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ISOC Foundation 3rd Round Awardees
by Joly MacFie 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

https://www.isocfoundation.org/2022/01/third-round-of-grant-funding-awarded… *The Internet Society Foundation is thrilled to award a third round of grant funding through our **Research grant program* <https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/>* to six exciting projects that examine the future and sustainability of the Internet.* Launched in 2020, this program supports a diverse group of researchers around the world who are generating solutions today to meet the Internet challenges of tomorrow. The selected projects examine important issues around the Internet’s relationship to society, such as: the role language plays in promoting digital inclusion, the impact of data sharing practices on children’s privacy, and more. Through these grants, we look forward to enabling new research on the future of the Internet, research that will influence policy and industry decisions and ultimately help shape a more equitable and sustainable future for the Internet and the people it serves. Learn more about each awardee in the list below. *Data & Society Research Institute – United States – $200,000* *Theme: *A Trustworthy Internet *Project Title:* Platform Mediation and the Verified Internet *Research Questions: *What types of evidence are platforms requesting from users as they verify their identities, their property, or their content? How might this evidence unintentionally privilege or disadvantage certain groups who are requesting verification? *Jens Finkhaeuser – Germany – $100,000* *Theme: *A Trustworthy Internet *Project Title: *On the Far Side of REST: An Architecture for a Future Internet *Research Question:* How can we establish an alternative web-scale architecture that embraces REST’s strengths, yet addresses its current drawbacks around privacy and security? *Joanna Kulesza and Berna Akcali Gur – Poland – $192,000* *Theme: *Decolonizing the Internet *Project Title: *Global Governance of LEO Satellite Broadband *Research Question: *What are the potential ‘data/digital sovereignty’ and jurisdictional challenges to the integration of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations onto the (5G) telecommunications network? How will the current geopolitical and economic hegemony of developed states in standard-setting for LEO broadband impact developing countries? *ME2B Alliance Inc – United States – $100,171.46* *Theme: *A Trustworthy Internet *Project Title: *U.S Ed Tech Industry Benchmark: Data Sharing in Primary & Secondary School Mobile Utility Apps *Research Question: *How is mandated technology treating our most vulnerable (young students)? *Pollicy – Uganda – $199,421.25 * *Theme: *Decolonizing the Internet *Project Title: *Are we Together? The Role of Local Languages (and the Lack of) for Digital Inclusion *Research Questions: *How do the predominant languages that digital platforms use impact the usability and accessibility of digital platforms and content? What are the barriers for both users and content creators that communicate in local languages? *Uppsala University – Sweden – $194,791.00* *Theme: *Greening the Internet *Project Title: *Developing the Internet Microscope *Research Question: *How does the traffic volume and energy requirement of Internet services support what people do in everyday life? Conversely, what kinds of traffic are difficult to tie to any value or meaning, and thus might be wasteful? The *Research grant program* is open to independent researchers and research institutions worldwide and is currently accepting statements of interest, to be reviewed on a rolling basis. Research themes include: Greening the Internet, The Internet Economy, Decolonizing the Internet, and A Trustworthy Internet. Grants of up to US$200,000 will be awarded for research lasting up to two years. Research grant program details <https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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A New Paper.
by Gerard Cheshire 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

Happy New Year for 2022. Dear AIR List Members, Just to inform you that a new peer-reviewed paper has been published, in Academia Letters, explaining the methodology for deciphering the language and writing system for Medieval medicine manuscript MS408 (Ischia, Voynich). The paper is titled: The Manuscript and the Meandering Mind. There are many pages of useful historical information yet to be translated. The paper can be freely downloaded from this Academia.edu link: https://www.academia.edu/62854838/The_Manuscript_and_the_Meandering_Mind_Vo… Please enjoy and pass the link to other researchers who may be interested. Kindest regards, Dr. Gerard Cheshire. Research Associate. University of Bristol. United Kingdom.

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CFP || Global Media and China_Special Issue: Feminist Media Production and Beyond
by Xiao Han 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Global Media and China CFP Special Issue: Feminist Media Production and Beyond Guest Editors: Dr. Tracy Ying Zhang (Communication and Media Studies, York University); Dr. Alison Harvey (Communication and Media Studies, York University) Time Schedule: —1 May 2022: abstract proposals (title, 500 words outlining argument, theoretical framework, and methods with short bibliography) Submit to Dr Tracy Ying Zhang (tracyyzh(a)yorku.ca <mailto:tracyyzh@yorku.ca>) and Dr Alison Harvey (alison.harvey(a)glendon.yorku.ca <mailto:alison.harvey@glendon.yorku.ca>) —June 2022: notification of acceptance of accepted abstracts —30 November 2022: full paper submission —December 2022 - March 2023: double-blind peer review —April - June 2023: revision —July - August 2023: second round of double-blind peer review —August 2023: revision —September - December 2023: editorial final review Overview: The underrepresentation of women in media-making, as well as their marginalization and discriminatory practices faced within the working environment have been well-documented across history in traditionally-studied industries ranging from broadcast television (Meehan, 2002, Ball & Bell, 2013) to film (Banks, 2009, Hill, 2016, Reynolds, 1998) to video game development (Consalvo, 2008, Prescott & Bogg, 2011). The obfuscation of women’s participation in cultural, creative, and technical fields, including in assembly and other forms of work typically overlooked in the literature (Nakamura 2011, 2014, Mayer, 2011) cannot be disentangled from the historical association of femininity with consumption and the private, domestic sphere (Kearney, 1998), and the devaluation of women’s production activities (White, 2015). Feminist scholarship of media production activities, both within professional industrial contexts and in spaces beyond this such as new digital economies (Duffy, 2015), have highlighted the role of women in media work as well as the social, technical, economic, and political structures that contribute to the ongoing devaluation of women’s work. This special issue seeks to extend this conversation and open up new horizons for research on feminist media production. At a time where the few high profile women in media making are held up as examples of change when the #MeToo movement and its ripple effects have highlighted ongoing pervasive issues, the moment is ripe for critical, intersectional, and transnational discussions of feminism and media-making. This is all the more pressing given the global fight against workplace-based sexism has waned in light of the exigencies of the Covid-19 pandemic. Paradoxically, within this context and an ever-expanding digital cultural economy, gendered inequality and employment precarity have become even more acute. At a virtual conference hosted by Women in Television and Film Canada in 2021, speakers noted the disproportionate impact of crises like COVID-19 on women and people of color in the media. Evidence shows that women are struggling with not only a shortage of employment opportunities but also challenges related to care responsibilities, mental health, and/or domestic violence (Boserup, McKenney, & Elkbuli, 2020, Bradbury-Jones & Isham, 2020, Power, 2020, Seedat & Rondon, 2021). In tandem with this, scholars have noted how the proliferation of digital platforms offer content creators, including women, new avenues and tools to disseminate their works and connect with new audiences (Lauzen, 2021). This special issue seeks to explore women’s production cultures and practices, the subject-positions they entail, and the labour relations and policies they are entangled with. We seek submissions from scholars in diverse fields to advance interdisciplinary dialogues on feminist media production. We are interested in empirical, theoretical, and historical contributions that address long-standing and emerging questions regarding the relationship between media production, gender, race, labor, embodiment, nationalism, surveillance capitalism, platform politics, neoliberalism, and reactionary politics. Submissions that deploy intersectional feminist, decolonial, and anti-colonial approaches are especially welcome. We are also very interested in papers that explore approaches and methods for examining feminist media production in emerging and digital media. We encourage those considering submission to take a broad view of media production and a local perspective on these practices, as we are interested in case studies from different parts of the world. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: ● Feminized and feminist media production activities ● Aspirational, affective and immaterial labor and precarity in media production ● Care, intimacy, and social reproduction in the context of media-making ● Racialization of women’s cultural work ● Inclusions and exclusions in media production training ● Internships, mentorship, and professionalization activities in media production ● Global mobility, migration, and women’s media production ● Craft, handmade, amateurism, and vernacular practices of media production ● Independent production, do-what-you-love, and passion discourse ● Female entrepreneurialism and the hustle in media-making ● Algorithmic shaping and data feminism approaches References Ball, Vicky & Bell, Melanie (2013.) “Working Women: Women’s Work: Production, History, Gender.” The Journal of British Cinema and Television, 10(3), pp. 547-562. Banks, Miranda J. (2009.) “Gender Below-the-Line: Defining Feminist Production Studies.” In Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media, edited by Vicki Mayer, Miranda J. Banks & John Thornton Caldwell. Routledge, pp. 87-98. Boserup, Brad., McKenney, Mark, & Elkbuli, Adel. (2020). “Alarming Trends in US Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 38(12), pp. 2753-2755. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077> Bradbury-Jones, Caroline., & Isham, Louise. (2020). “The Pandemic Paradox: The Consequences of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence.” Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(13-14), pp. 2047–2049. <https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296>https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296 <https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296> Consalvo, Mia. (2008). “Crunched by Passion: Women Game Developers and Workplace Challenges.” In Beyond Barbie & Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming. Edited by Yasmin B. Kafai, Carrie Heeter, Jill Denner and Jennifer Y. Sun. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, pp 177-191. Duffy, Brooke Erin. (2015). “The romance of work: Gender and aspirational labour in the digital culture industries.” International Journal of Cultural Studies, pp. 1-17. Hill, Erin. (2016.) Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production. Rutgers University Press. Kearney, Mary Celeste. (1998). “Producing Girls: Rethinking the Study of Female Youth Culture.” In Delinquents and Debutants: Twentieth Century American Girls’ Culture, ed. Sherrie Inniss, New York: New York University Press, pp. 285-310. Lauzen, Martha M. (2021). “Indie Women in a Pandemic Year: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in U.S. Independent Film, 2020-21.” A report published by the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, San Diego State University. https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/indie-women-in-a-pandemic-year-behind-the-sc… <https://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/indie-women-in-a-pandemic-year-behind-the-sc…> Mayer, Vicky. (2011). Below the Line: Producers and Production Studies in the New Television Economy. Duke University Press. Nakamura, Lisa. (2011). “Economies of Digital Production in East Asia: iPhone Girls and the Transnational Circuits of Cool.” Media Fields Journal, 2. Nakamura, Lisa. (2014). “Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture.” American Quarterly, 66(4), pp. 919-941. Power, Kate. (2020). “The COVID-19 Pandemic has Increased the Care Burden of Women and Families.” Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16(1), pp. 67-73. <https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561>https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561 <https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1776561> Prescott, Julie & Bogg, Jan. (2011). “Segregation in a Male-Dominated Industry: Women Working in the Computer Games Industry.” International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 3, pp. 206-227. Reynolds, Siân. (1998). “The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor: Women Editors in the French Cinema of the 1930s.” Labour History Review, 63(1), pp. 66–82. Riordan, Ellen. (2002). “Intersections and New Directions: On Feminism and Political Economy.” In Sex & Money: Feminism and Political Economy in the Media, edited by Eileen R. Meehan & Ellen Riordan. University of Minnesota Press, pp. 3-15. Seedat, Soraya & Rondon, Marta. (2021). “Women’s Wellbeing and the Burden of Unpaid Work.” BMJ, 374:n1972. <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972>https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1972> White, Michele. (2015). Producing Women: The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity. New York and London: Routledge. 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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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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