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ACM UMAP 2021: Second Call for Doctoral Consortium
by Oana Inel 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

— Apologies for cross-posting — ACM UMAP 2021: Second Call for Doctoral Consortium Important Dates • Paper Submission: March 9, 2021 • Notification to authors: March 31, 2021 • Camera ready submission: April 11, 2021 • ACM UMAP 2021 conference: June 21-25, 2021 • ACM UMAP 2021 DC Session: TBD, 2021 Note: The submissions times are 11:59 PM AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ACM UMAP 2021 is the premier international conference on systems that adapt to users and user models for adaptation. It includes a Doctoral Consortium (DC) Session. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral research (see below described submission information for further details), which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well- developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium. How to Submit to the Doctoral Consortium To apply for the ACM UMAP 2021 doctoral consortium, students should submit a paper presenting their doctoral research organized under the following headings: • Research Problem. The problem being addressed and a motivation outlining the relevance of the problem; • Related Work. Work already performed by other researchers related to this problem. This should situate your work, showing your knowledge of the relevant previous work and how your work will make a new contribution; • Research Questions and Proposed Approach. The main questions the PhD project aims to answer, contributions it aims to achieve, and the thesis methodology; • Progress to Date and Future Work. The progress made to date (including a clear description of the approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the plan for further research. Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2021 key areas. Each DC submission should cover: identification of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation, application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, each submission may cover: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental design. Each DC paper submission should be accompanied by a cover page that states: the paper title, name of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee to adapt its assistance to each student. The DC will be most useful to students who have completed enough of their thesis work to have a solid foundation with a clear topic and literature review but the student should be early enough in their studies to still benefit from guidance and advice. Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 by selecting the “UMAP 2021 Doctoral Consortium” track. Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymized before submission. Submissions should be a single pdf document consisting of 1 cover page and the paper (up to 7 pages long + references) in the new ACM single-column style. Papers must be formatted according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow . Authors should submit their papers as single-column. The templates are available here (we strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting): • LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column): https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t… • Overleaf (use\documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column): https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-… • MS Word: https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio… NB: Accepted papers will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. ACM UMAP Proceedings The accepted ACM UMAP 2021 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student) must register for the conference and present the paper for the paper to be included in the proceedings. Financial Support ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Authors of submissions to the DC will have higher priority for UMAP grant applications. Doctoral Consortium Chairs • Noemi Mauro, University of Torino, Italy • Stephan Weibelzahl, PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen, Germany email: umap2021-dc AT um.org<http://um.org/>

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Join us online for the upcoming Oxford Global Media Policy Seminar Series!
by Kira Allmann 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Hi all, Just letting you know about the fantastic lineup of speakers we have this term for the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy's (PCMLP) Global Media Policy Seminar Series! Jointly hosted by the University of Oxford and the University of Johannesburg. Please register using the links below: *Dr Elinor Carmi (University of Liverpool)*Date: Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 16:00 UTC Title: "From the back end to the front end: Producing the surveillance adtech ecosystem" Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-uj-global-media-policy-seminar-series… <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-uj-global-media-policy-seminar-series…> Abstract: In this presentation I'll talk about my new book - Media Distortions (open access). The book examines the power behind producing deviant media categories. It shows the politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what it means to our broader understanding of, and engagement with media. Drawing on repositories of legal, technical and archival sources, the book amplifies three stories about the construction and negotiation of the ‘deviant’ in media. In this talk I'll focus on the second story: the early 2000s, specifically the web metric standardization in the European Union showing how the digital advertising industry constructed what is legitimate communication, while making spam illegal. By lobbying EU legislators and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the digital advertising industry and tech companies standardized the category of spam around any ‘problematic’ behaviour threatening their business. This required configuring spaces and people on the web, establishing the foundations for the surveillance adtech ecosystem we experience today. *Dr Fiona Shen-Bayh (The College of William and Mary)* Date: Wednesday, March 3rd, 16:00 UTC Title: "Framing the International Criminal Court: Tracking Sentiment in African News Media" Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-uj-global-media-policy-seminar-series… Abstract: his paper examines how African elites affect perceptions of international justice as illegitimate, unfair, and corrupt. We argue that forums such as the African Union (AU) can have ripple effects on how international justice is discussed among the general population, in some cases, changing the literal terms of debate. To test this argument, we use an original web-scraped corpus of over 142,000 articles from African news sources and leverage novel text-as-data approaches to track how the International Criminal Court (ICC) is discussed in local media. Using a word embedding analysis, our findings reveal that the content of ICC news coverage varies over time and in response to major developments of the AU, wherein elite efforts to discredit the ICC were subsequently reflected in more negative news coverage. Our findings underscore the complex, nuanced relationship between elite and popular perceptions of international justice and suggest new mechanisms by which elite discourse is filtered down to domestic audiences. *Prof Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)*Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 16:00 UTC Title: "Collective Strategies for Slow Computing" Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-uj-global-media-policy-seminar-series… Abstract: Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large degree they do, transforming everyday tasks of work, consumption, communication, travel and play. But they are also accelerating and fragmenting our lives affecting our well-being and exposing us to extensive data extraction and profiling that helps determine our life chances. Is it then possible to experience the benefits of computing, but to do so in a way that asserts individual and collective autonomy over our time and data? This talk seeks to answer this question by exploring collective strategies and actions to achieve slow computing, and the policy and legal interventions required, with the analysis framed within an ethics of digital care rooted in concepts of data justice and time and data sovereignty. Best, Kira *Dr Kira Allmann* Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Law & Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies University of Oxford

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Register for SoLAR Webinar "Instrumenting Learning Analytics" with Dr Chris Brooks, University of Michigan (Feb 24, via zoom)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

*apologies for cross posting* It is our pleasure to invite you to SoLAR Webinar "Instrumenting Learning Analytics" presented by Dr Chris Brooks from the University of Michigan. In this talk Dr Brooks will discuss an important topic of designing and developing data collection processes to extract meaningful measures of student learning. See the details of the talk below. Time and date: Wednesday February 24, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern US time (4-5 PM London, UK time time) Location: Zoom (meeting URL provided in the registration email) To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/solar-webinar-instrumenting-learning-analyt… (Also, make sure you follow SoLAR's Eventbrite page<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/society-for-learning-analytics-research-sol…> to get updates for the future events). We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! Kind regards, Vitomir Kovanovic, Secretary Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) https://solaresearch.org/ Instrumenting Learning Analytics As a field at the intersection of social and data sciences there is a strong need for quality instrumentation of teaching and learning. Yet, much of the work done in the field of Learning Analytics to date has not considered instrumentation directly, and instead has been built upon data which is the byproduct of learner activities, sometimes even pejoratively referred to as "data exhaust". In this talk I will describe both a need for and an agenda toward exploring learning analytics instrumentation directly, where the creation, employ, and improvement of data collection instruments are of central interest. I will discuss methodological, architectural, and pragmatic considerations when it comes to the instrumentation of learning analytics systems, and give specific thoughts on the need to understand and improve upon instrumentation choices when making theoretical and methodological decisions. Christopher Brooks is an applied Computer Scientist who builds and studies the effects of educational technologies in higher education and informal learning environments. Dr. Brooks has a particular domain focus on data science education and methodological interests in predictive modeling, learning analytics, and collaborative learning. He has published widely in the areas of educational technologies and human computer interaction, and has been awarded several best papers (LAK, AIED, CHI, CSCW) with collaborators. At the University of Michigan School of Information he directs the activities of the educational technology collective (etc), a group of postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, undergraduate students, and other collaborators.

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Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference
by Scott Wright 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Hi everyone, a reminder that the deadline is approaching - but abstracts are short so you have time to apply! Cheers, Scott *Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference* Melbourne Australia | July 6–9 2021 Hosted by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne Abstract and panel proposal submission for the 2021 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference is now open! The Conference will take place from 6-9 July 2021 at the University of Melbourne, with the option for delegates to attend in person or virtually for those who are unable to travel. This year’s conference, which begins with a one-day postgraduate pre-conference, will centre on the theme of ‘Community, Authority and Power <http://anzca.org/conference/2021/cfp/>’, focusing on the wide range of ways in which communication actors, industries, practices and technologies are implicated in how power is exercised, reproduced, resisted and transformed. We welcome submissions for papers and panels on a wide range of topics in contemporary communication, digital media and cultural studies, as well as related areas such as journalism, political and historical studies, sociology and creative practice. Further information, including speaker details, is available on the ANZCA 2021 website, which will be updated regularly in the lead-up to the conference. Information on the event can be found here <http://anzca.org/conference/2021/?mc_cid=5b3ff528a9&mc_eid=UNIQID>. To submit an abstract or panel proposal for the Conference, click here <https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/c7c7b0a9-6228-4242-a051-f845286c8c0e?mc_c…> . For abstract and panel submission information, click here <https://www.phoenixcreativemanagement.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ANZ…> . *The deadline for submissions is Friday 26 February 2021.* We look forward to your submission! -- Professor of Political Communication and Journalism School of Media, Film and Journalism Monash University https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/scott-wright https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VzWDwiEAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.scott-wright.net/ *Current Grants:* ARC Discovery: Evaluating the Challenge of ‘Fake News’ and Other Malinformation (w/Bruns, Harrington, Angus, Stromer-Galley, Wahl-Jorgensen - DP200101317) ARC Linkage: Amplifying Indigenous News: A Digital Intervention (w/Nolan, Waller, McCallum, Simons, Radoll - partners: Guardian and IndigenousX - LP180100201). *Recent Articles* Beratis, D. and Wright, S. (In Press) Election Night Broadcasts and the Hybrid Media System: a case study of Australia, International Journal of Press/Politics. Wright, S. Nolan, D. (In Press) The Development of Data Journalism in China: Influences, Motivations and Practice. *Digital Journalism.* Jones, C., Trott, V., and Wright, S. (2020), Sluts and soyboys: MGTOW and the production of misogynistic online harassment", New Media & Society, 22(10):1903-1921. Wong, S.C. and Wright, S. (2020) Hybrid Media Mediation Opportunity Structure? A case Study of the Anti-National Education Movement, New Media & Society, 22(10): 1741-1762. Jones, C., Wright, S. and Trott, V. (2020) ‘The Pussy Ain’t worth it, Bros!’ The Discourse and Structure of MGTOW, Information, Communication & Society. 23(6): 908-925. Wright, S., Graham, T. and Jackson, D. (2020), When Journalists Go Guardian “Below the Line”: Comment Spaces at the Guardian (2006-2017). Journalism Studies, 21(1): 107-126. Farhall, K., Wright, S., Carson, A. and Lukamto, W. (2019), Political Elites’ Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms, International Journal of Communication, 13: 4353–4375. Wright, S. and Higginbotham, W. (2019), Delineating and Assessing Cultural Relations: The case of Asialink, The International Journal of Communication. 13: 1487-1506. Wright, S. and Doyle, K. (2019), The Evolution of Data Journalism: A case study of Australia, Journalism Studies, 20(13): 1811-827.

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DHAWard2020
by Waliya, Yohanna Joseph 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Hi everyone please vote Climatophosis (https://projects.cah.ucf.edu/mediaartsexhibits/ClimatesOfChange/Waliya/wali…) my digital poetry as the THE BEST USE OF DH FOR FUN award2020 http://dhawards.org/dhawards2020/voting/ Deadline 7th March 2021 NB: please other works in other categories Climatophosis is number 4 under the category: THE BEST USE OF DH FOR FUN Waliya, Yohanna Joseph Enseignant et chercheur à l'université de Calabar. Auteur de La récolte de vie, Quand l'Afrique se lèvera etc. Mail: waliyayohannajoseph(a)unical.edu.ng Mobile:+2348038940016. Webs: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458> https://unical-ng.academia.edu/WALIYAYOHANNAJOSEPH https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yohanna_Waliya http://vispo.com/guests/waliya/

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DHAWard2020
by Waliya, Yohanna Joseph 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Hi @everyone please vote Climatophosis (https://projects.cah.ucf.edu/mediaartsexhibits/ClimatesOfChange/Waliya/wali…) my digital poetry as the THE BEST USE OF ST FOR FUN award2020 http://dhawards.org/dhawards2020/voting/ Deadline 7th March 2021 NB: please other works in other categories Climatophosis is number 4 under the category: THE BEST USE OF ST FOR FUN Thanks All the best! Waliya, Yohanna Joseph Enseignant et chercheur à l'université de Calabar. Auteur de La récolte de vie, Quand l'Afrique se lèvera etc. Mail: waliyayohannajoseph(a)unical.edu.ng Mobile:+2348038940016. Webs: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458> https://unical-ng.academia.edu/WALIYAYOHANNAJOSEPH https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yohanna_Waliya http://vispo.com/guests/waliya/

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Advice on video platforms privacy in health research
by María González Aguado 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Dear colleagues, I will really appreciate your advice on what are the most secure video-platforms to carry out research on sensitive health issues in terms of privacy. I wonder if someone on the list has experience using Gotomeeting for this purposes. I've read Lobe's et al (2020) review, but further references would be most appreciated. I haven't found anything online, but would like to know if there is an equivalent of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ensuring the privacy on video-platforms in Europe or the UK. Thank you a lot in advance. Best wishes, Maria -- Dr María González Aguado School of Communication, Media and Sociology Bankfield House 132 New Walk Leicester LE1 7JA

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New Op-Ed in Wired on Misleading Research on Disinformation
by Dr. Emma Briant 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Dear Colleagues, I am just sharing an article I published today in Wired. After many headlines on the scale of 'disinfo for sale' University of Oxford recent study offering useful insight for policymakers into its growth? I say no. A high profile study into disinformation by influential Oxford Internet Institute scholars which has been in the headlines worldwide in the last month is misleading, poorly researched and misreported: 'The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation <https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the-grim-consequences-of-a-misleading-s…> .' I hope you will find it illuminating and helpful for students too who are trying to understand this phenomenon. Best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant

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ICDHAN 2021: CFP date & deadline extended!
by Waliya, Yohanna Joseph 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Hi everyone! Greetings! We are glad to inform you that the 1st International Conference of the Digital Humanities Association of Nigeria (ICDHAN-2021) is going to be a FULLY VIRTUAL EVENT! The good news is attendance is FREE. Only those interested in a certificate of Attendance would pay N10,000. 10 Sessions (A – J); 40 Presenters ; 10 Experts to Chair Sessions A. African Cultures in the Age of Technology B. Digital Archival, Cultural Heritage, and Library Sciences C. Social Media Discourse, Communication and Language D. Text mining, Cross-language retrieval, and Cultural Heritage E. Computer Science, DH Software, and Open Access F. Digital Cultures, Technologies, Ethics and Privacy G. Digital Media, Storytelling and African literature H. Education, Philosophy, Digital Culture and Technology I. Indigenous Languages, NLP, and Computer-Assisted Textual Analysis J. Human Sciences, Digital musicology, and Technology Quality presentations will be peer-reviewed and published in the association's Journal of Digital Culture and Society . Currently, we have 23 ACCEPTED PAPERS, and 17 more slots for those who wish to submit Abstracts. Conference website: https://dhnigeria.org/conferences Abstract registration: March 18, 2021 (Note: For those who have submitted already, you would received a mail in the coming days concerning the status of your paper) Abstract Submission Link: http://bit.ly/dhanechair Presentation Submission Deadline April 18, 2021 Accepted abstract for presentation to be submitted after notification of acceptance. Such presentations (slides or Video) to be submitted to: icdhan2021(a)dhnigeria.org<mailto:icdhan2021@dhnigeria.org>, Deadline for submission of presentation slide or pre-recorded video: April 18, 2021 All participants whose papers are accepted will be expected to join the conference live for questions, answers and comments from colleagues. Deadline for submission full paper after the conference: July 31, 2021 Best Wishes, ICDHAN Organising Committee Waliya, Yohanna Joseph Enseignant et chercheur à l'université de Calabar. Auteur de La récolte de vie, Quand l'Afrique se lèvera etc. Mail: waliyayohannajoseph(a)unical.edu.ng Mobile:+2348038940016. Webs: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-7458> https://unical-ng.academia.edu/WALIYAYOHANNAJOSEPH https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yohanna_Waliya http://vispo.com/guests/waliya/

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Call for contributions: Glossary of decentralised technosocial systems
by Idelberger, Florian 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Dear colleagues, The Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab (University of Amsterdam), in collaboration with the P2P Models (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Trust in Distributed Environments (Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin) and Blockchain Gov teams (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), invites you to contribute to the Glossary of decentralised technosocial systems, an interdisciplinary glossary aimed at building a common vocabulary for research on peer-to-peer, user-centric and privacy-enhancing decentralised technologies. The full call for abstracts can be found here https://policyreview.info/node/1541 Looking forward to your contributions! Possible terms are: accountability; ~ in decentralised systems anarcho-capitalism; ~ technological manifestations of anonymity; ~ in technological systems asset tokenisation; consensus protocol; ~ in distributed ledger technologies crowdsourcing; ~ via decentralised technologies crypto-anarchy; crypto exchanges; ~ decentralised cryptography; data intermediaries; data sovereignty; decentralised finance; digital activism; digital identifiers; in distributed systems digital wallets; for storage of crypto-assets dispute resolution; ~ in or via distributed systems distributed network topologies; ethereum; ~ protocol / network federated; ~ networks / protocols gamification; illicit market; technologically mediated immutability; ~ as technology design principle initial coin offering; liability vs accountability; ~ in decentralised systems libertarianism; ~ as a technological design principle nodes; ~ of decentralised networks openness; ~ as a technological design principle peer-to-peer networks; personal information management systems; ~ personal data stores privacy-enhancing technology; public key infrastructure; ~ decentralised regulatory technology; ~ decentralised self-regulation; ~ as technological governance option social media; ~ decentralised token; ~ digital TOR; user-centric technology; voting-systems / decision-making; ~ decentralised zero knowledge proof; And important dates are: Important dates Release of the call for abstract: 16 February 2021 Deadline for expression of interest and abstract submissions (directly to Valeria Ferrari): 21 March 2021 Feedback/Invitation to submit a full entry: 31 March 2021 Online roundtable on Glossaries, Encyclopedias and Academic Terminology Management: 8 April 2021 Full entry submission deadline: 30 June 2021 Peer review and open-peer review process: 1 July – 5 September 2021 Publication of entries’ final version: 30 September 2021 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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