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CityU Methodology Workshop Series on Conflict Studies (Speaker: Prof. Paul Y. Chang, Harvard University)
by Yuner Zhu 19 Mar '21

19 Mar '21

Hello Everyone, You are cordially invited to join the Conflict Studies Methodology Workshop Series organized by Political Analysis Lab <http://www.cityu.edu.hk/pol/pal/> (PAL) and Centre for Public Affairs and Law <http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cpal/> (CPAL), City University of Hong Kong. Title: The Structure of Protest Cycles: Inspiration and Bridging in South Korea’s Democracy Movement Speaker: Prof. Paul Y. Chang Date: 25 March Thursday 2021 (Hong Kong Time) Time: 10am-11:15am (Hong Kong Time) Format: Zoom Webinar Registration: https://forms.gle/Wi8g9v1mF8mwnPqL8 Abstract: Although the concept of protest cycles has received much attention in the collective action literature, its empirical operationalization remains relatively crude compared to the rich theoretical discussion. Reimagining social movements as populations of interlinked protests, we demonstrate the usefulness of analyzing protest event networks with a novel dataset related to South Korea’s democracy movement. In our conceptualization protest events play the role of network nodes and links are identified based on protesters citing prior events as sources of inspiration for mobilizing. Appropriating strategies for network analysis, we assess the types of events that were more likely to be cited as sources of inspiration and bridge otherwise disconnected events. Our analysis shows that protests that raised systemic versus local issues and events that were repressed by the state were more likely to occupy central positions in the democracy movement. By identifying the characteristics of events that contribute to movement inspiration and bridging, our novel approach to analyzing protest events sheds new light on dominant themes in social movement research. About Speaker: Paul Y. Chang is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and served as the 2019-2020 Joy Foundation Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of *Protest Dialectics: State Repression and South Korea’s Democracy Movement, 1970-1979* (Stanford University Press 2015) and co-editor of *South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society* (Routledge 2011). We look forward to seeing you soon. Political Analysis Lab and Centre for Public Affairs and Law, City University of Hong Kong

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Re: [Air-L] Indigenous/First peoples and digital data/information
by Taffel, Sy 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Kia ora Geoff You may well already be aware of this, but just in case you aren't, there is the Maori data sovereignty network, Te Mana Raraunga: https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/ There's also this open access book edited by Tahu Kukutai and John Taylor on Indigenous Data Sovereignty: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31875 Nga manaakitanga Sy Sy Taffel, PhD Programme Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Media Studies |Co-Director, Political Ecology Research Centre<http://perc.ac.nz/> College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Massey University Email: s.a.taffel(a)massey.ac.nz<mailto:s.a.taffel@massey.ac.nz> | Telephone: +64 (06 ) 356 9099 ext. 84527 sytatffel.com<http://sytaffel.com/> Recently Published: Taffel. S (2020) Google's lens: Computational photography and platform capitalism,<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720939449> Media Culture & Society Taffel. S (2019) Digital Media Ecologies: Entanglements of Content, Code and Hardware<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-media-ecologies-9781501349263/>, New York and London: Bloomsbury Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:06:34 +0100 From: Amy Ruckes <amyruckes(a)gmail.com<mailto:amyruckes@gmail.com>> To: "Charles M. Ess" <charles.ess(a)media.uio.no<mailto:charles.ess@media.uio.no>> Cc: Geoff Lush <Geoffrey.Lush(a)parliament.govt.nz<mailto:Geoffrey.Lush@parliament.govt.nz>>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Indigenous/First peoples and digital data/information Message-ID: <CAOq4bjBp5b332AWK7p2iY8qkBtj7oZCLv7bxvws4issC6Ji4Fw(a)mail.gmail.com<mailto:CAOq4bjBp5b332AWK7p2iY8qkBtj7oZCLv7bxvws4issC6Ji4Fw@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sorry if I'm repeating any prior suggestions: Kim Tallbear @KimTallBear: "Native American DNA" <https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/native-american-dna> DESI SMALL-RODRIGUEZ, Ph.D. <https://www.drdrdesi.com/> @native4data Dr Bronwyn Carlson @BronwynCarlson Marisa Elena Duarte Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst Nature.com article: "How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge" <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00022-1> Joanne Radin @JoannaRadin "?Digital Natives?: How Medical and Indigenous Histories Matter for Big Data" <https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/693853> Carroll et al. "The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance" <https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2020-043/> Here is an excellent webinar on #Decolonizedata #DataJustice for Indigenous people with Abigail Echo Hawk @echohawkd3, Liz La quen naay Medicine Crow @lizmedicinecrow from @VibrantHawaii : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTveKUXYqIw I hope this helps. Best, Amy On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 9:08 AM Charles M. Ess <charles.ess(a)media.uio.no<mailto:charles.ess@media.uio.no>> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > as a quick start: Marisa Elena Duarte, _Network Sovereignty: Building > the Internet across Indian Country_ (University of Washington Press, > 2017) - as well as her earlier/subsequent publications. > > I know there's considerable work in this part of the world on / with > the S?mi - I suspect others on the list will get to this more quickly > than I can. Will dig those out if they don't appear on the list soon. > > Best, > - charles > > > > On 18/03/2021 08:12, Geoff Lush wrote: > > Hello all > > > > A broad request I know, but I thought I'd ask the group's collective > wisdom regarding any authoritative sources for Indigenous/First > People's perspectives, methodologies and treatments of digital data. > > > > This can relate to matters surrounding indigenous people's > > approaches to > the management, processing and application of online data, metadata, > information, social media etc. This could relate to intellectual > property, etc. but can also any philosophical approaches to the > management of that data/information that may also be involved. > > > > Many thanks in advance for any responses. > > > > Geoff Lush > > New Zealand Parliamentary Library > > > > ________________________________

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Marxist Humanism and Communication Theory (book)
by Christian Fuchs 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Fuchs, Christian. 2021./Marxist Humanism and Communication Theory. Media, Communication and Society Volume One/. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367697129 (paperback). ISBN 9780367697136 (hardback). ISBN 9781003142959 (ebook). 310 pages. 20% discount & sample chapter"Jean-Paul Sartre as Social Theorist of Communication. An Engagement with Critique of Dialectical Reason” available at: https://fuchsc.uti.at/books/marxist-humanism-and-communication-theory/ This book outlines and contributes to the foundations of Marxist-humanist communication theory. It analyses the role of communication in capitalist society. Engaging with the works of critical thinkers such as Erich Fromm, E. P. Thompson, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Georg Lukács, Lucien Goldmann, Günther Anders, Jean-Paul Sartre, M. N. Roy, Angela Davis, C. L. R. James, Rosa Luxemburg, Eve Mitchell, and Cedric J. Robinson, the book provides readings of works that inform our understanding of how to critically theorise communication in society. The topics covered include the relationship of capitalism, racism, and patriarchy; communication and alienation; the base/superstructure-problem; the question of how one should best define communication; the political economy of communication; ideology critique; the connection of communication and struggles for alternatives. Written for a broad audience of students and scholars interested in contemporary critical theory, this book will be useful for courses in media and communication studies, cultural studies, Internet research, sociology, philosophy, political science, and economics. This is the first of five Media, Communication and Society volumes, each one outlining a particular aspect of the foundations of a critical theory of communication in society.* Table of Contents* 1. Introduction 2. Erich Fromm and the Critical Theory of Communication 3. Revisiting the Althusser/E. P. Thompson-Controversy: Towards a Marxist Theory of Communication 4. Raymond Williams’s Communicative Materialism 5. Henri Lefebvre’s Theory of the Production of Space and the Critical Theory of Communication 6. Towards A Critical Theory of Communication with Georg Lukács’s and Lucien Goldmann 7. Günther Anders’s Critical Theory of Technology 8. Jean-Paul Sartre as Social Theorist of Communication. An Engagement with “Critique of Dialectical Reason” 9. M. N. Roy, Socialist Humanism, and the Critical Analysis of Communication 10. Capitalism, Racism, Patriarchy 11. Conclusion

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Scoring text on phonetic characteristics
by Astvansh, Vivek 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear Internet Researchers: Do you know of any computer program or library in R, Python, etc., which can score text on phonetic characteristics (e.g., vowels, consonants, plosives, and nasals)? If yes, please respond. Thank you!

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CFP: eSociety track at 'Digital Transformation & Global Society' Conference
by Sergei Pashakhin 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Call for Papers eSociety track Digital Transformation & Global Society (DTGS 2021) - https://dtgs-conference.org/ Conference Date: 23-25 June 2021, online Submission Deadline: March 25, 2021 Track Organizers: Social and Cognitive Informatics Lab (SCILa - https://scila.hse.ru/en/) formerly Laboratory for Internet Studies (LINIS) at HSE University. Dear friends and colleagues, We are organizing the eSociety track at DTGS 2021 and invite you to submit 12-15 pages long papers (Springer LNCS format) focused on but not limited to such topics as: Quantifying offline phenomena through online data Forecasting of social phenomena with digital traces Social influence and social contagion Online community structure & dynamics Individual social tie formation, maintenance & decay Information & disinformation diffusion, perception and effects (including electoral and COVID-related information) Online political deliberation, polarization, and mobilization Problem detection in communication in and with vulnerable groups (children, women, ethnic minorities, etc.), including hate speech, discrimination, and cyber-bullying Predicting and explaining game user behavior and its social implications Designing digital environments to improve societies Security, privacy, trust, reputation, and incentive issues Opinion mining and social media analytics News production & consumption in the Internet era Social media and health behaviors Equity in social and information systems Accepted papers can be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science series of Springer proceedings. Learn more on the conference website: https://dtgs-conference.org/. If you do not wish to receive our email, please let me know! Best regards, Olessia Koltsova DTGS'21 Steering Committee Director, Laboratory for Social & Cognitive Informatics National Research University Higher School of Economics https://scila.hse.ru/en/ http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747 <http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747> Sergei Pashakhin DTGS'21 Organization Committee https://www.hse.ru/en/staff/pashakhin

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FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021
by Mikkel Willum Johansen 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear all, Deadlines for submissions to the conference is getting close, especially for Papers, Abstracts and Posters. In the categories of Papers, Abstracts and Posters the deadline for pre-submission of title and descriptive abstract is: April 1, 2021. * For the Long Papers and Short Papers categories, full versions are due: April 8, 2021 * For the Abstracts and Posters categories, full versions are due: April 15, 2021 Deadlines for Tutorials and Graduate Symposia are on the conference webpage www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. Please find more information in the final call for papers attached below or on the webpage - and do pass on the information if you know researchers or students for whom it may be relevant. I hope to see you at the conference! Best, Mikkel Willum Johansen Publicity Chair Diagrams 2021 *** FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021 *** 12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 28 – 30, 2021 Virtual Event www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021> *** Highlights *** - FREE REGISTRATION - Proceedings published by Springer - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education. - Graduate Symposium - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Submission dates in April 2021. ***************** Keynote Speakers Announced ******************* Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham Daniel Rosenberg, University of Oregon Katarina Scheiter, University of Tubingen Atsushi Shimojima, Doshisha University Frederik Stjernfelt, Aalborg University of Copenhagen Francesco Bellucci, University of Bologna, is the Inspirational ECR Speaker for Diagrams 2021 ******************* Novel Program Schedule ********************* Diagrams 2021 will adopt a novel approach to scheduling talks, to accommodate different time zones across the globe. See http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/program/ for more details. ************************************************************* Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams and has a multidisciplinary emphasis. For 2021, *MAIN TRACK* conference topics include, but are not limited to: – applications of diagrams, – computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams, – design of diagrammatic notations, – diagram understanding by humans or machines, – diagram aesthetics and layout,– evaluation of diagrammatic notations, – graphical communication and literacy, – heterogeneous notations involving diagrams, – history of diagrammatic notations, – information visualization using diagrams, – nature of diagrams and diagramming, – novel technologies for diagram use, – reasoning with diagrams, – semiotics of diagrams, – software to support the use of diagrams, and – usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams. In addition to the main track, Diagrams 2021 will have two further tracks: Philosophy, and Psychology and Education; for their topics of interest, see http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/main-track/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/philosophy/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/psychology-of-diagr…. If the main research contribution of your submission is considered to fit either of the other tracks then you are strongly encouraged to submit to the respective special track, each of which has a dedicated program committee. Authors of accepted submissions will be expected to be in attendance at the virtual conference to present their research and respond to questions presented by delegates. All presenters must accept that it is not within the power of the organisers to prevent delegates from recording talks. However, when registering, delegates will be asked to confirm that they will not record any part of the conference. ***************************************************************** Submission Categories The conference will include presentations of refereed Papers, Abstracts, and Posters, alongside a graduate symposium. We invite submissions for peer review that focus on any aspect of diagrams research, as follows: - Long Papers (16 pages), - Abstracts (3 pages), - Short Papers (8 pages), - Posters (4 pages – this is both a maximum and minimum requirement). More details and all important dates can be found on at www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. ***************************************************************** ________________________________ Mikkel Willum Johansen Associate professor Department of Science Education University of Copenhagen Tlf: (+45) 28 72 84 41

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*Correction* Meta-analysis on effects of social comparison on social media: Request for unpublished studies
by Stephanie Tobin 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

*Correction* please send any relevant unpublished reports and manuscripts, conference presentations, unpublished dissertations or in-press manuscripts to c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> Dear colleagues, I am currently completing a PhD at The University of Queensland under the supervision of Eric Vanman and Stephanie Tobin. We are conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of engaging in social comparison on social media and are looking for unpublished papers that fulfill the following requirements: 1. Studies must report experimental, quantitative data 2. Independent variable: we are interested in studies that involve exposure to an upward comparison target versus a downward comparison target or control group. Passively scrolling a social media site or quitting social media for a period of time is also appropriate. 3. Dependent variables: must include measures of subjective well-being, self-esteem, body image, psychological well-being or envy To ensure a comprehensive analysis, we would greatly appreciate if you could send any relevant unpublished reports and manuscripts, conference presentations, unpublished dissertations or in-press manuscripts to c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you, Carly McComb Carly McComb BPsychScHons | PhD Candidate School of Psychology | The University of Queensland | Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia E c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> | W https://psychology.uq.edu.au/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/psychology.uq.edu.au/__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw…> CRICOS code: 00025B Stephanie Tobin, PhD Senior Lecturer | School of Psychology and Counselling | Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia | Phone: +61 7 3138 4762 CRICOS No 00213J

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WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC-NY TV – Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYC
by Joly MacFie 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Edited version of a brainstorming session last Sunday ISOC Live posted: "On Saturday 13 March 2021 at 6pm-7pm IST (12:30-13:30 UTC) the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (ISOC RD SIG) presents a webinar ‘Problems around accessing Internet in Rural communities: Zimbabwe and Africa Context‘ featuring Ms. " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband>On *Wednesday March 17 2021*, the *ISOC-NY TV show <https://isoc-ny.org/p2/tag/isoc-ny-tv>* presents ‘*Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYC <https://2021.open-data.nyc/#details1902>*‘ an NYC Open Data Week workshop where *Community Tech NY <https://communitytechny.org/>* invited all comers to share their vision of a more equitable, holistically healthy digital ecosystem for New York City. The workshop was ably facilitated by *Claudina Sarahe (cs)* of *Composites Collective <https://compositescollective.com/>.* *What: ISOC-NY TV – Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYCWhere: Manhattan Neighborhood NetworkWhen: Wednesday March 17 2021 2pm-3pm EDT | 18:00-19:00 UTCManhattan Cable: SPECTRUM 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel <http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband>* *TWITTER: @isocny #opendataweek @BetaNYC @itsmisscs @gretabyrum* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live>* *https://youtu.be/vaCXEh2Bk6Q <https://youtu.be/vaCXEh2Bk6Q>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/nycbroadband <https://archive.org/details/nycbroadband>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13871/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Special issue on AI Ethics and Regulation
by Mihály Héder 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Hi and apologies for cross-posting, CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue: *AI ethics and regulation: A practitioner's point of view* Important dates Article Submission Due *15th May, 2021 * Author Notification *25th June, 2021 * Revised Article Due *31th July, 2021 * Publication *Q3 2021 * InfTars is a *Web of Science SSCI* and *Scopus*-indexed journal. The journal calls for papers requesting constructive criticism of the AI ethics guidelines landscape. Practitioners in the broad sense – the people involved in developing such guidelines, regulators and AI developers – are especially welcome to submit to this issue. Both theoretical and empirical works are welcome. Some particular topics of interest include: - AI ethics guidelines uptake in real-life projects; - Connection of the field of Applied Ethics (in moral theory) to AI Ethics; - “What’s new?” Discussion of the similarities and differences between AI ethics guidelines and other recent professional ethics (such as nanoethics and bioethics); - Methodological concerns of compiling AI ethics guidelines; - AI and privacy: real-life challenges; - “The devil is in the detail!” Issues with particular details of AI ethics guidelines; - Challenges of producing and implementing AI ethics guidelines from a practitioner’s point of view. *Conversation starters* - Hagendorff, T. “The ethics of AI ethics: An evaluation of guidelines.” Minds and Machines 30 (2020): 99-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09517-8 - Héder, M. “A Criticism of AI Ethics Guidelines.” Információs Társadalom 20, no 4. (2020) https://doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.4.5 - Zerilli, J., Knott, A., Maclaurin, J. et al. “Transparency in Algorithmic and Human Decision-Making: Is There a Double Standard?” Philosophy and Technology 32 (2019): 661–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0330-6 Cheers Mihály Héder

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Free Webinar: Twitter derived measures of sentiment towards minorities & associations with adverse birth outcomes & cardiovascular disease
by KARAMI, AMIR 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

The social media core of UofSC Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) will host an invited speaker who is a faculty at UMD and was awarded NIH grants on utilizing social media for health. Title: Twitter derived measures of sentiment towards minorities & associations with adverse birth outcomes & cardiovascular disease Mar 24, 11 am - 12:30 pm Register at https://bit.ly/2MXtbWZ [https://attachments.office.net/owa/KARAMI%40mailbox.sc.edu/service.svc/s/Ge…] -- Warm Wishes, Amir Karami, PhD Assistant Professor, UofSC School of Information Science<https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/faculty-staff/karami_amir.php> Social Media Core Director, Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC<https://bigdata.sc.edu/social-media-core/>) Faculty Associate, South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality<https://chq.sc.edu/> Chair-Elect, SIG-Social Media<https://www.asist.org/sig/sigsm/team/> Website<https://sites.google.com/site/karamihomepage/> \ LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-karami-16690019> \ Twitter<https://twitter.com/karami_amir> \ GitHub<https://github.com/amir-karami> He/Him/His<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him>

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