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Guest Lecture on Algorithms and Social Media
by Guy Golan 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Hi Everyone, I am looking for someone who can speak about social media algorithms to my social media class (we can record a 10 minute Zoom conversation). Basically I will ask you to explain to my students: What is an algorithm? How do social media platforms use them? How do these algorithms impact the type of content we see on platforms? How are the platforms benefiting from the algorithms? How are users impacted by algorithms in terms of privacy, data, etc. After I record the Zoom I will share it with my class and if you are interested I will upload it to my Youtube channel and share it with a large social media group of social media, PR and advertising professors. If you are interested in participating, please drop me a line. Thanks, Guy -- Guy J. Golan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Strategic Communication Bob Schieffer College of Communication Texas Christian University Twitter: guygolan https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guy_Golan

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Request for published and unpublished studies on social media use and political knowledge
by Eran Amsalem 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, We are political communication researchers currently working on a meta-analysis of the relationship between social media use and political knowledge. We have so far collected and analyzed 68 studies, and at this stage we would like to ensure our list of studies is comprehensive. To be included in our meta-analysis, studies must be written in English, include quantitative data, and report the relationship between social media use (of any type: Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, general SNS use, etc.) and political knowledge. The meta-analysis covers studies that employ various research designs (experiments, surveys, panels, etc.) and that operationalize social media use in different ways, such as self-reports, behavioral data, or experimental manipulations. We are looking for both published and unpublished studies (e.g., working papers, conference papers, dissertations, etc.). If you have conducted such a study or can think of one that seems relevant, we would be grateful if you could send it to Dr. Eran Amsalem at: eran.amsalem(a)mail.huji.ac.il If you are currently conducting research on this topic that has not yet been written up in full, and are willing to share your information with us, please provide us with an effect size measure (e.g., Cohen’s *d*, Pearson’s *r*, odds ratio) or any statistics that can be converted into a standardized metric. Alternatively, you may send us the dataset so we can compute the effect size ourselves. Kindest regards, Eran Amsalem <https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=zMtxzJEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> (Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) Alon Zoizner <https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=v7PwdpEAAAAJ&hl=en> (Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Israel) -- Eran Amsalem, Ph.D. Department of Communication and Journalism The Hebrew University of Jerusalem www.eranamsalem.com

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Open seminar on Disruptive Pedagogies
by Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Dear all, The Cultural Studies in Education research group at the University of East Anglia will be hosting a free online seminar on Monday 24th January 2022, at 12:00 PM (GMT). The session will be led by Dr Kay Sidebottom from the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University, and will be titled Disruptive Pedagogies: Radical Education for Posthuman Times. A short abstract for the session is provided below: As educators face the ongoing and increasing challenges of widening inequalities, environmental degradation, technological innovation and zoonotic pandemics, it is timely to re-evaluate the role of pedagogy in accelerating our capacity to both adapt and forge a new way forward. The posthuman and new materialist turn in education offers exciting potential for a shift from learning-as-cognition to a focus on connections between humans and non- human others; it presents an opportunity for the re-emergence of the embodied subject; and provides space to celebrate difference for itself, beyond the limiting discourse of diversity and inclusion. Despite the emergence of posthuman thinking in educational philosophy however, there are few practical examples of how these ideas can be enacted in initial teacher training or classroom situations. This seminar aims to share practical examples of how educators of all kinds can re-imagine learning in precarious times. Please join us at https://zoom.us/j/98805719139 on Monday 24th January 2022, at 12:00 PM (GMT). Best wishes, Cultural Studies in Education research group, UEA

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Reminder: CCDS Presents a talk with Megan Squire, Friday, Janurary28th, 2022
by Jeff Hemsley 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Just a reminder to please register if you are interested, and feel free to forward to people who might be interested... The Center for Computational and Data Sciences presents Virtual Research Talk with Dr. Megan Squire, Friday January 28th, 12 PM, titled, "Mean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate". This talk is free and open to the public. Please do use the link below to register for the event. https://forms.gle/xBEXoRYMKWUDKPpK7 Mean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate Data science is a systematic process for applying techniques from statistics, data mining, and machine learning to solve complex problems. In this talk, Dr. Megan Squire will explain how she uses data science to understand complex socio-technical phenomena such as extremist group membership and the spread of dangerous propaganda. Dr. Squire's work understanding online radicalization and measuring extremism on social media has been featured in numerous media publications including the BBC, NPR, The New York Times, and CNN. Dr. Megan Squire is a professor of Computer Science at Elon University (North Carolina, USA). Her main research area is applying data science techniques to understand niche and extremist online communities, particularly radical right-wing groups on social media. Dr. Squire is the author of two books on data cleaning and data mining, and over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including several Best Paper awards. In 2017, she was named the Elon University Distinguished Scholar. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow for data analytics at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and as a Belfer Fellow for the ADL. Jeff Hemsley Associate Professor Director of the Center for Computational and Data Sciences School of Information Studies Syracuse University Journal of Information Technology and Politics Associate Editor Author of 'Going Viral', Polity Press, 2013

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One-day symposium: 'Making Sense of the High-Speed Society, ' 14.01.22
by Scott Wark 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

On Friday January 14th, the Pause for Thought project will be hosting a one-day symposium <https://pauseforthought.net/symposium/schedule/> on the theme 'Making Sense of the High Speed Society.' The symposium will be held on Zoom and will include keynote preentations by David Berry and Rebecca Coleman. The full day's schedule is pasted below - if you are interested in attending, please register your interest with Tom Sutherland (TSutherland(a)lincoln.ac.uk) and Scott Wark (S.Wark(a)warwick.ac.uk) to receive a link and password. // The world seems to change so rapidly, it often feels hard to keep up. Concerns regarding the hurried pace and constant upheaval of everyday life are not at all new, but anxieties surrounding these issues seem to be growing increasingly acute, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic (witness, for instance, the focus on problems of ‘burnout’). Continual upheaval, one of the characteristic features of modernity from the Industrial Revolution onward, has intensified to the point where our societies are unable to adjust. This inability to keep up manifests most strikingly in the realm of technology: the platforms, devices, apps, and other media forms that leave a mark on our everyday lives emerge and then obsolesce with dizzying rapidity. We have all likely devised and shared tactics for adapting to and managing the pressures that the high-speed society places upon us – ways of dealing with the fact that we cannot, and perhaps should not, keep up with the pace of change. That is, ‘media literacy’ – the question of how we learn to navigate the fluctuations of our hyper-mediated world and how we share that skill and knowledge with others – is not an issue that can or should be confined merely to the institutional setting of the university. It does not occur solely within the classroom. In a world saturated by media technologies, all of us must learn – have learned – to live with media’s accelerating pace of change. Or: to ‘make sense’ of media technology even as it threatens to leave us behind. *9.00am Keynote one:* David M. Berry (Professor of Digital Humanities – University of Sussex): ‘Personal Computation’ 10.00–10.15am [morning break] *10.15am Panel one *(chair: Scott Wark): Tina Kendall (Anglia Ruskin University): ‘Staying Connected to Stay Safe: Boredom and Social Media Literacy in a High-Speed Society’ Yanning Huang (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University): ‘From “996”, “Involution” to “The Philosophy of Lying Flat”: The Classed Practice of Talking About (and Dealing With) Overwork in High-Speed China’ Henrik Bødker and Philip Pond (Aarhus University and University of Melbourne): ‘Events, Acceleration and Attention Politics’ Ben Potter (University of Sussex): ‘Hegemony of the Fad: Ephemerality, Reproduction and the Losing Time for Thought on TikTok’ 11.45am–12.45pm [lunch break] *12.45pm Panel two *(chair: Tom Sutherland): Leah Junck (University of Cape Town): ‘The Times of Tinder: Perceptions of Intimacy in a Fast-Paced Dating Environment’ Emir Kurmuş (Boğaziçi University): ‘Insights for the Complex Interaction Between Acceleration and Deceleration Through the Analysis of White-Collar Employees’ Sleep Patterns and Time Pressure in Istanbul’ Lorenzo Olivieri (University of Bologna): ‘Temporalities of Non-Knowledge Production: Acceleration and Repetition in the Italian Asylum System’ Andreas Schellewald (Goldsmiths, University of London): ‘Understanding the Practice of “Mindless” Scrolling on TikTok in the Context of Pandemic Life and Social Acceleration’ 2.15–2.30pm [afternoon break] *2.30pm Panel three *(chair: Zara Dinnen): Krista Lepik (University of Tartu): ‘Temporal Tension Fields in Museums and Libraries’ Manuela Arruda Galindo and Paula Sibilia (Fluminense Federal University): ‘Running to Miss Nothing: Anxious Temporality and the Frustration of the (Un)limited’ Sandy Di Yu (University of Sussex): ‘The Enclosure of Free Time in the Digital Society: How the Advent of Platform Capitalism Parallels the Process of Primitive Accumulation in the Transition to Post-Feudal Capitalistic Europe’ Victoria Stanton and Stacey Cann (Concordia University): ‘Pedagogy and Time’ *3.45pm Keynote two: * Rebecca Coleman (Reader – Goldsmiths, University of London): ‘Infrastructures of Feeling: The Digital Mediation of the Present’

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Call for presentations/Appel à communications - ACFAS 2022
by Myles, David 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Dear AoIR colleagues, chers•chères collègues de l’AoIR, *** English version follows*** Vous trouverez joint à ce courriel un appel à communications pour le colloque Les enjeux du numérique pour les communautés LGBTQ+ organisé dans le cadre du 89e congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). L’ACFAS est une association savante qui fait la promotion de la recherche francophone au Canada. Pour plus d’informations sur l’ACFAS et son congrès annuel : https://www.acfas.ca/evenements/congres/ Ce colloque aura lieu à l’Université Laval (ville de Québec) le 12 mai 2022. Comme il se tiendra en format hybride (en ligne et en présentiel), nous encourageons aussi les propositions venant de l’extérieur du Québec. La date limite pour la soumission des propositions est le 7 février 2022. Les questions concernant le colloque peuvent être envoyées à David Myles (david.myles(a)mail.mcgill.ca<mailto:david.myles@mail.mcgill.ca>) ou Christopher Dietzel (christopher.dietzel(a)dal.ca<mailto:christopher.dietzel@dal.ca>). *** English version*** Please find attached a call for presentations for the colloquium Les enjeux du numérique pour les communautés LGBTQ+. This colloquium is organized as part of the 89th Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS). ACFAS is a scholarly association that aims to advance and promote French research in Canada. For more information about ACFAS and its annual congress: https://www.acfas.ca/evenements/congres/ This colloquium will take place at Laval University (Québec City) on May 12, 2022. Since it will be hybrid (online and in person), we also encourage applications from outside Québec. The submission deadline for proposals is February 7, 2022. Any questions about the colloquium can be directed to David Myles (david.myles(a)mail.mcgill.ca<mailto:david.myles@mail.mcgill.ca>) or Christopher Dietzel (christopher.dietzel(a)dal.ca<mailto:christopher.dietzel@dal.ca>). Sincerely/Cordialement, David Myles, PhD Christopher Dietzel, PhD

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"Affordance" video
by Jenny Davis 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Hi Everyone, If you're teaching about the concept of "affordances" this semester, I've got a short 5-minute explainer video that you may find useful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q. This is a supplement to my book on the topic. The video is on YouTube (linked above) and also on the MIT Press website, alongside the Open Access Introduction chapter under Reader Resources https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5QN8WokJQ_Q/maxresdefault.jpg]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q> Affordances: How We Shape Technologies and Technologies Shape Us - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QN8WokJQ_Q> This video explains what "affordances" are, how the concept has evolved, and describes an operational a model called the “mechanisms and conditions framework... www.youtube.com Best, Jenny Jenny L. Davis School of Sociology The Australian National University New Article(s): Davis, Jenny L., Apryl Williams and Michael Yang. 2021. Algorithmic Reparation<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211044808> Big Data & Society Book: How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (MIT Press 2020)<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford> Website: jennyldavis.com<https://www.jennyldavis.com/> Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis>

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Podcast on ritual
by Matthew Moore 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

https://infoinnouts.podbean.com/e/ritual/ What is a ritual and how can it make our working lives better? John Dobbin is a senior Agile Transformation consultant who works in large finance and telecommunications companies in APAC, Europe, and the Middle East. He has a background in organisational development, computer science, and mathematics. His current focus is de-mathematising key concepts from complexity science and importing them to management theory: exploring ways to make organisations endogenously adaptive to VUCA environments UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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WEBCAST TODAY: A11yNYC – Broke with Accessible Taste: Understanding the Economics of Digital Access in US
by Joly MacFie 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

First A11yNYC meetup of 2022! Notice that the stream now comes courtesy of 'Internet Society New York Accessibility SIG'. You can read more about that here <https://www.a11ysig.org/back-to-roots/>. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yeconomics> On *Tuesday January 11 2022* at *7pm-8pm EST* (00:00-01:00 UTC Jan12) the *Accessibility NYC Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/>* (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘*Broke with Accessible Taste: Understanding the Economics of Digital Access in US <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/282246008/>*‘. Conversations about digital accessibility are predominantly centered on the technical and monetary expenses of implementation in products and applications. Missing from these conversations are socioeconomic factors faced by people with disabilities that can be significant blockers to digital access more than any design or technical inaccessibility. *Crystal Preston Watson <https://crystalprestonwatson.com/>* will dive into learning about the economic realities of disability in America and the repercussions of overlooking those realities in digital access. The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society New York Accessibility SIG <https://a11ysig.org/>* *LIVESTREAM: **https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yeconomics* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yeconomics> (Open Captions) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/282246008/ <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/282246008/>* (CC) *REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc>* *TWITTER: #a11yeconomics @ScopicEngineer @A11ysig @a11ynyc #Accessibility #a11y #Captioned* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/NBJ2vvt2cyg <https://youtu.be/NBJ2vvt2cyg> *(Comments monitored) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/> *(Open Captions) *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> *(Open Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live> *(Open Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* (Open Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/a11yeconomics <https://archive.org/details/a11yeconomics>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14978/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Postdoc opportunities at Stanford DCSL - Jan 31
by Toussaint Nothias 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

Dear AoIRists, We are accepting applications for our post-doctoral fellowship in the Digital Civil Society Lab<https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/> at Stanford University. Applications are due on January 31, 2022. We welcome a wide range of disciplinary approaches and research interests. Some of the key research themes we are currently investigating include: * The key dimensions of digital infrastructures and data and how they influence the role of civil society around the world.  * The challenges and opportunities for assembly and association in a world of pervasive data-collection. * The possibilities for decolonizing technology and developing alternative political economies around digital connectivity. * The nature of digital data donations and/or the governance mechanisms, enterprise forms, or legal constructs that such donations require. More information about our Lab, the fellowship and the application process are available here: https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/dcsl-pos… Applications can be submitted here: https://stanfordpacs.slideroom.com/#/login/program/64439 Please share this opportunity widely. Inquires may be directed to Rebecca Lapeña, Program Manager at DCSL (rlapena(a)stanford.edu<mailto:rlapena@stanford.edu>). ---- Toussaint Nothias Associate Director of Research, Digital Civil Society Lab.<https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/> Research Scholar, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS)<https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/>. Stanford University www.toussaintnothias.com<http://www.toussaintnothias.com>

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