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PODCAST - Radical War
by Matthew Moore 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Download: https://infoinnouts.podbean.com/e/war/ A digital explosion has ripped through the battlefield. Multiple data trajectories have ruptured our capacity to make sense of and manage the effects of war. Radical War maps and traces war’s data trajectories from the battlefield, in the cloud, through the archive, in memory and out into the deeply mediated technologies that we use. Framing Radical War as a relationship between data, attention and control, it is a lens for highlighting the complex intra-dependent relationship between war, smart devices and web platforms. Dr Matthew Ford in a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at University of Sussex. Andrew Hoskins is Interdisciplinary Research Professor in Global Security in the College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/information-innovation-uts/id15031092… Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2luZm9pbm… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HIr6BG7lOhphcSyarTSTu UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Call for Applications: MA Data, Culture and Society (University of Westminster)
by Pieter Verdegem 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

The Westminster School of Media and Communication and the School of Computer Science and Engineering welcome applications to its interdisciplinary MA programme in Data, Culture and Society. We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to data. Big data and datafication pose great opportunities but also risks for contemporary societies. This MA course addresses, explores and creatively utilises this transformation. We place an emphasis on current and future technologies and practices such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, data analytics and data mining, the Internet of Things, and others. The programme is part of the School's Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI - https://camri.ac.uk/) which is home to around 30 researchers and 65 doctoral students. It has been a leading centre of media and communications research in the UK for almost 30 years. CAMRI is noted for its strong international dimension and its focus on critical media research, with interests in the study of digital and social media, the political economy of communications, global and transnational media, media policy studies, media and activism, and media history. Additional information about the programme, application and entry requirements: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-engineering-media-and-co… Inquiries can be directed to: Dr. Pieter Verdegem (p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk>), Course Leader of the MA in Data, Culture and Society -- Dr. Pieter Verdegem SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Media Theory | Course Leader of the MA Data, Culture and Society<https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-engineering-media-and-co…> Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI<https://camri.ac.uk/>) Westminster School of Media and Communication University of Westminster | London | HA1 3TP | E: p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:%20p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk> | | T: @pverdegem<https://twitter.com/pverdegem> | The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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Public Talk: Mapping the Covid-19 App Space (Nov 9th)
by nathaniel tkacz 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear AOIRers, On Monday the 9th of November, 9:30 am (GMT), the Centre for Digital Inquiry at the University of Warwick will host a public talk featuring researchers from the App Studies Initiative. The talk, 'Mapping the Covid-19 App Space' presents initial findings from an ongoing project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. Register here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/news-events/public_talk_mapping More info about the project: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/research/hp-contents/covidapps Tw: @digital_inquiry Best Nate Tkacz

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AoIR2020 Thank You
by Jones, Steve 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Due to personal circumstances I was only able to attend small portions of AoIR2020, but what I did see, from the prerecorded videos to the live sessions, from the social gatherings to the AGM, reaffirmed my belief in and gratitude for the AoIR community. Like all of us I have in the past eight months experienced more virtual conferences than I thought I ever would, and AoIR2020 was far and away the best, intellectually and socially. I appreciate the enormous amount of effort that went into organizing it by the association coordinator, executive committee and volunteers, and I appreciate the energy and enthusiasm of all of the participants. Whether online or offline or in some combination of those, AoIR continues to exhibit the best characteristics of a scholarly community. Thank you, all, and please, everyone take good care so that we may continue to share our ideas and friendship, and keep our conversations going. Steve

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Funded Fall 2021 PhD student opportunities: School of Information Sciences, Illinois (due Dec 1 2020)
by Jodi Schneider 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

We invite applications to our world-renowned and highly interdisciplinary doctoral program at the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at the University of Illinois. Our students have backgrounds in a broad range of fields, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, computing, and artificial intelligence. Our students receive one-on-one mentorship from faculty who have a global reputation for research excellence in a range of overlapping areas: - Archives & Digital Curation: information preservation; data curation; data provenance - Artificial Intelligence & Data Science: information management; machine learning; natural language processing; data mining; data governance; information visualization; privacy, security and trust; reproducibility - Digital Humanities: cultural analytics, distant reading, computational music analysis, digital history - Health, Medical & Bioinformatics: learning health care systems, clinical informatics, biomedical ontologies, implementation science, health in social media, privacy in health, health devices, global health, evidence based medicine, semantic representations in medicine - Human-Computer Interaction: computer supported cooperative work; design and evaluation of information systems and services; mobile computing; user experience - Information Organization & Access: information literacy; information retrieval; foundations of information - Information, Culture & Society: community, cultural, and social informatics; diversity and social justice; information policy; science and technology studies; youth services - Library Technologies & Services: digital libraries; education of information and professionals; libraries and librarianship - Science of Science: knowledge representation and ontologies; bibliometrics, informetrics and scientometrics - Social Computing & Computational Social Science: crisis informatics; computing for social good; social networks; FATE (fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics) For a comprehensive list of research areas, see: https://ischool.illinois.edu/research/areas. For more about our faculty visit http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty. The School's flexible program prepares students with the intellectual guidance and experiences necessary for vibrant research careers in a wide range of academic, business, and public sector settings. Accepted students are guaranteed four years of funding in the form of research, teaching, and service assistantships, which include tuition waivers and stipends. We also offer travel support. We especially encourage students from historically and statistically underrepresented minority groups to apply. Our PhD program in Information Science is the oldest existing LIS doctoral program in the U.S. with 270 graduates. Recent graduates are now faculty members at institutions such as the University of Michigan, University of Washington, University of Maryland, and UCLA, professionals at Baidu, Google, and AbbVie, and academic library professionals at the Library of Congress, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. APPLICATION For more information about the application process, please visit: https://ischool.illinois.edu/degrees-programs/phd-information-sciences/apply Application deadline is Tuesday, December 01, 2020, at 11:00 p.m., Central Time. For additional information about our PhD program, see https://ischool.illinois.edu/degrees-programs/phd-information-sciences For questions, please contact Prof. Michael Twidale, PhD Program Director, at ischool-phd(a)illinois.edu. INFO SESSION The iSchool is hosting a virtual information session for prospective students interested in the Ph.D. in Information Sciences degree on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 1pm to 2:30pm (CST). The event will include interactive sessions with faculty and current Ph.D. students and will conclude with a degree and application overview. The event is free, but does require attendees to register prior to the event. If you are unable to attend the live stream, we plan to record the entire program and email it out to all registrants. Event Registration Page <https://mx.technolutions.net/ss/c/T8s7CIfb8uNRoQSsGMFRA2frtaf2mM4YHtd7T9vKE…> Event Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Time: 1pm to 2:30pm (CST) Registration Deadline: 11/11/20 at 9am

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postdoctoral position, Social Media Collective (MSR) 2021-2023
by Tarleton L. Gillespie 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2020 The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a two-year social media postdoctoral researcher. This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on communication, media studies, anthropology, sociology, and/or science & technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to bear on complex socio-technical issues. We also consider applications from candidates that might bridge SMC and one or more areas of the MSRNE lab, including machine learning and statistics, economics and computational economics, theoretical mathematics, and computational biology. Postdoctoral researchers receive a competitive salary and benefits package, and are eligible for relocation expenses. Postdoctoral researchers are hired for a two-year term appointment following the academic calendar, starting in July 2021. The position is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Social Media Collective is comprised of full-time researchers, postdocs, visiting faculty, Ph.D. interns, and research assistants. Current projects in New England include: – How do people build social capital with each other in remote and hybrid work, and how do those processes facilitate or harm inclusion? (Nancy Baym) – How do social media platforms, through algorithmic design and content policies, serve as custodians of public discourse? (Tarleton Gillespie) – What are the cultural, political, and ethical implications of on-demand platform economies as new forms and sites of semi-automated, globally-distributed digital labor? (Mary L. Gray) – how do discourses and designs of ideal social media habits function within apparatuses of platform capitalism? (Niall Docherty) SMC postdocs may also have the opportunity to visit and collaborate with researchers in our sister labs in New York City and Montreal. Microsoft Research provides a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment, with an open publication policy and close links to top academic institutions around the world. The postdoctoral research positions offer emerging scholars an opportunity to develop their research career and to interact with some of the top minds in the research community. ________________________________ Qualifications Required Qualifications: * PhD in anthropology, communications, media studies, sociology, science & technology studies, or a related field. * A research program demonstrated by journal and conference publications. Preferred Qualifications: * A strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation. * Strong communication skills. * The ability to work in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment. * Demonstrated leadership potential in research. Responsibilities Postdoctoral researchers define their own research agenda. Postdocs are expected to be lively contributors to discussions in the SMC research group, and the MSR New England lab. The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation, be interested in questions related to technology or the internet and society or culture, and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that also includes computer scientists, mathematicians, and economists. Application process Submit an online application here<https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/924422/Post-Doc-Researcher-Social-M…>. To get started with your application, press the “Apply now” button above. When prompted, upload your CV and provide names and contact information of three referees; one of your letter writers must be your dissertation advisor. In addition, you must upload the following 3 documents, as attachments, to your online application: 1. a single research statement (4 page maximum length) that does the following: * outlines the questions and methodologies central to your research agenda (~ two pages); * offers a description of how your research agenda relates to research conducted by the Social Media Collective (~ one page); * provides an abstract and chapter outline of your dissertation (~ one page) 2+3. two writing samples: journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent (uploaded as two separate attachments). Remember to press the “Submit” button at the last screen. Requests for recommendation letters will be automatically sent to your list of referees on your behalf. NOTE: THE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUEST REFERENCE LETTERS UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION! We recommend that you warn your letter writers in advance, so they will have their letters ready to submit as soon as they receive the prompt. The email they receive will tell them they have two weeks to respond, but consideration of application begins very quickly after the deadline – so submitting early will give them adequate time to get their letters to us. Please make sure to check back with your referees to ensure they received the request for letters of recommendation and that they sent them. You can also check the progress on individual reference requests at any time by clicking the “status” tab within your application page. To be assured of full consideration, all of your materials need to be submitted by December 1, 2020. For more information, see here.<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/fulltime/postdoc.aspx> If you have any questions about the application process, you can contact Tarleton Gillespie at tarleton(a)microsoft.com<mailto:tarleton@microsoft.com> and please include “SMC postdoc” in the subject line. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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Reg: Zoom (Dual Mode - Side-by-Side Mode Settings) for a meeting with 50+ participants
by Vignesh Raja 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Dear Experts / Advanced users of Zoom, A non-profit group I mentor requires to set up the Zoom Video Conference settings such that a dialogue / interaction between 2 members needs to appear as a 'Dual mode - side - by - side video mode), with all other visiting participants who attend the session in the background or outset. I have reviewed it and my observations are below - while it works fine when only 2 participants use. I realized that when more people step in to the meeting, the gallery view and speaker view (showcasing only 1 speakers who speaks at any point in time). Yes - the one we use is a PRO account, which can support 100 participants. Please let me know if there is a work-around. Thanks a lot in advance, Regards, Vignesh Raja

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(Virtual) Internet Governance Forum starts today! Livestream info, etc., etc
by Joly MacFie 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

You probably don't need me to tell you the 2020IGF has started, but please find the handy links below. 'Huma resilience' is indeed what one needs to get through the program! To participate via zoom one must 1) register 2) add the session to one's 'personal calendar' on the site. Then the zoom link should appear. What I recommend, as a way of keeping up, is just to open 3 browser windows on the real time text, and let 'em run. Here are some sessions featuring our ISOC colleagues during week 1. I am sure there are more *Tue 3 Nov* 08:00 UTC Room 3 Protecting the Public Core of the Internet: from formulation to implementation Vint Cerf (Former ISOC Chair) Wolfgang Kleinwächter (former Trustee) 11:00 UTC Room 1 Internet Society's Collaborative Leadership Exchange (CLX) Alejandra Prieto, Senior Manager, Youth Fellowship Program https://internetsociety.wufoo.com/forms/igf2020isoc-collaborative-leadershi… *Weds 4 Nov* 08:10 UTC Room 2 Dynamic Coalition on Schools of Internet Governance Avri Doria (ISOC-NY) Olga Cavalli (ISOC AR) 10:30 UTC Room 3 Internet in Crisis Management and Renewal Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK Alejandro Pisanty, ISOC MX Sebastien Bachollet, ISOC FR 18:20 UTC Room 2 Community Networks at Times of Crises and Pandemics Jane Coffin, SVP, Internet Growth, ISOC *Thurs 5 Nov* 09:10 UTC Room 1 Launch of DC Internet Standards, Security & Safety (DC-ISSS) Olaf Kolkman, Principal - Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy, ISOC *Fri 6 Nov* 08:00 UTC Room 1 Promoting Trust on the Internet through Osaka Track Vint Cerf (Former ISOC Chair) Rinalia Abdul Rahim, SVP, Strategy, Communications and Engagement, ISOC 11:30 UTC Room 2 Accessibility - Closing the Gap Muhammad Shabbir Awan, Accessibility SIG Judith Hellerstein, Accessibility SIG Gunela Astbrink, Accessibility SIG 14:20 UTC Room 2 Net Neutrality at times of Covid19 Alejandro Pisanty, ISOC Mexico 17:10 UTC Room 1 The Criticality of the Internet for SIDS in a global crisis Tracy Hackshaw, ISOC TT Maureen Hilyard, PICISOC Cherie Lagakali, PICISOC ISOC Live posted: "Over the next two weeks the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The programme centers around the four main th" [image: vigf2020] <https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/>Over the next two weeks the *Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum <https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/>* (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme *Internet for human resilience and solidarity*. The programme centers around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust. The IGF 2020 pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions, as well as the Open Forums, NRIs and DC sessions will be hosted on 2–6 November during the meeting's first phase. The meeting will be officially opened on 9 November and closed on 17 November. During this 7-day phase, workshops, main sessions, the high-level leader's track, a parliamentary roundtable, and thematic concluding sessions will be hosted. *LIVESTREAMS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ> | http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>* *SCHEDULE https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/igf-2020-schedule/ <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/igf-2020-schedule/>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration>* *REAL TIME TEXT Room 1 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-I> | Room 2 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-II> | Room 3 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-II>* *TWITTER #IGF2020 <https://bit.ly/2HVKvbU>* *SIMULCAST* *https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live <https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12933/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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SSN seminar: "The Bias of Automation" with Prof Mark Andrejevic
by Thao Phan 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Please join us for this online seminar hosted by the Deakin Science and Society Network's <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/> Data Cultures theme. You can join the conversation on Twitter by following us at @SSNDeakin and using the hashtags #SSNseminar #DataCultures. *Register here:* https://ssnseminar-markadrejevic.eventbrite.com.au <https://ssnseminar-markadrejevic.eventbrite.com.au/> *Date/time:* Tuesday 10th November, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time, GMT+11) *Title:*The Bias of Automation *Abstract:* Just as the adoption of market solutions to address social issues incorporates a "bias" toward forms of value that can be quantified, the choice to adopt automated systems for sense making and decision-making processes within the contemporary social context entails an embedded set of logics. This talk proposes a partial taxonomy of such logics through a series of concrete examples, focusing in particular on "pre-emption," "operationalism," "framelessness," and "environmentality." The goal of such a formulation is to start to build a framework for anticipating the social issues that are likely to come to the fore as we rely increasingly on automated media systems in a growing range of social spheres. *About the speaker:* Mark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media, Film, and Journalism at Monash University. He heads the Automated Society Working Group at Monash and is a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. *Watch the seminar:* Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live link: <https://youtu.be/eJsN8Ym85y4>https://youtu.be/kDyJjfXZpMs Date/time: Tuesday 10th November, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time, GMT+11) Q&A with the speaker to follow. To send questions/participate in the chat, you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account <https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>. The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on the SSN YouTube channel after the Livestream. If you have any questions, please send to ssn-...(a)deakin.edu.au <http://ssn-info@deakin.edu.au/>

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Online collaborative timeline/drawing tools?
by Jaime García Iglesias 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Hi. I'm currently working on a project evaluating service delivery during COVID-19 and we're interested in having focus groups of staff members generate their own timelines of change (alongside emotional and affect). However, we're doing this online and we'd like the creation to be somewhat collaborative. I was wondering if there's any of you with any experience of doing this, ideas for software or websites where this can be done? Thanks a ton!

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