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PostDoc Position with focus on Recommender Systems at MediaFutures @ University of Bergen, Norway (Deadline: 5th July 2021)
by Christoph Trattner 31 May '21

31 May '21

** Please share ** Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Recommender Systems at MediaFutures: Research Center for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation @ University of Bergen, Norway *Apply here:* https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/207078/postdoctoral-research… *Application deadline:* 5th July 2021 *Position description:* There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position at MediaFutures within Recommender Systems in WP2 - User Modelling, Personalization & Engagement. The position is for a period of 3 years. We are looking for an ambitious and self-motivated colleague to join us in MediaFutures: Research Center for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation. MediaFutures is a new center for research-based innovation at the Department for information science and media studies, University of Bergen, and will be located at Media City Bergen. The center is a part of the Norwegian Research Council’s Research-based Innovation scheme. MediaFutures will in cooperation with industry partners from news media and media technology research topics like media experiences, recommender technology, content production and analysis, content interaction and availability, and Norwegian language technology. The goal is to develop responsible technological solutions to societal challenges like AI, fake news, echo chambers and political polarization. The results will be new digital tools, analytical methods, and content types for the future of media. The center will also perform research training within media technology and innovation. This will create outputs such as new patents, prototypes, research articles and software, as well and innovative start-up companies. Read more about the center at www.mediafutures.no. -- ------------------------------------------------------ Full Prof. Dr. DI Christoph Trattner BSc Director - SFI MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation University of Bergen Department of Information Science and Media Studies Fosswinckelsgt. 6, 5007 Bergen, Norway E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)uib.no Tel: +47 453 96 180 Homepage: https://christophtrattner.com Research Group: https://dars.uib.no ------------------------------------------------------

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SIMULCAST: AfNOG Day 2021
by Joly MacFie 31 May '21

31 May '21

I will segment this into sessions when done. Vint is up next. ISOC Live posted: "On Monday May 31 2021, at 09:00 UTC, the Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) will hold AfNOG Day 2021 as part of the Africa Internet Summit 2021 SPEAKERS Nancy Dotse, Secretariat, AfNOG Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, Convenor, AfNOG Dr. Dawit Bekele, Regional" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afnog21>On* Monday May 31 2021*, at *09:00 UTC*, the *Africa Network Operators Group <https://www.afnog.org/>* (AfNOG) will hold *AfNOG Day 2021 <https://afnog.org/afnog2021/afnogday.php>* as part of the *Africa Internet Summit 2021 <https://2021.internetsummit.africa/>* *SPEAKERS* *Nancy Dotse*, Secretariat, AfNOG *Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor*, Convenor, AfNOG *Dr. Dawit Bekele*, Regional Vice President - Africa, Internet Society *Dr. Philip Smith*, Senior Network Engineer, Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) *Israel Bionyi Nyoh*, Communications and Outreach Manager, Internet Society *Jody van Wyk*, Head, Telecom Infra Project Africa *Subramanian Moonesamy*, Chairman, Board of Directors, AFRINIC *Noah Maina*, AfNOG *Logan Velvindron*, Infrastructure Security Engineer, AFRINIC *Prof. Shin'ichiro Matsuo*, Research Professor, Georgetown University *Vint Cerf*, Chief Internet evangelist, Google *Alain Aina*, Prof. Shin'ichiro Matsuo *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afnog21 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afnog21>* *AGENDA https://2021.internetsummit.africa/programme <https://2021.internetsummit.africa/programme>* *TWITTER #afnog2021 <https://bit.ly/3fYEOY5> #AIS21 @AfNOGWorkshops @AIS_Africa* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/cy6CtSDQ2OU* <https://youtu.be/cy6CtSDQ2OU> (EN) *https://youtu.be/29nsIzPJ1BY <https://youtu.be/29nsIzPJ1BY> *(FR) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afnog21 <https://archive.org/details/afnog21>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14076/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Papers: “Beyond Californian Ideology? Tech Communities and Alternative Imaginaries of Deep Mediatization”
by ZeMKI 31 May '21

31 May '21

CALL FOR PAPERS “Beyond Californian Ideology? Tech Communities and Alternative Imaginaries of Deep Mediatization” Call for Papers for a Thematic Issue in the International Journal of Communication Guest-edited by: Prof Dr Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, ZeMKI (ahepp(a)uni-bremen.de) Prof Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder (nathan.schneider(a)colorado.edu) MA Anne Schmitz, University of Bremen, ZeMKI (a.schmitz(a)uni-bremen.de) Overview In their 1996 publication of the same name, Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron characterized what they called the “Californian ideology” as a combination of “the free-wheeling spirit of the hippies and the entrepreneurial zeal of the yuppies” (Barbrook & Cameron 1996: 44). At its core, this Californian ideology is defined by the notion of a society characterized simultaneously by libertarian markets, alternative ideas of community and individual freedom—shaped by technology more than other social forces. Such notions were driven by networks such as those that emerged around the Whole Earth Catalog, and later, Wired magazine (Turner 2006), which communicated these ideas far beyond the American West Coast. Many of today’s platforms and digital infrastructures, which drive the current “deep mediatization” (Hepp 2020) of society, were created in the spirit of such an ideology, supported by ideas of “global scalability” of once found "technical solutions”. At the same time, there were groups early on that seem to be opposed to such ideas. Examples of this are the Hacker, Open Source, or Civic Hacking movements, which are interested in critically questioning tendencies of commercialization. Such groups exert their influence by developing alternative “sociotechnical imaginaries” (Jasanoff & Sang-Hyun 2015) about possible futures – thus creating a space of possibility. However, if one also looks at emerging communities today such as the Maker, Quantified Self, or Biohacking movements, it becomes evident that many “alternative” imaginaries are closely interwoven with the Californian ideology. On closer inspection, the boundaries do not appear to be so easily drawn; there are manifold connections, fractures, affinities, and differences in the various communities. Against this background, the aim of this special issue is to look at different technology-oriented communities and to ask what “alternative imaginaries” of a deeply mediatized society they develop as well as what their possible impact on future developments might be. Submissions should address questions like these: What imaginaries of possible futures are tech communities developing? In which areas are they experimenting and which future developments are they opening up? Where is a Californian ideology reproduced in the practices and discourses of these communities? How does the departure to other models and concepts of technological development succeed? Formatting and Requirements To be considered for this collection, a paper should range between 6,000 and 8,900 words (all-inclusive, which includes the abstract, keywords, images with captions, footnotes, references, and appendices, if any) must be submitted by October 31, 2021 to the editors and adhere to the following formal requirements: Formatting according to the most recent version of the APA style-guide (including in-text citations and references). Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. Papers must include the author(s) name(s), title, affiliation and email-address. (Your paper will subsequently be anonymized for double-blind peer review.) All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. All spelling must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. See “Author Guidelines/Submission Preparation Checklist” at https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/about/submissions#authorGuidelines Any papers that do not follow these guidelines will not be submitted for peer review. The International Journal of Communication is an open access journal (ijoc.org) All articles will be available online at the point of publication. The anticipated publication timeframe for this Special Issue is October 2022. Contact Information All submissions should be uploaded to https://cloud.medlab.host/s/pt43t39ZrHtXcnD <https://cloud.medlab.host/s/pt43t39ZrHtXcnD> by October 31, 2021. Late submissions will not be included for consideration.

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Webinar - Open Data & Sharing - 2 June (updated)
by Matthew Moore 31 May '21

31 May '21

More Info & RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/Information-Innovation-UTS/events/278253822/ Public sector organisations are increasingly encouraged to share data with other state institution or private businesses and to make datasets available to the public. The drive to data sharing is supposed to improve service delivery and help boost an innovative digital economy. But what does this mean in practice for public servants and citizens? Three researchers will discuss their research into this topic: - What does "open" actually mean across different government agencies? - How is open data being shared across platforms like Wikidata? - How does data sharing work between different instititions in fields like health? Heather Ford as an Associate Professor at the School of Communication at UTS where she is Head of Discipline for Digital and Social Media. She has a background as an activist for internet rights and free and open source software and content movement. The co-founder of Creative Commons South Africa and former Executive Director of iCommons, she has also worked as a Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, a Google Policy Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Initiative, a Fellow for the Software Sustainability Institute in the UK and a University Academic Fellow in Digital Methods at Leeds University. Her current research is focused on the implications of datafication and automation for the representation of knowledge in global contexts. Suneel Jethani is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. His research centres on embodied technology, datafication and issues of technology governance and design. Suneel has published in International Communication Gazette, Communication, Politics and Culture, M/C Journal and in Embodied Computing (2020) MIT Press. Suneel has forthcoming books on self-tracking technology (Emerald, 2021) and open data (Palgrave, 2021). Tsvetelina Hristova is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, for the project The Geopolitics of Automation. Her research explores the social and political role of data infrastructures: standards, software systems, platforms and digital tools. Nicholas Car is internationally recognised as a thought leader and expert in Data Architecture, Data Systems Design, Linked Data and Semantic technologies. He was the design lead for nationally significant and innovative Linked Data and Semantic Web projects including the Location Index and the Longitudinal Spine of Government Functions. He is active as a standards editor in the W3C’s Dataset Exchange Working Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium’s GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group, a co-chair of the Australian Government Linked Data Working Group, and a member of the ISO’s TC 211: Technical Committee for the geographic standards information. 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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Instagram Posts and Discussion Data Gathering Tool
by DeNel Rehberg Sedo 29 May '21

29 May '21

Hello all, can you recommend a data collection tool that is more dynamic than rss.app? One of my graduate students wants to capture images, videos, and discussions on two separate accounts during the fall election season. I would very much appreciate any advice you can give, DeNel DeNel Rehberg Sedo, PhD (she/her) Professor Department of Communication Studies Mount Saint Vincent University McCain Centre 306C, Box M64, 166 Bedford Hwy Halifax, NS B3M 2J6 Canada dr_rehberg_sedo on Twitter denelrehbergsedo.info

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Special issue published: Psychoanalysis, Sexualities and Networked Media
by Jacob Johanssen 29 May '21

29 May '21

I am pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of *Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society* *Psychoanalysis, Sexualities and Networked Media* Editor: Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University) Sexualities, digital technologies, and bodies have merged in contradictory, pleasurable, and destructive manners. As the articles in this special issue show, this symbiotic merger has strong implications for subjectivity itself and how unconscious and affective relations between humans and non-human entities (for instance, platforms, apps, sextoys, robots, and VR porn) are changing within capitalism. Psychoanalytic enquiries into digital sexualities constitute an exciting new area in its own right. https://link.springer.com/journal/41282/volumes-and-issues/26-2 *Launch event:* Please join us for a launch event on *04 June: 2pm (BST)*. To register, please email jacob.johanssen @ stmarys.ac.uk *Table of Contents* Introduction: Psychoanalysis, sexualities and networked media Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00213-9 What lurks beneath: The erotic charge of the Laplanchean unconscious and the digital object Sharon Tugwell (Birkbeck College) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00216-6 What does the app want? A psychoanalytic interpretation of dating apps’ libidinal economy Carolina Bandinelli (University of Warwick) and Arturo Bandinelli (Birbeck College) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00217-5 Creampied to Death: Ejaculative kinship in the age of normative data flows Diego Semerene (Oxford Brookes University) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00218-4 The passivity of seeing: A Lacanian perspective on pornographic spectatorship in virtual reality Chenyang Wang (East China Normal University) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00215-7 Castration, the archive, and the incel wiki Julia DeCook (Loyola University) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-021-00212-w Anal sexuality and male subcultures online – The politics of self-deprecation in the deep vernacular web Steffen Krüger (University of Oslo) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-020-00207-z

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Submit CSCW Workshop Proposals by June 11
by Erhardt Graeff 28 May '21

28 May '21

Eden Litt and I are co-chairs for CSCW 2021's workshops track <https://cscw.acm.org/2021/workshops/> this fall. Deadline to submit proposals is in two weeks: *June 11*. We would love to see proposals from the AIR community. Call for proposals with submission information: https://cscw.acm.org/2021/workshops/ <https://cscw.acm.org/2021/workshops/> *CSCW 2021 Workshops will be held virtually on October 23 and 24, 2021*. We are hoping to keep our workshop fees at a minimum again this year. Workshop proposals should consist of both an abstract and a detailed proposal. The abstract should be no more than 200 words. The body of the proposal should be no more than 3000 words, and should include a description of the theme(s) of the workshop, the workshop activities and goals, the duration of the workshop (one or two full days), the background of the organizer(s), the maximum number of participants, the means of recruiting and selecting participants, and the equipment and supplies needed to run the workshop. Proposals should specify the technology and tools that will be used to conduct the workshop in a virtual space. Please specify if you plan to do anything unique or special to accommodate the virtual environment. We recommend reviewing successful workshop proposals from last year <https://cscw.acm.org/2020/workshops-program/> to get a sense of what topics were already recently covered and how authors thought about designing their workshops for a virtual environment. Last year's workshops program: https://cscw.acm.org/2020/workshops-program/. -- Erhardt Graeff Assistant Professor of Social and Computer Science Olin College of Engineering, Milas Hall 363 https://erhardtgraeff.com pronouns: he, him, his

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Announcing 3 new posts in Communications and Media
by Zoetanya Sujon 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear AoIR colleagues, Delighted to announce 3 new vacancies in the Communications and Media Programme at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London <https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/about-lcc/m…> . We are looking for dedicated people keen to join a vibrant department as Senior Lecturers in Media Communications, Creative Digital Practice, or Public Relations. Full details: - Senior Lecturer in Media Communications <https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/xf-2ce0e13d6…> - The role requires a specific focus on digital media communications, including (but not limited to): digital cultures; networked technologies; participatory cultures; established, innovative and digital research methods; media theory, including media regulation and power structures; race, diversity and inclusion. - Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Practice <https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/xf-2ce0e13d6…> - The role requires a specific focus on creative digital practice. Current specialism may include but is not limited to: digital and social media, digital content production, digital research methods, digital ecosystems, creative industries, creativity, audio-visual expression, and/or digital storytelling. - Senior Lecturer in Public Relations <https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/xf-2ce0e13d6…> - The role requires specialism in Public Relations, including PR planning processes, research methods (qualitative and quantitative), promotional PR, consumer behaviour, branding, and digital marketing. Closing date is June 20th. Please apply (or share) if you're looking for a great opportunity to join a growing team working to make real inroads in media, communications and digital research / practice. Many thanks, Dr Zoetanya Sujon (she/her) Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media @jetsumgerl | https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication NEW BOOK: (2021) *The Social Media Age <https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-social-media-age/book259859#description>.* Sage -- 'You are marvellous. The Gods wait to delight in you.' ('The Laughing Heart' by Charles Bukowski).

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Scouting for PhD and post-doc topics at IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
by Andrea Passarella 28 May '21

28 May '21

The Ubiqiutous Internet Research Unit @ IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy, is scouting for PhD and/or Post-docs on the following topics #1: Human-centric Artificial Intelligence #2: Decentralised AI for resource-constrained edge systems #3: Architectures, Algorithms, and Protocols for the Quantum Internet #4: Quantum Internet: Interconnection of Quantum and Legacy-Internet Networks #5: Resource allocation and slicing in MEC systems for latency-sensitive IoT applications #6: AI-based Decision Support Systems for Smart Healthcare applications #7: Cooperative Ubiquitous Opportunistic Charging with Intelligent Battery Aging Mitigation #8 Cross-layer network design for heterogeneous RF/VLC 6G vehicular networks ** Hosting Universities for PhD topics: IIT-CNR is part of the newly-established national PhD programme on Artificial Intelligence (https://www.phd-ai.it/) and has multiple agreements for joint PhD programmes with the University of Pisa (https://www.unipi.it/index.php/english) and the University of Florence (http://www.unifi.it/changelang-eng.html) Interested people are requested send an Expression of Interest (EoI) to the reference person for each topic as described in the following, for possibly scheduling a specific session of p2p discussion on the topic. ** EoI deadline: continuous, up until the end of July 2021 Details available here http://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/

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The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms
by Mathieu.O'Neil 28 May '21

28 May '21

***Apologies for multiple exposure*** The News and Media Research Centre is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Commons Policy Council's inaugural report. DATE/TIME Wed, 9 June 2021 10:00 - 11:00 CET (Paris) 18:00 - 19:00 AEST (Canberra) REGISTER FOR ZOOM LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/news-media-research-centre-report-launch-ticke… TITLE The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms AUTHORS Mathieu O'Neil, Xiaolan Cai, Laure Muselli, Fred Pailler and Stefano Zacchiroli SUMMARY This report maps how firms are collaborating with communities of unpaid volunteers to produce open source code, used in most IT applications and infrastructures. We map firm employee contributions to top GitHub repositories, and analyse how the IT press portrays this coproduction. We also show how IT firm and foundation employee presentations at open source conferences reveal contrasting visions of digital infrastructure, business models, and the firm-community relationship. Big tech firms such as Amazon are using cloud computing and Software as a Service to transform open source software, which is intended to be shared and modified, into closed assets. The report outlines strategic responses to big tech appropriation and reviews current debates about the recognition of volunteer work, money in FOSS, software licenses and universal basic incomes. The report also features invited comments exploring alternative perspectives by French open source specialists from the fields of academia, industry and activism. SCHEDULE 18:00-18:05 (10:00-10:05 CET Paris) Introduction and launch Prof. Kerry McCallum, Director N&MRC, University of Canberra 18:05-18:15 Firm-volunteer coproduction on GitHub and in the IT media Dr Mathieu O'Neil, University of Canberra 18:15-18:25 Firm discourses about open source, ongoing research Dr Laure Muselli, Telecom Paris Dr Stefano Zacchiroli, Université de Paris / Inria 18:25-18:30 Some strategic responses to big tech appropriation Dr Mathieu O'Neil, University of Canberra 18:30-19:00 Debate, Q&A The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms report was made possible by the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Ford Foundation's Critical Digital Infrastructure fund (2019-2020). THE COPRODUCTION OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE BY VOLUNTEERS AND BIG TECH FIRMS Mathieu O'Neil, Xiaolan Cai, Laure Muselli, Fred Pailler and Stefano Zacchiroli 1.THE INTEGRATION OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE INTO THE IT FIRM ECOSYSTEM Time for public authorities to stop blindly supporting big tech, by Sébastien Broca 2. FIRM EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOP GITHUB REPOSITORIES The ethics of open source must be enacted across the online service economy, by Hervé Le Crosnier 3. COPRODUCTION AND VOLUNTEER LABOUR IN THE IT MEDIA Predation is not sustainable, so give big tech a chance, by Thierry Carraz 4. DISCOURSES ABOUT OPEN SOURCE IN THE IT SECTOR Building common knowledge: The science commons, by Danièle Bourcier 5. STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO PREDATION AND FREE RIDING Framasoft, a pluralist alternative to big tech, by Pierre-Yves Gosset 6. DEBATING THE RECOGNITION OF UNPAID VOLUNTEER LABOUR: UBIs, MONEY IN FOSS, LICENCES Federated responses to big tech monopolies, by Célya Gruson-Daniel, Benjamin Jean and Camille Louis <end> [UC Logo]<http://www.canberra.edu.au> [National Reconciliation Week. More than a word. Reconciliation takes action.]<https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/media/newsroom> [UC Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfCanberra>[UC Twitter]<https://twitter.com/UniCanberra>[UC Instagram]<https://www.instagram.com/unicanberra/>[UC Linkedin]<https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-canberra/>[UC Youtube]<https://www.youtube.com/user/uniofcanberra> [University of Canberra] <http://www.canberra.edu.au> Australian Government Higher Education Registered Provider (CRICOS) #00212K The University of Canberra acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce Campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather. NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential or copyright materials and are for the attention of the addressee only. If you have received this email in error please notify us by email reply and delete it from your system. The University of Canberra accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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