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Re: [Air-L] A Question About Twitter Suspensions
by Marco T Bastos 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Hi Stu, Are you checking the usernames or the user IDs?if you’re checking the usernames, chances are the live accounts were recreated after being removed (new user ID, same username). When Twitter removes an account the username is offered again in the pool of available handles, so banned users can create a new account and take over their previous username. Suspension is a bit different and AFAIK it doesn’t remove the username, but you may be coming across a single username that existed over several user IDs. You may find this piece helpful: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764221989772 HTH, Marco On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 14:48 <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 12:05:45 -0400 > From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] A Question About Twitter Suspensions > Message-ID: > <CAJd4SndAuhOoiwVS1W7= > oXjdCgBAzkSinLhPqVfMH3x7TNzq0w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > When I try to display Tweets from December 2017 with clear QAnon signals > (hashtags, buzzwords, other markers) many return the message "cannot > display tweet - account is suspended," which makes sense given what we are > living through. However, I then go search for some of those same suspended > Twitter handles and find while some are indeed suspended, others are not > suspended. Some usernames with hundreds of thousands of tweets that go back > to 2011, and were spreading #QAnon, #TheStormIsHere, #WhoIsQ, and > #FollowTheWhiteRabbit and related content between December 8-12, 2017, are > alive and well on Twitter. I have not seen this before and I cannot explain > it. My question is: Can a Twitter account show as suspended for certain > content on the same day it is live with older and more recent content? Have > others encountered this? Can an account suspension be revoked or else > applied to only certain content? One example of many I ran into today: I > have a record of a Q-centric Tweet from a suspended account but the account > itself is in fact live and following current other live Q-related accounts > that also are not suspended. It follows only 72 accounts (a dazzling > collection of Q-related conspiracy experts) but has almost 5,000 heavily > MAGA-leaning followers, which takes a certain Internet dexterity to > achieve. Is there a good paper out there on the legal and procedural > actions related to suspended, semi-suspended, or suspended but then > restored Twitter users? > > Dr. Stuart ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 201, Issue 5 > ************************************* >

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New book: The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public
by Shaohua Guo 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Dear list members, I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, *The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public* *(Stanford University Press, December 2020).* https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=32857 Please see below for detailed information about the book. Thanks! Best, Shaohua ****** *Description**:* *Despite widespread consensus that China's digital revolution was sure to bring about massive democratic reforms, such changes have not come to pass. While scholars and policy makers alternate between predicting change and disparaging a stubbornly authoritarian regime, in this book Shaohua Guo demonstrates how this dichotomy misses the far more complex reality. The Evolution of the Chinese Internet traces the emergence and maturation of one of the most creative digital cultures in the world through four major technological platforms: the bulletin board system, the blog, the microblog, and WeChat. Guo transcends typical binaries of freedom and control, to argue that Chinese Internet culture displays a uniquely sophisticated interplay between multiple extremes, and that its vibrancy is dependent on these complex negotiations. In contrast to the flourishing of research findings on what is made invisible online, this book examines the driving mechanisms that grant visibility to particular kinds of user-generated content. Offering a systematic account of how and why an ingenious Internet culture has been able to thrive, Guo highlights the pivotal roles that media institutions, technological platforms, and creative practices of Chinese netizens have played in shaping culture on- and offline.* *Contents**:* *1 A Cultural Revolution in China's Digital Age* *2 A Historical Overview through Technological Platforms* *3 Tracking Playfulness* *4 National Blogging and Cultural Entrepreneurship* *5 Taboo Breakers and Microcultural Contention* *6 Digital Witnessing on Weibo* *7 WeChat: An Inflorescence of Content Production* *8 Ambivalent Revolution* *Reviews**:* *"Guo brings much-needed historical and literary sensitivities to the study of complex technological forms. Her innovative approach sheds critical new light on the history, culture, and politics of the Chinese internet. Highly recommended!"* *—Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania* *"Built on over a decade of scrupulous field research and perspicacious on-site observations, this book puts itself on the must-read list of intellectual endeavors inquiring into the way of being on China's ever-evolving internet. Subtly contextualized and dexterously historicized, the narratives embed rich concepts in the flesh and blood of everyday life, virtual and real."* *—Zixue Tai, University of Kentucky* *Author bio**:* *Shaohua Guo is Associate Professor of Chinese at Carleton College. *Her research interests focus on contemporary Chinese studies, digital media studies, and cultural studies.

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The 2021 Carolinas Communication Association Conference Goes Virtual
by Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Friends, We in the Carolinas Communication Association invite your submissions for our 2021 virtual conference (Sept 24 & 25). May 15 is the deadline. This is a great first conference for undergraduates, graduate students and new faculty, as well as seasoned academics. Please direct all submissions to <pgloviczki(a)coker.edu>. I am happy to answer any questions. We look forward to having you join us! Fondly, Peter >> *The 2021 Carolinas Communication Association Conference Goes Virtual* We invite your paper submissions (8-20 pages), panel submissions and Great Ideas For Teaching Students (GIFTS) submissions. A reminder that all paper submissions are automatically eligible for top faculty awards (faculty), top graduate paper awards (graduate students) and top undergraduate paper awards (undergraduate students). We also invite digital posters of research by undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. Submitters are kindly asked to indicate whether their status (faculty, graduate student or undergraduate student) on the title page of their submission. We are an inclusive, welcoming conference and we look forward to receiving your work. In addition, in view of the COVID 19 pandemic, we would also like to offer submitters the opportunity to submit extended abstracts (250 words to 750 words) of work in progress. Extended abstracts can be submitted in any of the aforementioned categories (paper, panel or GIFTS) and should be clearly labeled as extended abstracts. While extended abstracts will not be eligible for awards, all submissions will be considered for programming as part of CCA 2021. We aim to maintain the May 15, 2021, submission deadline, and we ask that all submissions are emailed to Dr. Peter Joseph Gloviczki, 1st Vice President of CCA, <pgloviczki(a)coker.edu> as attachments. Feel free to send any submission questions to Dr. Gloviczki. He is glad to be helpful. Once refereed, all submitters will be notified of the status of their submissions. We will ask that accepted participants record a brief, explanatory video of their work and upload the video to YouTube. We imagine each video will be somewhere between two and twelve minutes in length. Once uploaded, please share a link to the video via email with Dr. Gloviczki. Dr. Gloviczki will then include that link in the conference program. Our hope is that conference participants will be able to view the videos ahead of time and that the conference date/time (via Zoom) will primarily be used to discuss the work. Acceptance of work carries with it the expectation that accepted authors will both submit a link to a video of their work to Dr. Gloviczki and participate in the live Zoom experience. We believe this two-step process (recorded video and live Zoom) is a dynamic way to share work via digital modalities and we are excited to utilize it. We view the Zoom experience during the conference days (September 24-25, 2021) as a conversational space. Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue about posted videos, which will be organized into relevant sessions. We aim to hold both the keynote session and the business meeting live via Zoom during the conference days. We are excited to convene our community virtually in 2021. As always, feel free to be in touch with any questions. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Peter Joseph Gloviczki, PhD he/him/his Associate Professor of Communication Coker University 300 East College Avenue Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 843.383.8379 pgloviczki(a)coker.edu Assistant Editor, Journal of Loss and Trauma (Taylor & Francis) Immediate Past Head, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, AEJMC 1st Vice President, Carolinas Communication Association Scholarly Books: Mediated Narration in the Digital Age: Storying the Media World <https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496217639/> (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media <https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137465368> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)

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IASC Knowledge Commons conference June 9-11, submission May 1st
by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Dear all, Sorry for cross-posting. A friendly reminder about the upcoming (June 9-11, 2021) Knowledge Commons Conference organized by the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). IASC has already run two other virtual conferences -- one on Commons in Space and another on Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons -- that have gone very well. A model that has proven to work is a set of pre recorded talks around a particular topic area followed by a live moderated panel discussion with those presenters. The deadline for submissions of abstracts for individual talks or panel discussions is May 1. For more information see the conference website (https://2021knowledge.iasc-commons.org/) If you have any questions feel free to email Charlie Schweik at cschweik(a)umass.edu or Melanie Dulong de Rosnay at melanie.dulong(a)cnrs.fr All the best, -- Melanie Dulong de Rosnay Associate research professor, CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/melanie-dulong/ Director, Center for Internet and Society of CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/about/

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Call for Proposals: iLRN 2021 Guided Virtual Adventures
by Lee, Mark 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDED VIRTUAL ADVENTURES iLRN 2021: 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network May 17 to June 10, 2021, on iLRN Virtual Campus, powered by Virbela ... and across the Metaverse! Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore(r) Conference theme: "TRANSCEND: Accelerating Learner Engagement in XR across Time, Place, and Imagination" https://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2021/author-present/guided-virtual-adventures/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Guided Virtual Adventures are small-group guided tours of 50 minutes in duration to various social and collaborative VR/AR/MR (XR) or other immersive environments and platforms. Tour destinations may be: - a third-party XR/immersive platform with which the tour guide is familiar (e.g., Altspace, Mozilla Hubs, Facebook Horizons, Vive Sync, Somnium Space, OrbusVR, Second Life, Minecraft, World of Warcraft); - a specific virtual environment that the tour guide, their institution/organization, or someone else has developed within a third-party platform; - a platform that the tour guide or their institution/organization has developed, and/or specific environments within that platform. The tour guide leads participants into the virtual spaces, co-discovering and video-documenting the learning potential and engagements found there for sharing with the wider iLRN community. ##### Selection Criteria and Requirements ##### - Preference will be given to proposals that involve environments/platforms that are freely and openly accessible. iLRN also reserves the right to place limits on the number of tours of platforms/environments of a certain type or that address a particular target audience/application vertical. - Where possible, it is strongly recommended that multiple offerings of the tour are made available so as to cater for potential people in different time zones. - Guided Virtual Adventures are expected to produce, in the course of conducting the adventure, a video recording of the immersive/XR experience through which educators and others in the iLRN community might gain a sense of what the XR space is and how it might be useful for learning, teaching, and/or assessment. *** NOTE: Guided Virtual Adventures are intended to be social activities. As such, platforms and environments to be toured must support interaction among multiple users, and participants must be afforded such opportunities for interaction. Product demos or workshops/tutorials in which participants either passively "sit and watch" or undertake individual activities in isolation of one another are not suitable for the Guided Virtual Adventures program. *** ##### Fees/Charges ##### Nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may offer their Guided Virtual Adventures, if approved, at no cost to them. Companies wishing to offer Guided Virtual Adventure tours involving their commercial products and services may submit proposals for consideration, but may be asked to contribute a modest fee commensurate with the size of their companies that will help support iLRN's nonprofit mission. Participants in Guided Virtual Adventure tours will not be charged any fees, but in order to participate must give their consent to having their video and audio activity during the tour recorded. ##### Submitting a Proposal ##### Please use this form to propose an iLRN Guided Virtual Adventure: https://forms.gle/6fjkStbbwZXespE48 ##### Timelines ##### Proposals for Guided Virtual Adventures may be submitted at any time, and are reviewed, accepted, and scheduled on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year. However, prospective tour guides specifically looking to offer their Adventures during the iLRN 2021 conference should endeavor to submit their proposals as soon as possible (ideally no later than May 1st) as the number of slots available is limited. Proposals received after all of the available slots have been filled will be considered for offering on dates/times before or after the conference. Prospective Guided Virtual Adventure tour guides can generally expect to be contacted within 2 weeks after submitting their proposals. ##### Contact ##### Inquiries regarding Guided Virtual Adventures may be directed to adventures(a)immersivelrn.org . More general inquiries about iLRN 2021 may be sent to conference(a)immersivelrn.org . (Sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | BRISBANE | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. 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Call for Proposals: iLRN 2021 Guided Virtual Adventures
by Lee, Mark 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDED VIRTUAL ADVENTURES iLRN 2021: 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network May 17 to June 10, 2021, on iLRN Virtual Campus, powered by Virbela ... and across the Metaverse! Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore(r) Conference theme: "TRANSCEND: Accelerating Learner Engagement in XR across Time, Place, and Imagination" http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2021 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Guided Virtual Adventures are small-group guided tours of 50 minutes in duration to various social and collaborative VR/AR/MR (XR) or other immersive environments and platforms. Tour destinations may be: - a third-party XR/immersive platform with which the tour guide is familiar (e.g., Altspace, Mozilla Hubs, Facebook Horizons, Vive Sync, Somnium Space, OrbusVR, Second Life, Minecraft, World of Warcraft); - a specific virtual environment that the tour guide, their institution/organization, or someone else has developed within a third-party platform; - a platform that the tour guide or their institution/organization has developed, and/or specific environments within that platform. The tour guide leads participants into the virtual spaces, co-discovering and video-documenting the learning potential and engagements found there for sharing with the wider iLRN community. ##### Selection Criteria and Requirements ##### - Preference will be given to proposals that involve environments/platforms that are freely and openly accessible. iLRN also reserves the right to place limits on the number of tours of platforms/environments of a certain type or that address a particular target audience/application vertical. - Where possible, it is strongly recommended that multiple offerings of the tour are made available so as to cater for potential people in different time zones. - Guided Virtual Adventures are expected to produce, in the course of conducting the adventure, a video recording of the immersive/XR experience through which educators and others in the iLRN community might gain a sense of what the XR space is and how it might be useful for learning, teaching, and/or assessment. *** NOTE: Guided Virtual Adventures are intended to be social activities. As such, platforms and environments to be toured must support interaction among multiple users, and participants must be afforded such opportunities for interaction. Product demos or workshops/tutorials in which participants either passively "sit and watch" or undertake individual activities in isolation of one another are not suitable for the Guided Virtual Adventures program. *** ##### Fees/Charges ##### Nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may offer their Guided Virtual Adventures, if approved, at no cost to them. Companies wishing to offer Guided Virtual Adventure tours involving their commercial products and services may submit proposals for consideration, but may be asked to contribute a modest fee commensurate with the size of their companies that will help support iLRN's nonprofit mission. Participants in Guided Virtual Adventure tours will not be charged any fees, but in order to participate must give their consent to having their video and audio activity during the tour recorded. ##### Submitting a Proposal ##### Please use this form to propose an iLRN Guided Virtual Adventure: https://forms.gle/6fjkStbbwZXespE48 ##### Timelines ##### Proposals for Guided Virtual Adventures may be submitted at any time, and are reviewed, accepted, and scheduled on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year. However, prospective tour guides specifically looking to offer their Adventures during the iLRN 2021 conference should endeavor to submit their proposals as soon as possible (ideally no later than May 1st) as the number of slots available is limited. Proposals received after all of the available slots have been filled will be considered for offering on dates/times before or after the conference. Prospective Guided Virtual Adventure tour guides can generally expect to be contacted within 2 weeks after submitting their proposals. ##### Contact ##### Inquiries regarding Guided Virtual Adventures may be directed to adventures(a)immersivelrn.org . More general inquiries about iLRN 2021 may be sent to conference(a)immersivelrn.org . (Sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | BRISBANE | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with Charles Sturt University may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at Charles Sturt University. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Charles Sturt University. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email.

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Invitation to join CMSTW'2021 on communication architectures
by Svetlana S. Bodrunova 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Dear colleagues, sorry for this short-notice invitation - maybe some of you can join us tommorrow and on Wednesday at cmstw2021.org. This year, CMSTW'2021 is dedicated to communication architectures. We look at them from the viewpoint of communication science, so you are welcome to join! The Zoom links are at the homepage of the conference website. Yours, Svetlana -- Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Prof., D.Polit.Sci. Head, Center for International Media Research School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St.Petersburg State University +7 921 933 02 14 s.bodrunova(a)spbu.ru, spasibo-tebe(a)yandex.ru

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Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work - ILO report launch 29 April
by HACKL Andreas 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Dear colleagues, I hope this launch of the folowing ILO report will be of interest to some of you: Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work: towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy. Here a link to the event page and registration: https://www.ilo.org/global/programmes-and-projects/prospects/events/WCMS_77… Launch of the ILO Report "Digital Refugee Livelihoods and Decent Work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy" The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and risks. A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) now explores the growing role of digital economies for refugees, including case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Background Digitalisation is rapidly changing the character of work around the world. Technological advances will create new jobs and opportunities while making others obsolete. New skills are required as old ones expire. As digital inequalities are becoming more ingrained and insidious, they leave those without resources ever further behind. Digital work can contribute to strong disparities related to geographic location, whereby workers in emerging nations are most affected by uneven Internet connectivity, time zones, language, security, and pay mechanisms. To harness the positive potential of this digital transformation for the future of work and reduce its harmful impact, global action and planning must give more attention to populations that are economically and politically marginalized, such as refugees. The current digital transformation has far-reaching implications for forcibly displaced persons and many other migrants who are in search of employment and come under pressure to secure a livelihood for themselves and their families. Without coordinated action, a digitized and increasingly cashless future of work poses existential threats to the displaced and uprooted, whose livelihood often depends on informal jobs, who are frequently excluded from access to bank accounts or electronic payment mechanisms, and who must often accept exploitative working conditions in exchange for any kind of income. About the report This report offers the first comparative global assessment of the emerging field of digital livelihoods and digital work among refugees. In this report, a diverse collective of authors offers insights from pioneering research on the possibilities and the limitations of digital work and digitally mediated livelihoods. In doing so, we build on the ILO’s centenary initiative on the Future of Work and its research on decent work in the digital economy. The report focuses on digital skills and digital labour among refugees living in a variety of host countries around the world, where they are often one of the most vulnerable groups in the labour market. At the same time, some of the research includes a diversity of forcibly displaced persons, including IDPs, as well as other migrants and host community members, who come to see the digital economy as a promising alternative to often exploitative and restrictive local labour markets. Part 1 focuses on the role of digital skills training as a pathway to decent work for refugees and migrants in Lebanon and Germany. Part 2 discusses digital livelihoods and connectivity in refugee settlements and camp settings. Part 3 puts the spotlight on the experience of refugees working on digital labour platforms and in the gig economy. Read the executive summary <https://www.ilo.org/global/programmes-and-projects/prospects/publications/W…> The sessions The event will be jointly organized by the ILO’s Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT), the Programme Improving Prospects for Host Communities and Forcibly Displaced Persons (PROSPECTS) and the Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch (EMPLAB). The new ILO report “Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work: Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy” will be presented virtually from ILO headquarter in Geneva on 29 April 2021 at 13:00 CET. Speakers Moderation: Iva Gumnishka, Founder of Humans in the Loop. * Welcoming remarks: Christiane Kuptsch, Senior Specialist in Migration Policy, ILO MIGRANT. * Introduction and summary of findings: Andreas Hackl, Lecturer in Anthropology of Development at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. * Digital skills training: a pathway to decent work for refugees? Rabih Shibli, Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB); and Sarah Kouzi, Programs Manager at the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the AUB. * Digital connectivity and entrepreneurship in refugee camps and settlements: Faheem Hussain, Clinical Assistant Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University; and Jared Owuor, Regional Operations Officer at Samuel Hall. * Refugee work in the digital economy: Emma Samman, Research Associate with the Overseas Development Institute and an independent consultant. * Inside perspective: Ousama Suleiman, Syrian refugee, former freelancer and current facilitator of refugee online work. * Outlook: PROSPECTS partnership: future outlook and new research into digital economies among refugees: Drew Gardiner, Technical Specialist, ILO EMPLAB. Register https://ilo-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvf-quqz8rH9WpsIw0bOKYKEjgLsR-a9… <https://ilo-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvf-quqz8rH9WpsIw0bOKYKEjgLsR-a9…> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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Webinar: #Hashtag Activism - Wed 5 May
by Matthew Moore 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

More info & RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/Information-Innovation-UTS/events/277640274/ #HashtagActivism is the use of social media by participants in contemporary social and political debates. In this seminar, researchers explore some of the fundamental questions around the use of these media in the contexts of gender and national identity. - How do participants use these media? - How do they allow new forms of political expression? - What are their limitations as communications tools in the political domain? Dr Natalie Krikowa is a media scholar and practice-led researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research discusses issues surrounding media representation and identity politics in screen studies, popular culture, and transmedia, with a feminist, Queer, and gender studies focus. She works as the Creative Director of Zenowa Productions, writing and producing queer female focused works including The Newtown Girls (2012) and All Our Lesbians Are Dead! (2017). Dr Tisha Dejmanee is a Lecturer in Digital and Social Media at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research is in the field of feminist media studies, with a focus on contemporary feminist theory, food studies and digital platforms. Her work has been published in Television and New Media, Feminist Media Studies and International Journal of Communication. Pamela Fransen-Taylor is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at UTS. Her research interests include information behaviour, social media and utilising the Internet to support and build social capital. Dr Bhuva Narayan is Associate Professor, Digital Social Media, and Graduate Research Coordinator for the School of Communication, UTS. Her teaching and research interests are in the field of Human Information Behaviour (how humans need, seek, find, organise, and use information, both online and in everyday life) including Digital Social Media. 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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Global Media and China Webinar April 21
by Xiao Han 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Dear All, Global Media and China is going to hold a new webinar: Time: Wednesday, April 21 at 13:00pm (Beijing/Hong Kong) Title: One City, Many Tales: COVID-19, Perception, and the Importandance of Contextualisation Join Zoom Meeting https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/96400542306?pwd=T1ZMUnBkc3BYVGxTeDgzdGZHSVBPQT09 <https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/96400542306?pwd=T1ZMUnBkc3BYVGxTeDgzdGZHSVBPQT09> Meeting ID: 964 0054 2306 Passcode: 302453 Speakers Wenshan Jia, Ph.D. is Professor, School of Communication, Chapman University, USA and is also affiliated with Shandong University. He is an award-winning author and editor of about 10 books and more than 100 articles as well as a noted public affairs commentator. One of his current works is a popular textbook reader titled "Intercultural Communication: Adapting to Emerging Global Realities" (Cognella) .He is also editor of two book series -Chinese Perspectives on Journalism and Communication by Routledge and Belt and Road lnitiative: Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Peter Lang. He is currently writing a book on global communication to be published by Routledge. Wanning Sun is a professor of media and communication at the University of Technology Sydney. A Fellow of Australian Academy of Humanities, her research interests include Chinese media and cultural studies, diasporic Chinese media, Chinese media in Australia, and soft power, public diplomacy, and political communication in china. Gareth Shaw is an independent researcher affiliated with the National Coalition of lndependent Scholars. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Nottingham (UK) in 2017. He specializes in discourse analysis and is actively engaged in several projects focusing on China's online discursive spaces. He has a special interest in the use of the internet by China's LGBTQ+ communities, and has previously published on lnternet-based urban mobilization within Chinese environmental health movements and the online distribution of independently-made LGBTQ+ documentaries in China. Xiaoling Zhang, chair professor in creative industries in the School of international Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, has published widely on China's media, communication and society. In addition to the evolving policies, the development of the industries as part of China's economic development, and the wider social transformation, she also researches on their role in the nation's attempt to refresh its image and to build international soft power. Fangzhu Lu is a Ph.D. candidate at Renmin University of China. Her research interest lies in political communication, public opinion and international relations. 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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