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RFP: Defining GitHub metrics for policy research
by Peter Cihon 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Request for Proposals: "Defining Standardized GitHub Metrics for International Development, Public Policy and Economics Research and Indexes" Deadline: October 4, 2021 URL: https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/GitHub_RFP-StandardizedMetrics_F… GitHub's Social Impact and Policy teams have released a Request for Proposals seeking research and guidance on what a list of publicly available GitHub platform usage metrics by country should include. The metrics will support future work by researchers in international development, public policy, and economics. You can find the announcement blog <https://github.blog/2021-08-31-request-for-proposals-defining-standardized-…> and the RFP here <https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/GitHub_RFP-StandardizedMetrics_F…> . Please don't hesitate to reach out directly with questions. Peter Cihon Policy Manager, GitHub

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2022 IEEE International Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (IEEE EAIS 2022): Second Call for Papers and Special Sessions
by Announce Announcements 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

*** Second Call for Papers and Special Sessions *** 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) 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. Special Sessions Distinguished researchers working in theory, analysis and applications of evolving adaptive and intelligent systems and related areas are encouraged to submit proposals within the technical scope of IEEE EAIS 2022. Researchers interested in organising special sessions are invited to submit a formal proposal to the Special Sessions Chair Gabriella Casalino (gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it) and to the General Chair George Angelos Papadopoulos (george(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy) by specifying: - Special Session Lead Organiser email address, details and mini-bio - Co-Organiser(s) details and mini-bio (optional) - Special Session title - Aim and scope of the Special Session (~half a page) - A list of main topics of the Special Session - A list of potential/expected contributors 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 - An Interdisciplinary Journal for Advanced Science and Technology (Springer). Important Dates • Special Session submission: October 1, 2021 • Special Session acceptance: October 10, 2021 • Paper submission: January 10, 2022 • Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 19, 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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*just out* INC Critical Meme Reader: Global Mutations of the Viral Image
by Geert Lovink 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '21

INC Reader #15 Critical Meme Reader: Global Mutations of the Viral Image Edited by Chloë Arkenbout, Jack Wilson and Daniel de Zeeuw Beyond the so-called ‘Alt-right’ and its attendant milieus on 4chan and Reddit, memes have passed the post-digital threshold and entered new theoretical, practical, and geographical territories beyond the stereotypical young, white, male, western subject. As they metastasized from the digital periphery to the mainstream, memes have seethed with mutant energy. From now on, any historical event will be haunted by its memetic double. Our responses to memes in the new decade demand an analogous virtuality. This Critical Meme Reader features an array of researchers, activists, and artists who address the following questions. What is the current state of the meme producer? What are the semiotics of memes? How are memes involved in platform capitalism and how do they operate within the context of different mediascapes? How are memes used for political counter-strategies? Are memes moving beyond the image? How can memes be used to design the future? Will there ever be a last meme in history? Together, the contributors to this reader combine their global perspectives on meme culture to discuss memetic subjectivities and communities, the work of art in the age of memetic production, the post meme, meme warfare, and meme magic – varying from reflections on real-life experiences to meta meme theory. Contributors: Crystal Abidin and Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Anirban K. Baishya, Aarushi Bapna and Ajitesh Lokhande, Luther Blissett, Grant Bollmer, Stephanie Boulding, Lesley Braun, Anthony Burton, Caspar Chan, Clusterduck, Åke Gafvelin, Idil Galip, Martin Hassen, Geoff Hondroudakis, Max Horwich, Yasmeen Khaja, Andy King, Ivan Knapp, Jacob Sujin Kuppermann, Anahita Neghabat, Sarp Özer, Saeeda Saeed, Laurence Scherz and The Trans Bears, Sabrina Ward-Kimola and Scott Wark. Copy editor: Geoff Hondroudakis Cover Design: Marijn Bril Design and EPUB development: Chloë Arkenbout and Tomasso Campagna Printing and binding: GPS Internationale Handels Holding GMBH Cover font: Terminal Grotesque Regular by Raphaël Bastide (Velvetyne) Published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2021 Contact Email: viralimageculture(a)networkcultures.org <mailto:viralimageculture@networkcultures.org> Web: www.networkcultures.org/viralimageculture <https://www.networkcultures.org/viralimageculture> Get the book here: Download .PDF here <https://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CriticalMemeReader.p…> Download .ePub here <https://networkcultures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CriticalMemeReader.e…> Order print copies for yourself, friends, the library or your class here <https://networkcultures.org/publications/order-inc-publications/>

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[extended deadline] CfP: TikTok and Social Movements Symposium (20Sep.2021)
by Jin Lee 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '21

Hello friends at AoIR again! By popular request, CfP for abstracts has been extended to 06 September 2021 (Monday). Registration for non-presenters will open on 13 September 2021. For more information, please visit our website: https://tiktokcultures.com/events/ Please read the full Call for Papers in plain text below or here <https://tiktokcultures.com/tiktok-and-social-movements/>. I am very much looking forward to seeing you at the Symposium! Best, Jin * The recent growing popularity of TikTok has transformed the cultures and practices of social movements online worldwide. Despite several concerns towards the app, regarding weak security (Chae, 2020; Dziedzic, 2020), moral panics incited by malicious content on TikTok (Purwaningsih, 2018) and some countries’ (temporary) ban on the platform (e.g. Indonesia, Pakistan, India), TikTok has rapidly grown as the “hottest app of 2020” in the world (Brigham, 2020). Its functionality (e.g. short-video, voiceover, meme template, background music, duet, hashtag) and unique genres (e.g. dance, comedy, social media challenge) have expanded existing social media cultures and enabled users to engage with other users, social issues, and even misinformation and online toxicity with ease and fun. As part of such cultural moves, TikTok users establish their vernacular cultures and find their meaningful use of the platform by leading or participating in various types of movements for global awareness, social change, and civic politics. This includes Young TikTok users’ climate activism (Hautea et al., 2021); Growing anti-racist movements, such as the continuation of “Black Lives Matter” on TikTok (Janfaza, 2020; Richardson, 2020); and emerging hashtag streams like #StopAsianHate in response to increasing violence against Asians in the pandemic (Hanson, 2021). The affordances of TikTok provide room for creativity with music and filters powered by AI technologies, which facilitates the formulation of identity politics and cultures. Recent examples include Young Indian women’s lip-syncing to Bollywood songs against the caste system (Subramanian, 2021); LGBTQI+ users’ use of various filters to advocate for diversity (Simpson & Semaan, 2021); Young users’ meme cultures (Zeng & Abidin, 2021) as consciousness building work (Anderson & Keehn, 2020; Literat & Kligler-Vilenchik, 2019); Older generations’ collaboration with younger generations (Hood, 2020). However, social movements on TikTok are not always specifically targeted towards social justice, but may often also advocate for specific beliefs that mirror global politics, such as Anti-vaccine movements and distribution of misinformation (Basch et al., 2021); Far-right movements (Weimann & Masri, 2020). Focusing on the newly emerging cultures on TikTok, scholars in Media Studies, Communication Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology also have begun to develop “TikTok Studies”, looking for instance at emergent meme cultures on TikTok (Zeng & Abidin, 2021; Zeng et al., 2020; Zulli & Zulli, 2020), TikTokers as new types of internet celebrities (Abidin, 2021), users’ music practices (Kaye et al., 2021), the emergence of new teenage pop culture (De Leyn et al., 2021), online learning on TikTok (Li et al., 2021; Literat, 2021), novel methodologies for TikTok (Schellewald, 2021), and the newly emerging geopolitics around the app (Gray, 2021). In response to this expansion of scholarship on TikTok and alongside the TikTok Cultures Research Network’s ethos to cultivate diversity and equity in academic scholarship, we will be holding a one-day online Symposium (on Zoom) to showcase emergent research on the potentials, promises, pitfalls, and parameters of such social movements on TikTok. The Symposium seeks to provide a meaningful opportunity to reflect on the evolving cultures and practices around the civic and social movements on TikTok, wherein various actors on the platform across the globe advocate for social justice and specific values, develop grassroots networks and resources, and engage with others. We invite submissions on themes that include, but are not limited to: • Politics, digital circulation, and/or economies of movements on TikTok • Online activism, campaigns, and protest on TikTok • Intersections of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, and more on TikTok • Emerging TikTok practices and communities for advocacy • Far-right, or alt-right movements on TikTok • Roles and affordances of the platform technologies in mobilizing movements • Surveillance of TikTok movements • Consequences and pitfalls of TikTok movements HDRs, ECRs (up to 5 years post-PhD + career interruptions), and scholars in/or from the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply. A selection of papers will also be considered for inclusion in a Special Issue tentatively entitled “TikTok and Social Movements” that will be published in a top-ranked peer-reviewed journal in the field of Media Studies, Internet Studies, and Communication Studies. For consideration in this Symposium, please submit abstracts (up to 250 words) on previously unpublished papers and a short bio (up to 100 words) to TikTok Cultures Research Network (tiktokcultures(a)gmail.com) *Key Dates*: - *(extended) 06 September 2021* – Abstracts and biographies due - 08 September 2021 – Notifications of acceptance - 13 September 2021 – Registration opens for non-presenters - 20 September 2021 – TikTok and Social Movements Symposium, tentatively 1200–1600hrs, GMT+8 We look forward to receiving your submissions! Please contact TikTok Cultures Research Network (tiktokcultures(a)gmail.com) with any questions about this event. This Symposium is the fourth event organized by the TikTok Cultures Research Network, an Asia Pacific-based Network dedicated to understanding and developing qualitative and cultural approaches to studying the impact of TikTok on society, founded by A/Prof Crystal Abidin and supported by a network of Founding Members in October 2020. This event is supported by the Centre for Culture and Technology, and financed by Strategic Investment funding from the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. TikTok and Social Movements team, Dr Jin Lee, A/Prof Crystal Abidin, and Dr Bondy Kaye -- Jin Lee, PhD Research Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University

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Subject: E-Vote-ID 2021: Call for Participation, Demos & Posters
by Peter ROENNE 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] Conference programme now available www.e-vote-id.org/programme-2021/ Two weeks to submission deadline for *Posters *Demos Submission deadline: September 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION E-Vote-ID 2021 Sixth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Virtual Conference, 5-8 October 2021 www.e-vote-id.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration www.e-vote-id.org/registration/ Registration Fees: *Presenters (also Demo Session presenters): 324 EUR *Attendants (also PhD Colloquium presenters): 72 EUR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote Speakers Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Former President of Estonia) Matthew Masterson (Non Resident Policy Fellow, Stanford Internet Observatory) Dan Popescu (Head of the Department of Democracy and Governance, Council of Europe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme and accepted papers www.e-vote-id.org/programme-2021/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track on Posters and E-Voting System Demo Chair: Glondu, Stéphane (Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique, France) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems and related software, and posters on e-voting topics in general, to be presented on Wednesday 6 October, 19:00 CET. Due to the digital format of the conference this year, the session will consist of short online pitch sessions and discussion using the wonder.me platform Participation is open to all participants at the conference, but for demos we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submitted via Easychair describing system requirements and properties, e.g.: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees voter privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - how to obtain more information. The E-Voting System Demo-type of submissions will be published online in the University of Tartu press proceedings. The submission of poster type can be of preliminary or finished work on the topics mentioned in the conference topics below. Poster presentations will give you a chance to present your work and get feedback from other attendees. To join the session, it is necessary to prepare a Short Paper of maximum two pages and submit this by September 15 via Easychair. The submission for posters will not not appear in the proceedings. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (University of Tartu, EE) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, PL) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, DK) Rønne, Peter (Univeresity of Luxembourg, LU) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, US) Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securité, CH) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, EE) Germann, Micha (University of Bath, UK) PhD Colloquium Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Zollinger, Marie Laure (University of Luxembourg, LU) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, LU) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Araujo, Roberto (Universidade Federal do Pará, BR) Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, US) Bernhard, Matthew (Univerity of Michigan, US) Blanchard, Enka (Université de Lorreine, FR) Budurushi, Jurlind (Cloudical Deutschland GmbH, DE) Clark, Jeremy (Concordia University, CA) Cortier, Véronique (INRIA-LORIA, FR) Dragan, Constantin Catalin (University of Surrey, UK) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, CA) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, FR) Giustolisi, Rosario (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Gjosteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, NO) Goré, Rajeev (Australian National University, AU) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, DE) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, CH) Haines, Thomas (NTNU, NO) Kremer, Steve (INRIA, FR) Kuesters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, DE) Müller, Johannes (University of Luxembourg, LU) Naumann, Stephan (Darmstadt Technical University, DE) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, BE) Ryan, Peter Y.A. (University of Luxembourg, LU) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University of Amsterdam, NL) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, AU) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, DE) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, AU) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, EE) Zagorski, Filip (Wroclaw University of Technology, PL) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, HU) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 – eVoting Research Lab, ES) Dandoy, Régis (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, EC) Darnolf, Staffan (IFES, US) Eenma-Dimitrieva, Helena (University of Tartu, EE) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, CA) Kersting, Norbert (University of Münster, DE) Musiał-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, PL) Nemaslaki, András (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, FI) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, CA) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, ES) Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, HU) Serdült, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, JP) Soares, Delfina (UNU-EGOV, PT) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, EE) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, SE) Boyce, Stephen (IFES, US) Bull, Christian (Telenor, NO) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, NL) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, BE) Chanussot, Thomas (Independent Expert, FR) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, CH) Egger, Philipp (State Chancellery of St. Gallen, CH) Franklin, Joshua (OutStack, US) Leclère, Olivier (State of Geneva, CH) Loeber, Leontine (Council of State, NL) Macias, Ryan (Independent Expert, US) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Expert, CH) Misev, Vladimir (Senior Election Advisor - OSCE/ODIHR, PL) Past, Liisa (Chief National Cyber Risk Officer, EE) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, MK) Plante, Stephanie (University of Ottawa, CA) Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, CH) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, NO) Yard, Mike (Independent Expert, US) -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at Telecom Paris, France - deadline Sept 24th, 2021
by Valérie Beaudouin 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

Telecom Paris, one of the top four engineering schools in France for training general engineers, is opening a position of Assistant Professor (Maitre de conférences) in Digital Sociology. The post will join the Social Science Research Department <https://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/the-school/teaching-research-departments/ec…>. The application deadline is September, 24th, 2021 at 12:00 GMT. Please find below the link to the full description of the position and the link to the application platform : In English : https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-… In French : https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-socio… Apologies for crossposting, Kind regards, Prof. Valérie Beaudouin Télécom Paris Département Sciences économiques et sociales 19 Place Marguerite Perey 91120 Palaiseau

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DEI resource possibly for your classes
by Patricia Aufderheide 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Friends and colleagues! Here at American University, we just created a resource to help<https://edspace.american.edu/deicomm365> the endlessly rotating group of folks who teach our intro course (Digital Media & Culture) with teaching materials from diverse voices and on topics reflecting many issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. My colleague Saif Shahin and I created this, with two awesome graduate students, Mariana Sanchez Santos and Marissa Woods. We know it’s just a beginning, but we’re sharing the public version of it here<https://edspace.american.edu/deicomm365>, in case the template or model would be useful to you, as you face some of the same problems. Here's the link! https://edspace.american.edu/deicomm365 It’s licensed under Creative Commons—cc by (use freely, with attribution), so if you find anything there that you want to port elsewhere, feel free. And if you’d like to share feedback and/or ideas for other materials—especially class exercises!!—please write to DEIresourcesAU(a)gmail.com<mailto:DEIresourcesAU@gmail.com>. We did this mostly with sweat equity and a small one-time grant, and don’t have money at the moment to keep refreshing it, but we might in the future. Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication (she/they) PhD Program Director Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Zoom Office Hours: https://american.zoom.us/j/96788556467?pwd=eFNpa2JMWlZQRm5pT1Z0b3RVUlRXQT09 Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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New Book: Sociological Theory for Digital Society
by ori schwarz 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Dear colleagues, I'm happy to announce that my new book *Sociological Theory for Digital Society* has just been published by Polity: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963 . <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963> About The Book The digital revolution has not only transformed multiple aspects of social life – it also shakes sociological theory, transforming the most basic assumptions that have underlain it. In this timely book, Ori Schwarz explores the main challenges digitalization poses to different strands of sociological theory and offers paths to adapt them to new social realities. What would symbolic interactionism look like in a world where interaction no longer takes place within bounded situations and is constantly documented as durable digital objects? How should we understand new digitally mediated forms of human association that bind our actions and lives together but have little in common with old-time 'collectives'; and why are they not simply ‘social networks’? How does social capital transform when it is materialized in a digital form, and how does it remould power structures? What happens to our conceptualization of power when faced with the emergence of new forms of algorithmic power? And what happens when labour departs from work? By posing and answering such fascinating questions, and offering critical tools for both students and scholars of social theory and digital society to engage with them, this thought-provoking book draws the outline of future sociological theory for our digital society. Table of Contents 1. *Introduction*: Old disciplines, new times, revised theories 2. *When Interactions Become Objects:* Rethinking symbolic interactionism in the post-situational order 3. *When Networks Materialize:* Rethinking social ontology beyond the individual and the collective 4. *When Social Capital can be Invested:* Rethinking social capital 5. *When Power is Exercised through Algorithms:* Rethinking power under generative rulers 6. *When Labour is Everywhere:* Rethinking work in the era of workless labour 7. *Conclusion:* Sociological theory for the future Reviews‘This insightful, sophisticated and original work develops a compelling reformulation of several key currents of sociological theory – addressing interaction, networks, social capital, power and work/labour – in light of the increasingly pervasive digital mediation of every aspect of social life.’ —Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles ‘In this striking new book Ori Schwarz argues that sociological theory is a creature of its time. And so the changes in the digital social landscape call for a revitalized theory that is able to cope with the emerging shifts and sharp turns. Keeping a watchful eye on the past and the present, this pathbreaking book seeks to rejuvenate sociological theory for these switched-on, hyper-networked and seemingly accelerating times.’ —David Beer, University of York -- Prof. Ori Schwarz Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Center for Cultural Sociology Bar-Ilan University Author of Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963> (Polity, 2021) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ori_Schwarz

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Extended deadline: Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology 2021 (BudPT21)
by Mihály Héder 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Dear All, ** deadline extension: new deadline 10 September 2021 ** The third Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology will be held December 9-10, 2021, at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Instructions and details are online: https://www.budpt.eu/. There are no fees of any kind. As in 2019, the presenters will be offered an opportunity to publish a full paper in the WoS SSCI-indexed InfTars (“Information Society”: inftars.infonia.hu) journal after the workshop. However submission is optional. At budpt.eu you can browse a selection of the papers from BudPT19. BudPT21 hopes to be an in-person conference. This displays our trust in medical technology as well as a certain amount of optimistic bias. However, should any accepted participants become unable to attend, they will still be able to submit a pre-recorded video and publish the full paper (but we will not transition to a hybrid conference). See the details at the event website. Please only submit with the intent of travelling to Budapest but delay all hard expenses as long as you can. While on-line events are great because of their flexibility and low barrier of entry, the atmosphere of a face-to-face event can never be fully replicated, and this is exactly what we are trying to create. Thank you for your understanding. Mihály -- Mihály Héder, PhD, habil. Associate Professor, Head of Department Dept. of Philosophy and History of Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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TT positions at UAlbany
by Jackson, Sam 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany is looking to fill multiple tenure-track positions in informatics and/or cybersecurity to start in Fall 2022. CEHC is a member of the iSchools consortium and houses our undergraduate and graduate programs in informatics and information science. Specialization for these positions is open, could include things like: IUX, HCI, cybersecurity, data analytics, software engineering, networking, game design and development, and web science. Job posting: https://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=135268&CNTRN… I’m not on the search committee, but feel free to reach out with any questions! Sam — Sam Jackson Assistant Professor College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity University at Albany https://sjacksonphd.wordpress.com<https://sjacksonphd.wordpress.com/>

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