wales*, founder, Wikipedia *PANEL* *Rebecca MacKinnon*, Vice President, Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation *Allie Funk*, Senior research analyst for technology and democracy, Freedom House *Vivek Krishnamurthy*, Samuelson-Glushko Professor of Law, University of Ottawa *Konstantinos Komaitis*, Independent Internet Policy consultant / Policy Fellow, Brave New Software Foundation *HOST / MODERATOR* *Anupam Chander*, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown Law This event will be simulcast via a partnership with the *Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org/>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sopa-pipa10 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sopa-pipa10>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3zTrXA6 <https://bit.ly/3zTrXA6>* *REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15031>)* *TWITTER #FreedomOnTheNet <http://bit.ly/freedomonthenet> @GtownTechLaw @jimmy_wales @AnupamChander @alfunk @kkomaitis @vivekdotca @rmack @freedomonthenet #netfreedom #netgov * *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/sopa-pipa10 <https://archive.org/details/sopa-pipa10>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15031/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfA: YOUthDIG 2022
by Nadia Tjahja 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Dear all, Apologies for crossposting, A fully-funded grant is available for young people ages 18-30 to attend the youth pre-event of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) and the EuroDIG Conference itself. The Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance (YOUthDIG) brings together 30 young people from all over Europe to learn about Internet Governance, and discuss and exchange ideas with experienced internet policy practitioners. At the end of YOUthDIG, participants design policy messages that will be presented at EuroDIG but also at the global UN Internet Governance Forum. If you, your students or colleagues are interested in applying, applications are open until 10 February 2022, 23:59 CET. More information and application form is available on: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/youthdig/ With kind regards, Nadia Tjahja

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CfP: Asiascape Digital Asia Anniversary Edition
by Schneider, F.A. (Florian) 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Dear list members, Those of you working on digital affairs in Asia may find the following call for papers interesting. The call is also available online<http://www.politicseastasia.com/research/call-for-papers-asiascape-digital-…>. Apologies for cross posting. Florian Schneider Senior Lecturer Leiden Uni, Managing Editor Asiascape: Digital Asia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers: Asiascape: Digital Asia Anniversary Issue The Shape of the Asiascape: Ten Years of Digital Asia Research The peer-reviewed academic journal Asiascape: Digital Asia<https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/dias-overview.xml> (DIAS) is now inviting contributions for its 2023 anniversary special issue, "The Shape of the Asiascape: Ten Years of Digital Asia Research". This anniversary issue will take stock of advances and trends in research about digital Asia. It asks what a decade of Asiascape research has revealed about dynamics in the region and its varied digital societies. Are there national or regional Internets that form an 'Asiascape', and how do they differ from the 'global' Internet? Does 'digital Asia' truly exist, and if so: in what guises? By revisiting the current state-of-the-field, the short (4,000-word) contributions to this special issue will examine the multi-disciplinary, regional, and transnational concerns that have shaped Asiascape's diverse research programmes. Collectively, they will ask how digital Asia features in contemporary discussions, whether in a mainstream, scholarly, or tech journalism context. Looking forward, the contributions will identify potential blindspots in the scholarship and propose ways forward for the next decade of multi- and interdisciplinary digital Asia research. For this special issue, we welcome submissions from researchers from the social sciences, computer sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as from multi- and interdisciplinary backgrounds, who explore the socio-political, economic, aesthetic, philosophical, or cultural dimensions of the digital in Asian societies. Possible topics for submissions include (but are emphatically not limited to) empirical and theoretical explorations of the following (in alphabetical order): * Digital folklore (amateur culture, memes, DIY, etc.), * Digital labour, production, and consumption, * Digital spaces and architectures, * Digital surveillance and sous-veillance, * Discourses and contestations in, and about, 'digital Asia', * International and transnational digital dynamics, * Misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracies, * Networks and interfaces, * New digital screen cultures and practices, * Platform power and the cultural impact of digital infrastructures, * Political and economic interactions in national digital ecologies, * Politics and culture of play and games, * The digital dimensions of activism and social movements. Interested contributors should first send their title, abstract (150 words), and short biography to the journal's managing editor, Dr. Florian Schneider<mailto:f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl?subject=DIAS%20special%20issue%20Dynamics%20of%20Digital%20Play>, by 14 February 2022. The editorial team will select contributions by 1 March, and successful contributors should then prepare articles of 4,000 words, including notes and references, to be submitted through the journal's editorial management system<http://www.editorialmanager.com/dias/default.aspx> by 1 May 2022. Please see the instructions for authors<http://www.brill.com/files/brill.nl/specific/authors_instructions/DIAS.pdf> for further information on the in-house style requirements. For further questions, please contact the managing editor at f.a.schneider(a)leidenuniv.nl<mailto:f.a.schneider@leidenuniv.nl>.

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