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[Extended Deadline] ICA Pre-conference CFP|| Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms
by Xiao Han 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

[Extended Deadline] ICA Pre-conference: Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms (online) Organised by: the SAGE journal Global Media and China, the University of Sydney Endorsed by the Following ICA Divisions: Communications Law & Policy; Global Communications & Social Change Invited participants: Jiang Fei (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China); Terry Flew (The University of Sydney, Australia); Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong); Shin Dong Kim (Hallym University, South Korea); Philip Schlesinger (University of Glasgow); Daya Kishan Thussu (Hong Kong Baptist University). Overview In an era that has been termed one of post-globalization (Flew, 2018), there is considerable debate around governance of the global Internet. In particular, multistakeholder approaches which seek to bypass nation-state governments in the name of global "netizens" have been critiqued as lacking real regulatory capacity to transform the behaviour of digital platforms towards public interest goals. This one-day symposium will explore questions of sovereignty in the digital environment from international and comparative perspectives. We are particularly interested in papers which address: ·The ‘regulatory turn’ towards digital platforms and comparative insights. ·How digital platforms with an international footprint navigate competing jurisdictional rules and regulations; ·The rise of “tech nationalism” and the promotion of digital “national champions”; ·New forms of regulation being developed by national governments and the European Union; ·The role of quasi-self-regulatory entities developed by companies themselves (e.g. Facebook Oversight Board); ·Proposals for reform of international internet governance institutions; ·The relationship between global digital platforms and questions of sovereignty and accountable governance; ·The impact of COVID-19 on digital platform governance. Submission and Selection Process Authors should submit an extended abstract of 300-500 words to: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=platformgovernance1# <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=platformgovernance1#> by 28 Feburary, 2022. 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 relevant). We welcome different approaches, including discussions of literature, concepts and theories, historical perspectives, and empirical analyses. The extended abstracts will go through a double-blind peer review process. All submitted abstracts must be anonymous with no reference to author(s). Include name, affiliation and contact details either in the email or in a separate attachment. *** Selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers to the special issue of the journal Global Media and China (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch>). 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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WEBCAST JAN 31: Traversing the Metaverse – A Caribbean Perspective
by Joly MacFie 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Lest it be thought that Barbados does not have a record of pioneering new technologies, one of the speakers today is *Alan Emtage*, who is *in the Internet Hall of Fame* <https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/alan-emtage> for inventing ARCHIE, the first search engine. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3HnBmmE [image: livestream] <http://http//livestream.com/internetsociety3/ctu-metaverse>On *Monday January 31 2022* at *09:00-12:30 AST* (13:00-16:30 UTC) the *Caribbean Telecommunications Union <https://ctu.int/>* (CTU) in partnership with the *Government of Barbados <https://www.gov.bb/>* hosts a webinar '*Traversing the Metaverse – A Caribbean Perspective <https://ctu.int/event/traversing-the-metaverse-a-caribbean-perspective-2/>*'. In 2021 Barbados announced it would be among the first countries to *open an embassy <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-14/barbados-tries-digital-d…>* in the metaverse. It is *estimated <https://www.strategyanalytics.com/access-services/media-and-services/virtua…>* that by 2025 the global metaverse market will be worth 280 billion US dollars. This webinar will enable discussion that will assist in the formulation of policy, legal and regulatory issues in an effort to educate and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges for, in particular, small island developing states (SIDS). This will allow the relevant stakeholders to advance regional initiatives and make the necessary policy interventions in the interest of ensuring the Caribbean is poised to provide global leadership in this emerging technological space. *AGENDA https://bit.ly/3udPXgK <https://bit.ly/3udPXgK>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/ctu-metaverse <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/ctu-metaverse>* *PARTICIPATE VIA HUBILO https://bit.ly/3rcQDkg <https://bit.ly/3rcQDkg>* *REAL TIME TEXT *https://bit.ly/3HnBmmE *TWITTER #metaverse @TheCtunion <https://bit.ly/3g7aCL4> @Barbados @gisbarbados* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion <https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion>* (AI Captions) *https://youtu.be/WkKN4sjBbzY <https://youtu.be/WkKN4sjBbzY> *(CTU) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ctu-metaverse <https://archive.org/details/ctu-metaverse>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15129/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Introducing the Discord Academic Research Community (D/ARC)
by Rachel Berryman 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Hello, Internet Researchers! We would like to invite you to join the newly-formed Discord Academic Research Community (D/ARC) – a supportive network for anyone studying Discord communities, platforms, and cultures. Our rapidly-growing community of 100+ scholars and researchers actively maintains a number of resources, including: * A curated Zotero library of Discord literature and tools * Notifications about relevant CFPs and new research * A program of live workshops on new methods and tools, as well as regular research check-ins Join the D/ARC Discord server (and share the invite link): https://darcmode.org/invite We’re also excited to announce our first virtual workshop “Working with Networked Discord Data”, occurring on 4 February 2022, at 6pm EST. In this beginner-friendly, one-hour session, we will walk attendees through scraping and analyzing public Discord server data with **no coding required.** Attendees will learn how to: * Scrape large volumes of server metadata (for potentially thousands of Discord communities) * Analyze trends and server activity using a range of analysis tools * Visualize network data to explore broader trends and patterns *Graduate students, independent and early-career scholars are especially welcome!* To find out more and follow the D/ARC online, visit: https://darcmode.org https://twitter.com/darc_mode<http://www.twitter.com/darc_mode> <3 The D/ARC Mods

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[Call for Participation] ACM WSDM 2022
by Ugur Kursuncu 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2022) Virtual Conference (was Tempe, Arizona, USA) February 21-25 2022 https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/> ------------- Register before February 20, 2022. ------------- WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining. WSDM is a highly selective conference that includes invited talks, as well as refereed full papers. WSDM publishes original, high-quality papers related to search and data mining on the Web and the Social Web, with an emphasis on practical yet principled novel models of search and data mining, algorithm design and analysis, economic implications, and in-depth experimental analysis of accuracy and performance. The conference is now moved to a completely virtual format. This difficult decision is made in light of the latest surge in Omicron cases, enhanced travel restrictions from various parts of the world, and companies scrapping office-return deadlines without setting a new date. Conference program includes 7 workshops <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/wsdm-workshops/>, 7 tutorials <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-tutorials/>, 9 doctoral consortium presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-doctoral-consortium-papers/>, 14 technical demos <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-demos/>, 160 research paper presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/accepted-papers/>, industry day presentations <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/industry-day-schedule/>, smart city day presentations, and 3 exciting keynote talks on timely topics: Keynote talk by Yejin Choi <https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~yejin/> (U. Washington) - Knowledge is Power: Symbolic Knowledge Distillation, Commonsense Morality, and Multimodal Script Knowledge Keynote talk by George Karypis <http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/> (Amazon) - Graph Neural Network Research at AWS AI Keynote talk by Ricardo Baeza-Yates <https://www.baeza.cl/> (Northeastern University) - Ethics Challenges in AI To register for the conference, please visit https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/ <https://www.wsdm-conference.org/2022/registration/> Note that the registration ends on February 20, 2022.

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Fwd: CDT Report: Making Transparency Meaningful
by Dhanaraj Thakur 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hi all, I'm writing to let you know about a report that CDT published just before the new year called /Making Transparency Meaningful: A Framework for Policymakers <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12132021-CDT-Making-Transparency…>/. The report lays out a conceptual framework for transparency about practices that affect internet users’ speech, access to information, and privacy from government surveillance. A section of the report about researcher access to data <https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-01-21-FX-Transparency-Frame…> held by online hosts of user-generated content may be of particular interest to members of this network. The purpose of /Making Transparency Meaningful /is to provide a structure for understanding the big picture of technology company transparency, and how to approach the critical decisions that must be made if we are to achieve meaningful transparency by, and about, technology companies. The report addresses four categories of transparency: 1. Transparency reports that provide aggregated data and qualitative information about moderation actions, disclosures, and other practices concerning user generated content and government surveillance; 2. User notifications about government demands for their data and moderation of their content; 3. Access to data held by intermediaries for independent researchers, public policy advocates, and journalists; and 4. Public-facing analysis, assessments, and audits of technology company practices with respect to user speech and privacy from government surveillance. As we explain in the accompanying blog post <https://cdt.org/insights/new-cdt-report-provides-guide-for-policymakers-on-…>, /Making Transparency Meaningful/ is relevant to many ongoing policy conversations around transparency, and the numerous transparency bills from recent months (including researcher access to data bills) in the U.S. and EU like the PACT Act, Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act, Social Media DATA Act, Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, Digital Services Act, and many more. The full report is available on CDT’s website <https://cdt.org/insights/report-making-transparency-meaningful-a-framework-…>, where we also have links to each of the four individual sections if you want to look at just one specific topic. take care, Dhanaraj

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Faculty Position Announcement for Media Psychology PhD Program
by Regina Tuma 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Dear all, Please share with colleagues—open faculty position in Media Psychology. Thanks, Regina Tuma (rtuma(a)fielding.edu) Doctoral Faculty, Media Psychology Program Reports to: Media Psychology Program Director Location: Remote Position: Regular, Full Time Wage Range: DOE FLSA Status: Exempt Applications will not be considered complete unless both a CV and COVER LETTER are uploaded. SUMMARY Fielding Graduate University aspires to be a world leader in Media Psychology science and practice, and graduate training in Media Psychology. Toward this end, we seek to hire a full-time, core faculty member to join our dedicated team. The new core faculty member will teach graduate courses in Psychology and Media Psychology, mentor graduate students, serve on Dissertation committees, and advance their scholarship and/or practice related to Media Psychology. Applications for Doctoral Faculty in Media Psychology will be accepted for consideration until the position has been filled. The position begins July 1, 2022 or later. Fielding Graduate University uses a distributed model to deliver a personalized graduate education that fosters individual development, community collaboration, and societal engagement. We use a combination of asynchronous and synchronous course instruction and dissertation supervision and meet occasionally for face-to-face sessions in US locations. Our vision is for our graduates to excel in scholarship and practice that create a more humane, just, and sustainable world. Fielding encourages and supports scholarship (broadly defined), professional practice, and professional development. QUALIFICATIONS We seek Psychology scholars and/or practitioners who can contribute to our Media Psychology programs. Minimum qualifications include a doctorate degree in PSYCHOLOGY at the time of hire and a growing or established record of contributions to scholarship and/or practice in an area relevant to Media Psychology, such as (but not limited to) social media, data science, virtual and augmented reality, gaming, and the application of media and technology to business, politics, health, mental health and social justice. We welcome applications from junior, mid-career, and late-career psychologists. Fielding values diversity and invites applicants from historically underrepresented groups. Preference will be given to candidates who have not earned their doctorate degree from Fielding. Candidates who wish to be considered must be able to show proof of the right to work in the U.S. BENEFITS Fielding core faculty have access to medical/dental/vision insurances, Flexible Spending and/or Health Savings Accounts, retirement contributions after one year of service, and professional development funds. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Fielding Graduate University utilizes ADP Workforce Now for online applications. You will be prompted to create a user name and password to initiate the application process. Applications will not be considered complete unless both a CV and COVER LETTER are uploaded. Applicants are encouraged to have their employment history, educational information, and professional references on hand while completing the application. The online application process takes approximately 30 minutes. Upon completion, applicants will receive a confirmation of receipt via email. Apply here: [1]https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitm ent.html?cid=371bf4c2-8681-458c-8b35-722b1fc8d540&ccId=19000101_000001& type=MP&lang=en_US ABOUT FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY Fielding Graduate University is an innovative global community dedicated to educating scholars, leaders, and practitioners in pursuit of a more just and sustainable world. We do this by providing exemplary interdisciplinary programs within a distributed and relational learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge. Fielding has approximately 1,050 students and 176 faculty members residing throughout the United States and internationally. Please visit our website at [2]www.fielding.edu to learn more. Sent from [3]Mail for Windows References 1. https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.htm… 2. http://www.fielding.edu/ 3. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986

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[Data to Power] Events follow up
by Natalia Grincheva 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hello all, Apologies for X-postings. Thank you to all those who attended our first Online Research Session last week! *https://www.datatopower.net/events <https://www.datatopower.net/events>* It was a pleasure to organize the Webinar and the Datathon for you. We are impressed with the amount of your interest, positive feedback, and useful suggestions that you shared with us! We have compiled a *Padlet Ideas Wall* with all links to additional resources, projects, and ideas that you generously provided during the online events. Please, feel free to add more links or comment on any of the listed resources. You can do it here: https://padlet.com/DataToPower/links If you missed any of the events, you are welcome to watch the recordings: *Webinar: GLAM collections and exhibitions in immersive environments* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH-Kn5hGabw *Mapping the potential appeal of heritage collections: From API to geo-visualization* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcU9EPYzcvU We will be happy to see you again at the end of March for our *Second Research Session*, which will be devoted to risks and challenges that the GLAM sector meets in the global media spaces, including digital propaganda, fake news, AI censorship and data surveillance. More info on the session will come soon and will be available on our website https://www.datatopower.net/ Please check for the updates or *subscribe to our mailing group **https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower* <https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower> With kind regards, *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Arts Management School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts Senior Research Fellow (Hon) Digital Studio, the University of Melbourne *Recent Books:* *Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age* (Routledge 2020) *Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy* (Routledge 2019) *Research Creation Project: *datatopower.net

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Tips on passing Facebook App Approval?
by Nastasia Griffioen 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Dear fellow media researchers! I am a PhD student studying adolescent wellbeing and social media use at the Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab in the Netherlands. For the past year we’ve been working on an app that is aimed at helping young adults gaining insight into their social media use. Part of our functionality is to have access to people’s Facebook and Instagram posts and being able to present those posts to users of the app. Naturally, this requires app approval by Facebook. We’ve been through this process once, and since our app was not yet complete then, we got denied on those simple grounds. This time around, we want to make sure that we get as much of it right as we can, since preparing for the application is time consuming and time is limited. I’m sure some of you have had experiences with applying for approval from Facebook? I would be extremely grateful for any tips/lessons learned that you can give us to make this process as successful as we can. Thanks in advance, and have a great week all! Nastasia

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Algorithms and Subjectivity || New Book
by Eran Fisher 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Hello, Could you please circulate in the group? All the best, Eran *Algorithms and Subjectivity* The Subversion of Critical Knowledge (Routledge, 2022) Eran Fisher Series: *Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture* In this volume, Eran Fisher interrogates the relationship between algorithms as epistemic devices and modern notions of subjectivity. The book provides an investigation of how algorithms challenge Enlightenment-era notions of the subject, analysing how algorithmic knowledge differs from the ideas of critical knowledge that emerged during modernity. -- Prof. Eran Fisher Chair, Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication The Open University 1 University Road, P.O.Box 808, Ra'anana 43537, Israel פרופ' ערן פישר ראש המחלקה לסוציולוגיה, מדעי המדינה ותקשורת האוניברסיטה הפתוחה דרך האוניברסיטה 1, ת.ד. 808, רעננה 4353701

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce Announcements 30 Jan '22

30 Jan '22

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022) May 25-27, 2022, Golden Bay Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/eais2022/ (Proceedings to be published by the IEEE Xplore Digital Library; Special Journal Issue with Evolving Systems, Springer) (*** Submission Deadline: February 7, 2022 (firm) ***) IEEE EAIS 2022 will provide a working and friendly atmosphere and will be a leading international forum focusing on the discussion of recent advances, the exchange of recent innovations and the outline of open important future challenges in the area of Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems. Over the past decade, this area has emerged to play an important role on a broad international level in today's real-world applications, especially those ones with high complexity and dynamic changes. Its embedded modelling and learning methodologies are able to cope with real-time demands, changing operation conditions, varying environmental influences, human behaviours, knowledge expansion scenarios and drifts in online data streams. Conference Topics Basic Methodologies Evolving Soft Computing Techniques. Evolving Fuzzy Systems. Evolving Rule-Based Classifiers. Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. Adaptive Evolving Neural Networks. Online Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms. Data Stream Mining. Incremental and Evolving Clustering. Adaptive Pattern Recognition. Incremental and Evolving ML Classifiers. Adaptive Statistical Techniques. Evolving Decision Systems. Big Data. Problems and Methodologies in Data Streams Stability, Robustness, Convergence in Evolving Systems. Online Feature Selection and Dimension Reduction. Online Active and Semi-supervised Learning. Online Complexity Reduction. Computational Aspects. Interpretability Issues. Incremental Adaptive Ensemble Methods. Online Bagging and Boosting. Self-monitoring Evolving Systems. Human-Machine Interaction Issues. Hybrid Modelling, Transfer Learning. Reservoir Computing. Applications of EAIS Time Series Prediction. Data Stream Mining and Adaptive Knowledge Discovery. Robotics. Intelligent Transport and Advanced Manufacturing. Advanced Communications and Multimedia Applications. Bioinformatics and Medicine. Online Quality Control and Fault Diagnosis. Condition Monitoring Systems. Adaptive Evolving Controller Design. User Activities Recognition. Huge Database and Web Mining. Visual Inspection and Image Classification. Image Processing. Cloud Computing. Multiple Sensor Networks. Query Systems and Social Networks. Alternative Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches. Submissions Submitted papers should not exceed 8 pages plus at most 2 pages overlength. Submissions of full papers are accepted online through Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eais2022) The EAIS 2022 proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible inclusion in a special issue of Evolving Systems, published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/journal/12530 ). Important Dates • Paper submission: February 7, 2022 (firm) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 7, 2022 • Camera ready submission: March 20, 2022 • Authors registration: March 20, 2022 • Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2022 Social Media FB: https://www.facebook.com/IEEEEAIS Twitter: https://twitter.com/IEEE_EAIS Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/2022ieeeconferenceonevolvingand681556007867… Organization Honorary Chairs • Dimitar Filev, Ford Motor Co., USA • Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus • Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, UK Program Committee Chairs • Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari, Italy • José A. Iglesias, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

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