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WEBCAST TODAY: Accessible Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century
by Joly MacFie 29 Mar '21

29 Mar '21

The 6th webinar in Accessibility SIG's COVID and Accessibility series, funded by a Beyond The Net <https://www.internetsociety.org/beyond-the-net/> grant. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday March 26th 2021 from 1300-1430 UTC the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group presents a webinar 'Accessible Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century: Experience Sharing from the Developed and Developing Countries', which will br" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11ysigcovid6%20>On *Friday March 26th 2021* from *1300-1430 UTC* the *Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group <https://a11ySIG.org/>* presents a webinar '*Accessible Banking for the Blind in the 21st Century: Experience Sharing from the Developed and Developing Countries <https://www.a11ysig.org/webinar6/>*', which will bring experts and users from around different parts of the world together to discuss the challenges that people with visual impairment/blindness face particularly with regards to the banking system. *SPEAKERS* *Judith Hellerstein*, Secretary ISOC Accessibility SIG *Majid Khan*, USA *Vashkar Bhattacharjee*, Bangladesh *Abdul Qadir*, Jordan *Abdul Busuulwa*, Uganda *Imran Shaikh*, Pakistan *Gerry Ellis*, Ireland *Anatoliy Popko*, Russia *MODERATOR* *Muhammad Shabbir Awan* (President, ISOC Accessibility SIG) *LIVESTREAM **http://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11ysigcovid6* <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11ysigcovid6> (Open Captions ) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM http://bit.ly/a11ysig6 <http://bit.ly/a11ysig6> *(Closed Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG>* *TWITTER #accessibility #Covid19 <https://bit.ly/3oiWVLj> #a11y @a11ySIG @InternetSociety* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/a11ysigcovid6 <https://archive.org/details/a11ysigcovid6>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13884/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: AusSTS 2021: Situated Practice — A multi-sited workshop
by Thao Phan 28 Mar '21

28 Mar '21

*Call for Applications: * *AusSTS 2021: Situated Practice — A multi-sited workshop* *24th June – 25th June 2021* *Full details:* https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/call-for-applications-aussts… <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/call-for-applications-aussts…> “Knowledge is embedded in projects; knowledge is always *for*, in many sense, some things and not others, and knowers are always formed by their projects, just as they shape what they can know” Donna Haraway, *Morphing in the Order* As STS researchers, we are taught to see science as a situated practice — something that is tied to knowledge and power, radically historically specific, and irreducibly social and political. We understand that science, like all practices, is contingent on the social and material forces that circumscribe possibility and action. Yet, at times, we struggle to articulate how our research practice too is a situated practice. We know that research is unruly. No matter how much we propose and plan, no matter what timelines and techniques we use to discipline ourselves into writing, the social and material forces (otherwise known as life) have a unique way of acting back. For many, 2020 and now 2021 have been a humbling experience into what it means to continue our practices in situations we had not expected. While some of us had planned to situate ourselves elsewhere — conducting fieldwork, attending conferences, etc — others have found that once familiar situations are now vastly different. While the pandemic may have introduced a set of limitations for organising large gatherings (like a national workshop), it also offers us a unique chance to reflect on how our practices are shaped by the places we find ourselves in. This pause also offers us an opportunity to explore the concrete possibilities for the future of sustainable conferencing <https://culanth.org/fieldsights/reimagining-the-annual-meeting-for-an-era-o…> . The AusSTS interdisciplinary workshop is an annual, multi-day, multi-disciplinary event that brings together STS researchers from across Australasia. This year’s workshop will be hosted as a multi-sited event, with shared online keynotes and local (read: “situated”) meetup events. The workshops are designed for postgraduate students and ECR researchers interested in STS, and will include a variety of activities including keynote events, short presentations from HDRs and ECRs, field trips, and more. *Confirmed Keynote Speakers* Keynote Lecture: Professor Michelle Murphy, University of Toronto <https://wgsi.utoronto.ca/person/michelle-murphy/> Keynote Conversation Event: Professor Kane Race, University of Sydney <https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/kane-race.ht…> with Associate Professor Anne Galloway, Victoria University of Wellington <https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/anne.galloway> *Structure, cost, and accessibility* This year’s workshop is a multi-sited, face-to-face event that will take place across four locations. Registration costs will vary depending on the events planned at each location: - Melbourne - Sydney - Darwin* - Wellington We ask participants to apply to attend *one* of these face-to-face locations. All sites will take part in shared online keynote presentations on Day 1 and 2. Each site will then host their own set of activities ranging from short presentations, workshops, and field trips. Some sites will have limited numbers based on the activities planned, so do not delay your application. We endeavour to make all face-to-face venues accessible for our participants. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions regarding accessibility requirements or have specific venue accessibility requests. All keynote events will be free and live streamed on YouTube Live for those who are unable to attend the workshop in-person. **Please note that Darwin will not be hosting short presentations but will instead organise alternate activities for participants* *Submission guidelines:* This workshop departs from the traditional symposia format of long papers and short discussion. Participants can expect to present a short paper consisting of a question, problem or provocation and take part in panel discussions and cross-disciplinary dialogues. We invite postgraduate and early career researchers (ECRs) from all disciplines and areas of expertise to apply: life, environmental and materials science, social sciences and humanities, artists, social activists, and other practitioners. To apply, you will need to submit a proposal for a *5-minute presentation* at the workshop on any topic that relates to the theme of ‘situated practice’. Proposals must include a title, 250 word abstract, 5 keywords, and a short presenter bio. To submit a proposal complete the online application form <https://forms.gle/AWgrujYdeVDwQtW69>. The deadline for proposals is *Friday, April 30th*. For questions or enquiries please contact Thao Phan at thao.phan1(a)deakin.edu.au You can also find us on Twitter at @AusSTSgrad using the hashtag #AusSTS2021 *Overview of activities for each location:* *Sydney* *Organising committee: Kari Lancaster, Sophie Adams, Mia Harrison, Matthew Kearnes* The Sydney AusSTS event will be split over two days, each beginning at the UNSW Kensington campus. Day 1 will include the opening keynote, short presentations from HDRs and ECRs, a special object-based learning event at the Chau Chak Wing Museum <https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/about-us.html> at the University of Sydney, and a social event in the evening. Day 2 will include the conversation keynote, short presentations, and opportunities for networking and engagement. Further details will be announced closer to the date. Estimated cost to attend is $30 – $40. *Melbourne* *Organising committee: Thao Phan, Emma Kowal, Timothy Neale* The Melbourne AusSTS event will be split over two days. Day 1 will be hosted at CERES Community Environment Park <https://ceres.org.au/> and will include the opening keynote event, short presentations from HDRs and ECRs, and an evening social event. Day 2 will include the conversation keynote and a field trip to the Werribee Western Treatment Plant (TBC). More details will be announced closer to the date. Estimated cost to attend is $50 – $80 and will include field trip transport on day 2. *Darwin* *Organising committee: Matt Barlow, Cathy Bow, Kelly Lee Hickey, Kirsty Howey, Jen Macdonald, Michaela Spencer* The Darwin AusSTS event will take place as three public events, spread from Thursday- Saturday: a walkshop tracing a series of encounters along Gurambai/Rapid Creek; a film night on the Darwin foreshore with the Gapuwiyak-based Arts collective Miyarrka Media <https://miyarrkamedia.com/>; and a food sharing workshop exploring reciprocities and connections within the Gurambai catchment. Registration for events will be through their own eventbrite page, and costs are expected to range from FREE to $15. *Wellington * *Organising committee: Courtney Addison, Max Soar* The Wellington AusSTS event will take place over two days in the central city and surrounds. Day 1 will include the opening keynote and short presentations from HDRs and ECRs, followed by an evening social event. The second day will include the conversation keynote event and a field trip (to be confirmed) exploring the conference theme of situated practice. We will endeavour to keep costs to a minimum, but please expect a small registration fee (less than $40) so we can ensure everyone is well fed.

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Critical Disinformation Studies Syllabus
by Alice E. Marwick 28 Mar '21

28 Mar '21

Hi all, Today I’m excited to announce the Critical Disinformation Studies syllabus, a collective effort to make disinformation research more contextual, historical, and power-oriented. The syllabus is hosted at https://citap.unc.edu/research/critical-disinfo/ The goal of the syllabus is to push back on narratives of disinformation that begin with the 2016 US presidential election and focus on the role of social media platforms in spreading and generating false content. At their worst, these narratives imply that in the past, everyone shared the same sense of what was true and what was false; that this collective understanding was reinforced by legacy media like newspapers and TV news; and that “fake news,” disinformation, and inauthentic online behavior are responsible for a global far-right shift to populism exemplified by Brexit and the Trump presidency. None of these assumptions hold up to scrutiny. At CITAP, we take a critical approach to research on platforms, politics, and information which incorporates history, inequality, power, and culture. To demonstrate how these principles play out in practice, we created a Critical Disinformation Studies syllabus as a provocation to disinformation researchers to rethink many of the assumptions of our nascent field. While the syllabus is fully-functional as is—it could be implemented in its current form for a graduate level seminar—it is also an essay in syllabus form. We draw from a very broad range of scholarship, much which falls outside of conventional studies of “disinformation,” to expand our understanding of what “counts” as disinformation. The syllabus also draws from historical case studies - Japanese incarceration, the Welfare Queen, the Central Park 5, Black liberation, AIDS/HIV - to examine how the state, the media, and the political establishment regularly use disinformation to reinforce inequality. My co-authors on this project are Rachel Kuo, Shanice Cameron, and Moira Weigel. The syllabus is supported by CITAP. And our thanks go out to the many scholars whose work inspired us to bring this project to life. Warmly Alice Alice E. Marwick, PhD (she/her) Associate Professor, Department of Communication Principal Researcher, Center for Information, Technology and Public Life (CITAP) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill amarwick(a)gmail.com http://www.tiara.org http://citap.unc.edu

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SIMULCAST: ICANN 70 Public Forum
by Joly MacFie 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

This was yesterday. I have corrected and formatted the transcript <https://archive.org/download/icann70pf/ICANN70_Public_Forum.pdf> -- might come in useful if you still have gaps in your ICANN 70 Bingo <https://mfbc.us/m/v3qfr67?fbclid=IwAR0Ne_g-gCKe9SpC1KAhSJgBlSCBZzbTo4tkm4A7…> card! Note that I spelled sub pro as two words, Sub Pro. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday March 25 2021 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held the Public Forum at ICANN 70 Virtual Community Forum. LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann70pf TWITTER #ICANN70 SIMULCASTS https://youtu" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann70pf>On *Thursday March 25 2021* the *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <https://www.icann.org/>* (ICANN) held a *Public Forum <https://70.schedule.icann.org/meetings/vwDPQGeWrLm2WPFBa>* at* ICANN 70 Virtual Community Forum <https://70.schedule.icann.org/>*. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann70pf <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann70pf>* *TWITTER #ICANN70 <https://bit.ly/3rmIAyj>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/OFQysAgPOA0 <https://youtu.be/OFQysAgPOA0>* (ICANN) *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/icann70pf <https://archive.org/details/icann70pf>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13896/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Global Media. And China: COVID-19 Special Issue (Part I) published
by Xiao Han 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

Dear All We are pleased to announce that our journal Global Media and China has just published its latest issue(Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2021). And also we sincerely welcome your contribution to our journals. If you are interested and have the time, it is a great honour for us to receive your submission. Here is the submission portal: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac>. For more information about Global Media and China, please go to gch.sagepub.com <http://gch.sagepub.com/>, you can also find detailed submission guidelines there. You can freely read this new issue at: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/GCH/current <https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/GCH/current> Special Section: One City, Many Tales: COVID-19, Perception, and the Importance of Contextualization (Part One) Guest Editors: Xiaoling Zhang Editorial: One City, Many Tales: COVID-19, perception, and the importance of contextualization Xiaoling Zhang US media’s coverage of China’s handling of COVID-19: Playing the role of the fourth branch of government or the fourth estate? Wenshan Jia and Fangzhu Lu The virus of fear and anxiety: China, COVID-19, and the Australian media Wanning Sun The UK media coverage of China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak Xiaoling Zhang and Gareth Shaw From soft power to sharp power: China’s media image in Hong Kong’s health crises from 2003 to 2020 Chi Kit Chan and Anthony Ying Him Fung The end of China’s romance with Central and Eastern Europe Emilian Kavalski Original Articles International broadcasters and country image management: Comparing audience perceptions of China, Russia and Iran in Latin America Pablo Sebastian Morales Book Reviews Elizabeth Brunner, Environmental Activism, Social Media, and Protest in China: Becoming Activists Over Wild Public Networks Michelle Murray Yang Weihua Wu, Chinese Animation, Creative Industries, and Digital Culture Chunning Guo 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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Join me in an autoethnography PhD course online, June 7-11, 2021? - deadline for applications April 15 2021
by Annette Markham 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

Hello Fellow AoIRers, I’ll be co-facilitating a PhD course on Autoethnography this year with Lisbeth Frølunde as a joint initiative between Roskilde University (Denmark) and the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University (Australia). The course addresses autoethnography at various levels, so is certainly suitable for anyone wanting to build self-reflexivity into their practice, or to figure out whether or how they are a participant in their own study, to build a robust autoethnographic perspective yet avoid naval gazing, to build an appreciation for creative arts-based practice while practicing some of its techniques. See some details below or click through to get more info: https://digital-ethnography.com/5825-2/<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital-e…> Applications are still open and we still have seats available in the course. There is some time commitment, so please take this into consideration. If you have questions or queries, don’t hesitate to email me. And feel free to redistribute this announcement. Very best, Annette ****announcement with the usual apologies for crossposting ****** ******Upcoming PhD course on Autoethnography****** *******Deadline to apply: April 15*********** Annette Markham (RMIT University) and Lisbeth Frølunde (Roskilde University) invite applications for the following PhD Course: Title: Autoethnographic methods: Building ethnographic reflexivity through creative arts-based practice Format: online, synchronous Dates: June 7-11 (3 days discussion / 2 days practice) and September 9, 10 (presentations in symposium) Professors: Annette Markham and Lisbeth Frølunde Deadline to apply: April 15, 2021 (note that submission of application materials is required) Cost: no cost for anyone registered in humanities programs Suitable for: Danish and International participants This 4 ECTS PhD course is offered by Roskilde University, Denmark. The specifics on the application process are detailed here: https://study.ruc.dk/class/view/24047<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstudy.ruc…> Deadline for registration/application is April 15th, 2021 via this site: events.ruc.dk/am<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.ru…> After review, applicants will receive notice of whether or not they were accepted to the course via email by the end of April. We expect a mix of mainly European and Australian PhD students. The online course meetings are adapted to different time zones (see Schedule below). More detail? See below. And for more information, required course literature list, and updates, see the course website at: https://digital-ethnography.com/5825-2/<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital-e…> About the course The main objective of the course is to explore and practice autoethnography as a main or supplemental mindset and method. The course focuses on building participants' ability to conduct autoethnographic reflections through active text and visual production for the PhD thesis. There will be group work with time to experiment with writing, as well as arts-based approaches to autoethnography. This course introduces the ontological, epistemological and ethical premises of autoethnography, provides opportunities for practicing this approach through audio/visual/writing modes. In short, we will work on issues such as: * How can the different autoethnographic approaches help build the researcher's reflections and reflexivity? * What ethical challenges become more salient when engaging in autoethnography practice? * How can the researcher become clear about his or her own involvement in creating, feeling, sensing and understanding research and knowledge processes using autoethnography? * How can one use and defend autoethnographic approaches in more traditional academic disciplines and why might this be an important step to take in one’s own field? * What is the spectrum of theoretical traditions related to autoethnographic methods? * How can autoethnographic genres and media be applied by the individual course participant / researcher in a PhD thesis? About the Professors Annette Markham is Professor of Media and Communication and Co-Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She is also Professor MSO at Aarhus University, Denmark (on leave). Annette’s work focuses on identity-making and relational practices in internet-mediated, datafied, and automated cultures saturated by digital technologies. She is a well-known ethnographer and methodologist, particularly around the practice of building innovative and ethical approaches to studying the complexity of digitally-saturated social contexts. She has a long background of using an autoethnographic approach to inquiry practices. Most recently, she devised and co-facilitated a largescale collaboration among 150 researchers across 26 countries to study the lived experience of early COVID lockdowns through autoethnography. Annette’s work is published in a range of journals and books; more information and links can be found on annettemarkham.com<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fannettema…> Lisbeth Frølunde is Associate Professor at Roskilde University. Her research is in the intersection of the arts and health communication and participatory and embodied approaches within arts-based research. She is engaged in arts-based research and its development, especially aesthetic issues in relation to health, empowerment and collaboration with various groups in society. Lisbeth is currently researching the arts and health in the "Dancing with Parkinson’s" project, which is a collaboration between Roskilde University, the Danish Parkinson's Association and Tivoli Ballet School, and is funded with a grant from the Velux Foundation, HUMPraxis Programme. More information can be found at forskning.ruc.dk/da/persons/lisbethf<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforskning…> Schedule The course spans from June 7 to September 10, 2021. The course includes lectures and workshop time for autoethnographic text production (“text” in the expanded sense). The course includes three segments: 1) The first week includes three half-day meetings of lecture, discussion, and small exercises (June 7, 9, 11: 08:00-12:15 in Copenhagen / 16:00-20:15 in Melbourne), along with two days of independent practice with the approach (June 8, 10: Self-guided exercises, alone or in workshop format with your small team in ambient connection sessions). 2) The second meeting occurs three months later (September 9), with a one-day symposium inviting participants to showcase and present/perform their work. The individual submissions should be ready for group feedback on September 3. 3) The third meeting follows directly after the symposium, where facilitators and participants meet to talk about the outcomes, consider future publications, and discuss an ethics of care embedded in autoethnographic practice (September 10). Price Free for students from Denmark and other countries. Students should be currently enrolled at a doctoral school within the humanities. (For PhD students who are not within the humanities, you are welcome at the price of 3.600 DKK. You can apply for a fee waiver.) Literature see https://digital-ethnography.com/5825-2/<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital-e…> ****End Announcement**** ----------------------------------------::------------------------------------------------ Annette N. Markham, PhD Professor and Co-Director, Digital Ethnography Research Center, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Professor (MSO, on leave), Information Studies & Digital Design, Aarhus University, Denmark https://annettemarkham.com RMIT email: Annette.Markham(a)rmit.edu.au<mailto:Annette.Markham@rmit.edu.au> Twitter: @annettemarkham ----------------------------------------::------------------------------------------------

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Webinar On Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Surveillance through Digital Library Tools
by Melissa Villa-Nicholas 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

Next in the Information Equity webinar series: On Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Surveillance through Digital Library Tools With *Sarah Lamdan, Professor of Law at CUNY and Immigrant Defense Project* *April 8 @12:30 EST* *Register here : * https://events.uri.edu/event/on_immigration_and_customs_enforcement_ice_sur… *CC available * *Will not be recorded * Some of our library vendors are also selling peoples' data to law enforcement surveillance programs, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s invasive "big data" policing program. Companies like Thomson Reuters and RELX Group (formerly Reed Elsevier), are supplying billions of data points, bits of personal information, updated in real time, to police as they run our library products and resources. Putting surveillance companies under the same corporate umbrellas as our research products raises sticky ethical quandaries. How do we transition the ethics we apply to offline library collections, paper collections and library stacks, to our online research platforms? Can we ensure patron privacy and freedom to research when we rely on data analytics corporations to license digital content on their third-party platforms? These questions don't have easy answers in our current digital library systems. In this conversation, we will explore how our vendors' practices conflict with library privacy and intellectual freedom standards, and consider how the relationship between our vendors and law enforcement agencies might impact our patrons and coworkers. -- Dr. Melissa Villa-Nicholas Graduate School of Library and Information Studies University of Rhode Island Pronouns: She/Hers melissavillanicholas.net

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Case study: digital video ad targeting in U.S. state legislative races
by Colin Delany 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

Hi folks, I know that many of you have done work around digital political advertising and data-targeting and the issues involved. I thought you might be interested in what a sophisticated current campaign actually looks like on the ground in the U.S., including the very real limitations practitioners face. Last fall, I worked on a project in two battleground states in the U.S. that involved targeted video content and targeted digital video advertising in a swath of state legislative races plus a handful of congressional and local races. The Hometown Project and I used district-specific videos featuring actors, comedians and musicians who grew up in the targeted areas, and we reached priority voters via comprehensive digital ad targeting on Facebook and a programmatic video advertising platform. The project involved targeting from top to bottom, with a last-minute twist because of fundamental limitations in the process. We served 4.6 million ad impressions in total and reached many tens of thousands of U.S. voters. Plus, we got to work with Ernie Hudson, the fourth Ghostbuster! Check it out: https://www.epolitics.com/2021/03/25/targeted-digital-video-ads-in-state-le… I'm happy to chat more if you're interested. --cpd "How to Use the Internet to Change the World - and Win Elections: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Politics for Campaigns, Activists & Advocates" [Ebook] http://www.epolitics.com/winning Colin Delany Epolitics.com -- digital strategy for politics and advocacy http://www.epolitics.com 202-422-4682 cpd(a)epolitics.com @epolitics

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8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): Call for Demos, Work in Progress and DC
by Announce Announcements 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

*** Call for Demos, Work in Progress and DC *** 8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): "Democratizing AI Development" July 6-8, 2021, Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel 4*, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPListManager2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXI… End-user development (EUD) aims at empowering end users to develop and adapt systems at a level of complexity that is adequate to their expertise, practices, and skills. EUD may occur along the entire software lifecycle, with the purpose of making users able to participate in their artifact development, not only at design time, but also during actual use. Originally, EUD was conceived as a more general concept than end-user programming; thus, scholars proposed methods, techniques and tools that allow end users to modify or extend software artifacts, such as spreadsheets, web applications, video games, and mobile applications. In the co-called Internet of Things era, end-user development moved on to address the problem of defining and modifying the behavior of smart environments, including smart objects, pervasive displays, smart homes, smart cities, and so on. Therefore, the term "end-user development" acquired a broader meaning covering approaches, frameworks and socio-technical environments that allow end users to express themselves in crafting digital artifacts that encompass both software and hardware technology. Recent research and technological trends like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Cyber-Security, Robotics, and Industry 4.0, have contributed to renew the vision of end-user development, by providing tools and platforms that allow end users to harness the power of AI to create solutions involving Computer Vision, Image Processing, Conversational User Interfaces, as well as solutions for smart environments. Such developments lower the threshold for creating AI solutions, and expand the programmer base for such solutions, by extending AI application both for professional and discretionary use. IS-EUD is a bi-annual event for researchers and practitioners with an interdisciplinary approach to EUD, including: Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Work Interaction Design, and related areas. IS-EUD 2021 Theme: Democratizing AI Development The 2021 edition of IS-EUD focuses on EUD for AI-based systems, where end users are called on to become end-user developers of intelligent agents, digital twins, collaborative and social robots. This edition would like to discuss the adoption of EUD in new fields, the proposal of novel EUD paradigms, and the impact of AI-based EUD in terms of user acceptability and appropriation. One of the most interesting topics in human-AI interaction is explainability of AI-based systems: research submissions presenting end- user oriented solutions to this problem will be particularly welcome. Theoretical and empirical work analyzing pros and cons of this new EUD wave, identifying requirements for end-user development of AI and acceptance of related solutions is invited. Software infrastructures and eco- systems supporting the reuse of solutions and the emergence of meta- design practices are of particular interest to this community, linking the challenges relating AI to topics central to the IS-EUD community. Conference Topics The conference welcomes contributions that: · describe new, simple and efficient environments for end-user development · describe new processes, methods and techniques for empowering users to create, modify and tailor digital artifacts · present case studies and design implications on challenges and practices of end-user development · develop theoretical concepts and foundations for the field of end-user development Specific topics include (but are not limited to) the following ones: · User-oriented orchestration of AI-based devices · Conversational interfaces for end-user development · End-user development for big data visualization and exploration · End-user development for collaborative robotics · End-user development for social robotics · End-user development in Industry 4.0 · End-user development and explainable AI-based systems · Cybersecurity and end-user development · End-user development in daily life · Technologies and infrastructures for end-user development · Empirical studies of end-user development · Recommender systems to support end-user development · Cultures of participation and meta-design approaches · Technology acceptance and adoption studies of end-user development technologies · Evaluation of end-user development technologies · Supporting creative work through end-user development Submissions We invite submissions for Demos, Work in Progress and Doctoral Consortium. A Demonstration paper (max 6 pages) should be structured according to the following: · Abstract (150 words maximum) · Topics to be covered and their relevance to the EUD community · Detailed description of the planned demonstration activity · Diagrams or screenshots (if relevant) · Supporting documentation (e.g., project website) · References Work in Progress submissions (max 6 pages) are intended for presenting preliminary results or tentative findings and position papers. The authors of accepted contributions will have the opportunity to give an oral presentation during parallel sessions. Finally, the IS-EUD Doctoral Consortium is intended to bring together PhD students working on theory and application of EUD. We particularly encourage students that are about half-way through their doctoral research to submit doctoral consortium contributions (max 6 pages) describing the topic of their PhD, their approach and a summary of their progress. Demonstration, Work in Progress and Doctoral Consortium submissions should indicate in the title page "Demo", "WiP" or "DC" respectively. Accepted submissions will be included in IS-EUD 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be submitted to http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPListManager2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXI… for online publication. Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer LNCS format: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPListManager2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXI… and should be submitted through the Easy Chair system at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPListManager2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXI… Important Dates · Submissions in all categories: April 21, 2021 · Notification: May 15, 2021 · Camera-ready: May 31, 2021 Organizers General Chairs · Panos Markopoulos (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) · George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Program Chairs · Daniela Fogli (University of Brescia, Italy) · Daniel Tetteroo (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Short papers Chairs · Barbara Rita Barricelli (University of Brescia, Italy) · Simone Borsci (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Work in Progress Chairs · Jelle Van Dijk (University of Twente, The Netherlands) · Carmen Santoro (ISTI-CNR, Italy) Demonstration Chair · Stefano Valtolina (University of Milan, Italy) Workshop Chairs · Styliani Kleanthous (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) · Simone Stumpf (City University London, UK) Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Monica Maceli (Pratt Institute, USA) · Antonio Piccinno (University of Bari, Italy)

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[New Book w Free Downloadable Version] CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity Regulations in the BRICS Countries
by Min Jiang 24 Mar '21

24 Mar '21

Dear colleague, Could you kindly share the following new book announcement in your listserv? With thanks and kind regards, 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 ________________________________________________________________ CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity Regulations in the BRICS Countries Edited by Dr. Luca Belli | Publisher: Springer | 2021 This book stems from the CyberBRICS project, which is the first major attempt to produce a comparative analysis of Internet regulations in the BRICS countries – namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The project has three main objectives: 1) to map existing regulations; 2) to identify best practices; and 3) to develop policy recommendations in the various areas that compose cybersecurity governance, with a particular focus on the strategies adopted by the BRICS countries to date. Each study covers five essential dimensions of cybersecurity: data protection, consumer protection, cybercrime, the preservation of public order, and cyberdefense.The BRICS countries were selected not only for their size and growing economic and geopolitical relevance but also because, over the next decade, projected Internet growth is expected to occur predominantly in these countries. Consequently, the technology, policy and governance arrangements defined by the BRICS countries are likely to impact not only the 3.2 billion people living in them, but also the individuals and businesses that choose to utilize increasingly popular applications and services developed in BRICS countries according to BRICS standards. Researchers, regulators, start-up innovators and other Internet stakeholders will find this book a valuable guide to the inner workings of key cyber policies in this rapidly growing region. Information about the book from the publisher Springer: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030564049 A FREE downloadable version is available at https://cyberbrics.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CyberBRICS-Book-FINAL-au… Table of contents*Ch1* CyberBRICS: A Multidimensional Approach to Cybersecurity for the BRICS (Pages 1-33) by Belli, Luca *Ch2* Dimensions of Cybersecurity in Brazil (Pages 35-65) by Oppermann, Daniel *Ch3* Data Protection and Cybersecurity Legislation of the Russian Federation in the Context of the “Sovereignization” of the Internet in Russia (Pages 67-131) by Shcherbovich, Andrey *Ch4* Cybersecurity and Data Protection Regulation in India: An Uneven Patchwork (Pages 133-181) by Kovacs, Anja *Ch5* Cybersecurity Policies in China (Pages 183-226) by Jiang, Min *Ch6* Cybersecurity in South Africa: Towards Best Practices (Pages 227-270) by Mabunda, Sagwadi *Ch7* BRICS Countries to Build Digital Sovereignty (Pages 271-280) Belli, Luca

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