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The 18th Chinese Internet Conference (CIRC) 25-27 June 2021
by Min Jiang 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Dear colleagues, Would you kindly share the following conference information with your listserv subscribers? Thank you, Min ________________________________________________________________ Min Jiang (Ph.D.) Professor of Communication Studies Affiliate Faculty, International Studies 5011 Colvard N., UNCC, 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 704-687-0768 | Min.Jiang(a)uncc.edu | Web <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/>site <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/mindyjiang> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/minjiang> Associate Editor, Sage journal *Communication and the Public * Secretariat Member, Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) CyberBRICS Visiting Professor, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro ________________________________________________________________ https://circ2021.net/ *18th CIRC virtual conference, 25-27 June 2021* *“The Internationalization of China’s Digital and Communication Industries”* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 18th CIRC has been postponed to June 2021 as a virtual conference via Zoom. It focuses on the prospects for, and critiques of, the internationalization strategies of China’s digital and communication industries. It has invited papers and panels that examine the internationalization mission and geopolitical implication of China’s global digital strategies, their successes and challenges that are centered on and beyond the Internet. It has papers that examine new dynamics and emerging trends related to Chinese Internet and digital culture /economy /politics from a comparative perspective—both historically and horizontally (with other countries). The conference features 11 panels, 2 keynotes (Yu Hong <https://circ2021.net/program/key-notes/chinas-globalizing-internet-towards-…> and Rogier Creemers <https://circ2021.net/program/key-notes/cyber-sovereignty-cutting-both-ways/>), 2 workshops, and special events. It will be an innovative and interactive conference for presenters, participants, and audience alike. The conference features a graduate student paper contest, which highlights the best works by new and emerging scholars in Chinese internet research. The deadline for full-paper submission to the contest is 30 May 2021. For more information about the 18th CIRC, please visit: https://circ2021.net/

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Nordic Privacy Center official launch
by Cory Robinson 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Dear AoIR community, A year after posting my desire to create a positive impact<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephencoryrobinson_privacy-ethics-ai-activi…> in the world, the Nordic Privacy Center has officially launched! I am excited to share with you that the Nordic Privacy Center<https://nordicprivacy.org/> (nordicprivacy.org) hosted it’s first steering committee meeting last week. Further, we have announced our talented & diverse board<https://nordicprivacy.org/steering-board> representing Nordic industry, academia, policy, and trade unions: * ISHITA BARUA - M.D. and Ph.D. candidate, Oslo University Hospital (Norway) * MARÍA BJARNADÓTTIR - Legal & Public Policy Adviser, Ph.D. candidate University of Sussex (Iceland) * MIKKEL FLYVERBOM - Professor of Communication and Digital Transformations, Copenhagen Business School(Denmark) * MEERI HAATAJA - CEO/Co-Founder at Saidot (Finland) * SANTIAGO MARTINEZ - Associate Professor of eHealth, University of Agder (Norway) * MINNA PIKKARAINEN - Professor of Digital Health, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) * INESE PODGAISKA - Secretary General, Association of Nordic Engineers (Denmark) We are available on Twitter<https://twitter.com/NordicPrivacy>, and also post news on our “News” webpage<https://nordicprivacy.org/news>. We will be working in the coming weeks to: 1. Identity our mission statement, ethos, and vision 2. Identify short-term research priorities and research funding 3. Create and identify team members for our Affiliated Context Expert 4. Publish our stance and input for the forthcoming European AI legislation announced 21 April Thank you to those that have expressed interest and support for the initiative, the conversations I’ve had over the last year challenging and improving this concept, and for your genuine support in bringing the NPC to fruition. Best, Cory -- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Communication Design Linköping University P: +46 (0)11 36 36 38 E: cory.robinson(a)liu.se<mailto:cory.robinson@liu.se> http://liu-se.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson<http://colostate.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson> Founder, Nordic Privacy Center (nordicprivacy.org<https://nordicprivacy.org/>)

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WEBINAR TODAY: Voices of Healthcare Practitioners during Covid-19 hosted by ART/DATA/HEALTH
by Aristea Fotopoulou 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Apologies for crossposting * Wed, 14 April 2021 13:00 – 14:00 BST Join us today for a talk by Dr Shreepali Patel, Meghan Horvath and Dr Marques Hardin (StoryLab project<https://storylabresearch.com/projects/the-frontline/>, Anglia Ruskin University) Communicating Emotions Through Creative Data: Voices of Healthcare Practitioners during Covid-19. Hosted by Dr Aristea Fotopoulou, part of the the seminar Series - ART/DATA/HEALTH: Communicating public health data creatively during the pandemic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract With a focus on the first wave of the pandemic, StoryLab, an interdisciplinary Cambridge based research institute (aru) built an online infrastructure to host creative expression in form of multimedia stories from healthcare practitioners. The online archive served as a vehicle to give a voice to health and key workers who have utilised social media platforms, the power of hashtags, letters, art, music and online communication tools to share their inner thoughts, emotions and feelings. Concerns over personal protection equipment (PPE), public safety, the attack on science, mental health issues and moral injury have surfaced through individual stories as images, videos, words, music and poetry filtered through online on social media and dedicated platforms. The next stage involved the capturing personal testimonies from some of the contributors in the form of a co-created documentary, which is a work in progress. This event explores why and how this project came to life, through a joint presentation by Shreepali Patel (Concept and Research Insights), Marques Hardin (data collection and on-line architecture) and Meghan Horvath (reaching and engaging the healthcare communities). It will include film clips from the on-going documentary and links to recent events with our co-creators, healthcare workers based in the USA and UK. About StoryLab StoryLab<https://storylabresearch.com/> is an interdisciplinary research institute that explores immersive storytelling to enable diverse voices and perspectives. We champion purposeful and powerful storytelling that examines Narrative, Form & Function. The Frontline project is a digital archive established to collect and empower the voices of health and social care professionals and associated key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. From March to July of 2020 health and social care professionals, and associated key workers, contributed their voices to the digital archive through video, images, sound, words and artwork. *BOOK HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-emotions-through-creative-data…<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/touching-data-by-prof-sally-wyatt-tickets-14…> ---------------------------- The seminar series 'Communicating public health data creatively during the pandemic' is organised by ART/DATA/HEALTH project (University of Brighton, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council). Find out more here: [https://www.artdatahealth.org<https://www.artdatahealth.org/> Join us in an exciting online seminar series with international speakers exploring how health data have been communicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on creative and artistic representations of data. The series includes perspectives and approaches to data from bioart, community art, participatory dance, media art, film, animation and more traditional forms of data viz. For full programme, abstracts and bookings: https://tinyurl.com/ybcrbzu8 Best wishes Aristea ----------------------------- Dr Aristea Fotopoulou UKRI-AHRC Innovation Fellow PI ART/DATA/HEALTH project https://www.artdatahealth.org PI Impact of COVID-19 on arts and health charities (UKRI QR-SPF) University of Brighton, UK A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk @aristeaf | https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/aristea-fotopoulou

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Call for Abstracts Now Open – NVivo Virtual Conference 2021
by Silvana di Gregorio 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

We are pleased to announce the NVivo Virtual Conference 2021, Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research, https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo-qualitative-data-analysis-software/n… scheduled for September 22-23, 2021. We’re inviting you to submit an abstract for a paper or poster on how your research is transcending boundaries across disciplines, methods, cultures and beyond. Abstracts due by June 30, 2021. Conference Keynotes We have invited keynote speakers who are world experts in transcending boundaries with their research: Crystal Abidin, PhD is a digital anthropologist and ethnographer of vernacular internet cultures. She is Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, & ARC DECRA Fellow in Internet Studies, Programme Lead of Social Media Pop Cultures at the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University. Her books include Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online (2018, Emerald Publishing) and Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures (2020, Polity Press, co-authored with Tama Leaver and Tim Highfield). She was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and Pacific Standard 30 Top Thinkers Under 30. Learn more about her work at wishcrys.com. Sally Campbell Galman, Ph.D. Professor of child and family studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of the Shane the Lone Ethnographer series of methods comics. Her arts-based research has been published in Girlhood Studies, Public Anthropologist, and Anthropology News. Learn more about her work at sallycampbellgalman.com. Call for Abstracts Is Now Open We are interpreting transcending boundaries in its widest sense - transcending disciplines, methods, and cultures. The focus of the call for abstracts for papers and posters should be on methods not results. We welcome proposals exploring but not limited to: • Cross-Disciplinary Research • Multi-Method Research • Innovating New Methods • Culturally Responsive Research • Evaluation Research • Innovative Ways of Using NVivo • Cross-Sector Research – including Academic, Commercial and Not-for-profit) • Hybrid Research – Online and Face-to-face • STEM Research • Inspire Us Posters: • Any topic where NVivo has been used for all or part of the analysis. How to Submit You’ll find more information on abstract requirements and how to submit on the conference web page https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo-qualitative-data-analysis-software/n… DEADLINE for abstract submissions: June 30, 2021 Learn more. https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo-qualitative-data-analysis-software/n… For questions specific to the NVivo Virtual Conference 2021, please contact the organizers Silvana di Gregorio, Ph.D., QSR Research Director, and Stacy Penna, Ed.D., NVivo Community Director at conference(a)qsrinternational.com Please feel free to forward to interested colleagues. Silvana di Gregorio, PhD Academic Research Director QSR International (UK) Limited Eastside, King’s Cross Station, London N1C 4AX United Kingdom T +44 (0)1925 358 095 E s.digregorio(a)qsrinternational.com NVivo Virtual 24 hour Conference 22-23 September 2021 Call for Abstracts – NVivo Virtual Conference 2021 qsrinternational.com Disclaimer This transmission may contain information which is confidential and privileged and intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee you may not use, disseminate or copy this information. If you have received this information in error please notify the sender immediately. Thank you. QSR Privacy Policy

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New Book
by Stella 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Praise God! The book *Global Perspectives on the Impact of Mass Media on Electoral Processes* published by IGI Global is finally out. Kindly buy a copy and recommend it to others. This is the link: https://www.igi-global.com/book/global-perspectives-impact-mass-media/244585 *MAY GOD BLESS YOU ESPECIALLY TODAY, IN JESUS NAME!* [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 14/04/21, 07:11:09

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Book Release: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope
by Daniel Greene 13 Apr '21

13 Apr '21

Hi friends, I hope everyone is keeping it together. I’ve just published my first book—The Promise of Access—with MIT Press and I think it is of interest to much of this list. I’ve included the description below, as well as links to upcoming events. I hope to see some of you there and I hope it’s not too long before I can talk with y’all about it in person. Best, Dan Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code—or else? In The Promise of Access: Technology Inequality and the Political Economy of Hope, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better. Greene shows why it is so hard to get rid of the idea—which he terms the access doctrine—that the problem of poverty can be solved with the right tools and the right skills. This way of thinking is so ingrained that is adopted by organizations that fight poverty—which often refashion themselves to resemble technology startups. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Greene explores how this plays out in the real world, examining organizational change in technology startups, public libraries, and a charter school in Washington, DC. He finds that as the libraries and school pursue technological solutions, they win praise and funding but also marginalize and alienate the populations they serve. Greene calls for new political alliances that can change the terms on which we understand technology and fight poverty. The Promise of Access is published by the MIT Press, and available wherever books are sold <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/promise-access>. Upcoming Events April 15: Association for Information Science and Technology’s (ASIST) Meet the Authors’ webinar series <https://www.asist.org/meet-the-authors-series-the-promise-of-access-technol…> April 21: Book talk hosted by the University of Michigan’s Digital Studies Institute and the Center for Ethics, Society and Computing <https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldeqopz8sH90JlXeAIa8Bkqj5yQgDDnZ6>. April 28: Technology and civic engagement – double book launch with Allison Powell at the Ada Lovelace Institute <https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/technology-civic-engagement-doub…> April 30: Happy hour conversation on The Promise of Access <https://umd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1Vw1a-Z6T0q1WbpMWXVj3A>with danah boyd, Lilly Irani, Steve Jackson, and Jessica Vitak at UMD. ---- Daniel Greene dmgreene.net Order my book The Promise of Access <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/promise-access>

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EVENT SERIES: Born-Digital Evidence and Historical Scholarship
by James A Hodges 13 Apr '21

13 Apr '21

Good afternoon, and apologies for cross-posting: I'm writing to announce a series of events that I have co-organized with Thorsten Ries (UT Austin, Germanic Studies) and the UT Austin iSchool colloquium series. The first event has already occurred, but there's still time to join us for the next two panels! We also have a video recording available from the first event (See below). Series Description: This series features international subject expert talks from the libraries and archives sector, a digital investigation collective and from the cybersecurity sector to consider born-digital evidence from a Historical Scholarship and Humanities perspective. Our digital present poses challenges to long-term preservation and curation of born-digital archives, but also to their cautious selection, critical appraisal and methodological analysis and interpretation as historical evidence. Establishing, proving and maintaining the chain of digital evidence, evaluating the evidential status of born-digital sources and interpreting the traces of historical digital events will be the daily practice of historians studying our present time. The talk series Born-digital Evidence and Historical Scholarship is a starter for the conversation about how we establish this practice and build the skillsets, standards and procedures for Historical Scholarship and the Humanities in coordination with libraries and archives. EVENT 1: Aric Toler (Bellingcat) and Charlotte Godart (Bellingcat) Date: April 12, 10-11:30am CST Aric Toler is the training and research director at Bellingcat, an online publication specialized in open-source intelligence. Aric's research including Russian intelligence operations, the war in the Donbas, and the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. Aric received his Master's degree in Slavic Languages & Literatures from the University of Kansas in 2013 and has since been working with Bellingcat. Charlotte Godart is an open source investigator & trainer for Bellingcat. She researches conflict zones, breaking news events, and the spread of disinformation. She creates online training material that is available for anyone interested in pursuing digital verification through the Bellingcat website. She also travels globally to teach online verification techniques and methodology to journalists, researchers, activists, and lawyers. Before Bellingcat, she was at the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley. For those who were unable to join us, a recording is available at the following URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/rec/share/rcRVKJKbzOVnck4rjvf5UtXgKM4fnyv0Rr0edmx6W5… EVENT 2: Euan Cochrane (Yale) and David A. Bliss (UT Austin) Date: April 19, 10-11:30 CST Event: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/events/256 Registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtceutqz0sH9wBI0GnrcS2PsoP12eCMd_v Euan Cochrane is Digital Preservation Manager for Yale University Libraries. He has a particular interest in software preservation and the use of emulation to maintain access to born digital information. Before joining Yale, Euan helped to establish the data archive for official statistics at Statistics New Zealand, in addition to working in the Digital Continuity team at Archives New Zealand and consulting for Deloitte in Australia on Information Management. David Bliss is the Systems and Digital Archivist at UT Libraries, where he is responsible for a variety of digital preservation infrastructure and processes for libraries collections. Prior to April 2021, he was the Digital Processing Archivist at the Benson Latin American Collection at UT Austin, focused primarily on implementing and supporting post-custodial digitization projects based at partner repositories in Latin America. David is a 2017 graduate of the UT School of Information. EVENT 3: Matthias Vallentin (Tenzir) Date: April 23, 10am CST Event: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/events/257 Registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvd--urDMrGNWIVyrmeDoSnrQaDwj3mekk Matthias Vallentin is founder and CEO at Tenzir. His PhD work at UC Berkeley about network forensics laid the foundation for the software that Tenzir now develops an open security analytics platform to empower defenders. Prior to founding Tenzir, Matthias worked on high-performance network monitoring to provide security operators with in-depth visibility about their infrastructure. Looking forward to the events! I hope that you can join us. Sincerely, James -- *JAMES A. HODGES, Ph.D.* Bullard Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Texas at Austin School of Information

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Oxford University Associate Professorship in AI & Society
by Victoria Nash 13 Apr '21

13 Apr '21

The Oxford Internet Institute and Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of AI & Society, in association with a Senior Research Fellowship at Wadham College. The successful candidate will conduct research within the ethics and social impact of AI, broadly construed, and play an integral part in the activities of the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI. This post is available from 1 September 2021, or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a permanent appointment (subject to initial probation). The position is open to candidates from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, political science, law, and philosophy. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in advanced research on ethical issues relating to the impact of AI, machine learning and new information technologies, and must be able to provide research-led teaching and supervision at the graduate level. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research expertise addresses public policy-relevant topics such as social injustice and inequality, barriers to information access, algorithmic bias and discrimination, and the role of diversity in the development and application of AI. Applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. Further details are available on the OII website (https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacancies/) If you have any questions, do feel free to reach out to me directly (victoria.nash(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:victoria.nash@oii.ox.ac.uk>). Warm wishes, Vicki Dr Victoria Nash Associate Professor & Senior Policy Fellow Director, Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford T: 01865 287231 Tw: @VickiNashOII

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Vacancy for a SL in Digital Advertising at London College of Communication
by Zoetanya Sujon 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Dear AoIR, Very pleased to share that we are hiring a Senior Lecturer in Digital Advertising at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. The vacancy closes on April 18th, so just under a week to apply. Details here: SL in Digital Advertising <https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/candidate/so…> While based in the BA Advertising course, the role is positioned within the Communications and Media programme, so there are many opportunities for growth as well as both creative and critical collaboration. Applications welcome. All best, Zoetanya Sujon Programme Director, Communications and Media -- 'You are marvellous. The Gods wait to delight in you.' ('The Laughing Heart' by Charles Bukowski).

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Teaching faculty positions available in Tucson
by Catherine Brooks 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Last week the link went missing, here it is again! Please tell a friend! https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/4654?c=arizona

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