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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics: ”Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”
by Cristian Vaccari 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics: ”Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement” Also available at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HIJ/CfPYouthNewsDemocrati… Guest editors: Kim Andersen, University of Southern Denmark and University of Gothenburg Jakob Ohme, University of Amsterdam Erik Albæk, University of Southern Denmark Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam Citizens’ political engagement is essential for the well-functioning of democracies. From boycotting products and signing petitions to discussing politics, attending demonstrations, and voting, citizens’ political engagement shapes our societies. In order for such engagement to take place, people need information that can mobilize them. For a long time, the news media was the key source in this regard. As a natural consequence exposure to news and political information in the media is a well-known forerunner for democratic engagement. The relationship between news exposure and democratic engagement is constantly evolving, however. In today’s hybrid media system, people get information about politics and society from various sources and on many different platforms. In the contemporary media environment an endless list of information sources, including legacy news outlets, alternative news sites, politicians, and interest organizations, are therefore competing for people’s attention. Exposure to political information can take place on traditional platforms, like television or newspapers, or on new digital platforms, such as social media sites or other private online platforms. Not all information is equally reliable, and mis- and disinformation is part of the information ecosystem. At the same time, new forms of political participation are also emerging, especially online where people, for example, can discuss politics or contact politicians without much investment. When examining the consequences of such changes it is relevant to focus on young people. Young people grow up with and get socialized into a political world full of new information and engagement possibilities. As such, young people are to an increasing extent turning their backs to traditional legacy news outlets and getting political information on social media sites. At the same time, they are engaging in new forms of political participation. Young people can thus be seen as first movers—both when it comes to news ways of getting political information and new ways of engaging in politics. In parallel, broader societal tendencies make young people especially interesting to study in this regard. Across Western societies, as seen with examples like the election of President Trump, Brexit, and the battle against climate change, the combination of changing demography and differential levels of political participation across age groups mean that younger generations are experiencing that older generations are deciding their future. Often these decisions are characterized by increasing support for authoritarian populists and redistributive policies that massively disadvantage the youth. The developments described above call for new research examining young people’s exposure to news and their democratic engagement. Despite the high relevance of this relationship in contemporary societies, we know relatively little of how changes in the media and political environments are affecting the relationship between news exposure and democratic engagement for young people. How do young people engage with news and politics, and is their democratic engagement able to generate the change they hope for and in which way? Against this backdrop, this special issue invites original research that fits the theme “Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”. The invitation is open for any methodological tradition, seeks international contributions from across the globe, and is especially welcoming comparative work drawing attention to how contextual differences influence the relationships under consideration. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Comparative differences and similarities in young people’s news consumption patterns across the world - What kind of political information are young people engaging with and with what democratic consequences? - Young people’s news avoidance and news snacking - Young people’s exposure to news on social media sites and its consequences for political knowledge and participation - Political socialization in a new and hybrid media environment - How does young people’s (digital) media literacy enable them to engage with news in today’s media environment with varying quality of political information? - Young people’s political discussions in networked (online) settings - How young people’s democratic engagement is affecting and affected by the norms of political discussion (civility, trolling, etc) and the quality of news? - Whether and how generational conflict between younger and older citizens is articulated on digital media - Novel news products and their relation with young people’s democratic engagement Submission Information Manuscript submissions for this special issue are due on 1 February 2021. Please submit your work through our online submission portal ( https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijpp) and ensure that the first line of the cover letter states: “Manuscript to be considered for the special issue on Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”. Manuscripts should follow the IJPP submission guidelines ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/international-journal-presspolitic…) Submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer review process and must not have been published, accepted for publication, or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please note that, to ensure consistency, submissions will only be considered for peer review after the 1 February 2021 deadline has passed. Authors interested in submitting their work are encouraged to contact Kim Andersen (kand(a)journalism.sdu.dk) with questions. Timeline - Submission of full papers: 1 February 2021 - Revisions and resubmission: August 2021 - Online publication: January 2022 - Print publication: April 2022 (issue 2-2022) Please share! Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Co-Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, *The International Journal of Press/Politics <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb>* ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari>

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WEBCAST TODAY: ILSR Connect This! Episode 4 ‘Open Access Networks’
by Joly MacFie 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

This is not an ISOC stream, but I've chosen to highlight it, as 1) open access is not talked about as much as it could be, and 2) it includes Dane Jasper, the founder of Sonic. Included are links to previous episodes. All appear good. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday December 2 2020, at 5pm EST (22:00 UTC) the Institute for Self Reliance presents the 4th episode in its 'Connect This!' Series with the theme 'Open Access Networks'. Host Christopher Mitchell will be joined by Travis Carter (CEO, US Inter" [image: YouTube] <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>Today,* Wednesday December 2 2020*, at* 5pm EST* (22:00 UTC) the *Institute for Self Reliance <https://ilsr.org/>* presents the 4th episode in its *'Connect This! <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ1cQ-u1XTA55oRNG_AQVQuU-H1amM4MM>*' Series with the theme '*Open Access Networks <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>*'. Host *Christopher Mitchell* will be joined by *Travis Carter* (CEO, US Internet), *Jeff Christensen* (President, EntryPoint Networks), and *Dane Jasper* (CEO and Co-founder, Sonic). *VIEW ON YOUTUBE - https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>* *PREVIOUS EPISODES* *Episode 1 - LEO, Voting, Future of Cable, and Challenges for Small FISPs <https://youtu.be/n8YXCXWS23E?t=28> * *Doug Dawson - Monica Webb - Travis Carter* *Episode 2 - Urban Wireless - 5G, CBRS, and How Cities Can Help WISPs <https://youtu.be/CVVojfHBmp4?t=18>* *Mason Carroll - Travis Carter - Deborah Simpier* *Episode 3 - Bridging the Broadband Gap <https://youtu.be/4-R5WETQTJk?t=41> * *Deb Socia - Angela Siefer - Travis Carter* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13097/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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vacancy Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE | focus on gender, sexuality and/or race
by Willems,W 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2465/0/283643/15539/assistant-professor-… Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide and not less than £55,974 pa inclusive The post will commence on 1 September 2021. Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of media and communications. The successful candidate will join an established and successful department, ranked first in the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework evaluation and third in the QS 2020 World University rankings. The Department is known for its distinctive interdisciplinary approach to the field of media and communications, primarily based in the social sciences, but also open to humanities perspectives. You will contribute to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in high-quality teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School and wider Department activities. Candidates will have a completed PhD in media and communications, or a closely related field, by the post start date. Candidates must also have expertise on media and communications in relation to one or more of the following areas of research: gender, sexuality and/or race. Within these primary areas, we are particularly ― but not exclusively ― interested in candidates with a global and comparative research approach, a focus on the Global South and a commitment to issues of marginality, inequality and social justice. For full details on the post, please see the how-to-apply document, job description and the person specification on our website. We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities. LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. For this post, we particularly welcome applications from women and people from minority ethnic groups. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Dr Wendy Willems (W.Willems(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:W.Willems@lse.ac.uk>), Deputy Head of Department. Applicants are also invited to attend a Zoom webinar Q&A for further details on Wednesday 16 December 2020, 2-3pm UK time or Wednesday 6 January 2021, 2-3pm UK time. Please RSVP at the following link: https://bit.ly/3lwpRNU. The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 10 January (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications. Online interviews and presentations will take place in February 2021. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wendy Willems (PhD) Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department Room PEL7.01G Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom P: +44 20 7852 3738 E: w.willems(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:w.willems@lse.ac.uk> T: @WendyWillems_<https://twitter.com/WendyWillems_> W: http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/wendy-w… Selected recent publications: Beyond platform-centrism and digital universalism: the relational affordances of mobile social media publics<javascript:void(0)> ‘The politics of things’: digital media, urban space and the materiality of publics<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443719831594?journalCode=m…> Digital development imaginaries, informal business practices and the platformisation of digital technology in Zambia<http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/101248/>

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**Extended deadline** CfP: OSNEM Special Issue on Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms
by Andrea Passarella 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Online Social Networks and Media Journal (OSNEM) Special issue on Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms ** Submission Deadline: 31st December 2020 ** http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Online Social Networks and Media have revolutionized society, and are now a key part of how most people work, live, socialize, find information and entertain themselves. But whilst they have generated huge benefits, leading to unprecedented connectivity across the globe, online social networks have also enabled the spread of hazardous and dangerous behaviours. Such ‘online harms’ are now a pressing concern of policymakers, regulators and big tech companies. Building deep knowledge about the scope, nature, prevalence, origins and dynamics of online harms is crucial for ensuring we can clean up online spaces. This, in turn, requires innovation and advances in methods, data, theory and research design -- and developing multi-domain and multi-disciplinary approaches. In particular, there is a real need for methodological research that develops high-quality methods for detecting online harms in a robust, fair and explainable way. This special issue seeks high-quality scientific articles (including data-driven, experimental and theoretical research) which examine harmful behaviours, communities, discourses and ideas in online social networks and media. We welcome submissions on any online harm but particularly encourage papers which focus on online hate, misinformation, disinformation, extremism and terrorism. Data-driven approaches, supported by publicly available datasets, are strongly encouraged. Areas of interest are (1) detecting and measuring online harms, (2) analysing online harms through the use of advanced modelling techniques and (3) developing and interrogating ways to tackle online harms. This includes but is not limited to: * The prevalence of online harms, either on one online platform or several. * The efficacy, usability and appropriateness of different counter measures to tackle online harms; both policies and new technologies. * The impact of large trigger events, such as COVID19 or the murder of George Floyd. * Niche and smaller online platforms, including how they differ from mainstream spaces. * Modelling and analysis techniques to predict online harms, as well as their dynamics and associated factors. * Machine learning (e.g. natural language processing and computer vision) to detect and categorise online harms. * The prevalence and role of counter speech online. * Biases in methods and analyses, including how explainable, accessible, fair, transparent and interpretable they are. * Integrated analysis of different online harms (e.g. studying how misinformation, hate and extremism intersect). * Cross-platform and inter-platform dynamics, such as user migration from mainstream to niche spaces. * Strategies for online harm dissemination used by malicious actors and others. * Community-based detection methods. * The ethics and social implications of socio-technical research to study and target online harms. Online Social Networks and Media is a multidisciplinary journal for the wide community of computer and network scientists working on developing OSNEM platforms and services and using OSNEM as a big data source to mine, learn and model the (online) human behaviour. Manuscripts only based on questionnaires, even focused on the reported use of social media, are outside the scope of the journal. On the other hand, the journal welcomes papers which present analyses based on big data mined from social networks/media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tentative timeline Manuscript submission deadline: 31st December 2020 First notification: 28th February 2021 Submission of revised paper: 31st March 2021 Notification of acceptance: 30th April 2021 Guest Editors Arkaitz Zubiaga, Queen Mary University of London <a.zubiaga(a)qmul.ac.uk> Bertie Vidgen, Alan Turing Institute <bvidgen(a)turing.ac.uk> Miriam Fernandez, Open University <miriam.fernandez(a)open.ac.uk> Nishanth Sastry, University of Surrey <n.sastry(a)surrey.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instructions for submission Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.editorialmanager.com/osnem/default.aspx. Please select ''VSI:Online Harms'' when you reach the ''Article Type'' step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on ''Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms''. Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website.

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Two new OA books from mediastudies.press, a new scholar-led publisher
by Jeff Pooley 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

# Two new OA books from mediastudies.press, a new scholar-led publisher # We are excited to announce the release of two new open access books from mediastudies.press—the first titles in our Public Domain series: ## Our Master's Voice, by James Rorty (1934) ## “I was an ad-man once,” James Rorty writes in this classic dissection of the advertising industry. A neglected masterpiece, the book is republished in this mediastudies.press edition with a new introduction by Jefferson Pooley. PDF (free) | ePub (free) | Mobi (free) | Paperback ($20) https://www.mediastudies.press/masters-voice ## Liberty and the News, by Walter Lippmann (1920) ## Published a century ago as the young Walter Lippmann’s fifth book, the slim volume merits a fresh read in our post-truth moment. Republished in this mediastudies.press edition with a new introduction by Sue Curry Jansen. PDF (free) | ePub (free) | Mobi (free) | Paperback ($10) https://www.mediastudies.press/liberty-and-the-news *** mediastudies.press is a new, open-access publisher for the media and communication studies fields. Launched in 2019, the press is nonprofit, scholar-led, and fee-free. We publish living works, with iterative updates stitched into our process. And we encourage multi-modal submissions that reflect the mediated environments our authors study: https://www.mediastudies.press/about We publish open access works in three series: * Public Domain: https://www.mediastudies.press/public-domain-series * Open Reader: https://www.mediastudies.press/open-reader-series * History of Media Studies: https://www.mediastudies.press/history-of-media-studies We are also launching a journal, *History of Media Studies*, in 2021, dedicated to scholarship on the history of media, film, and communication research and education: https://hms.mediastudies.press Best, Jeff Poooley --------- Jeff Pooley press(a)mediastudies.press Director, mediastudies.press Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College jeffpooley.com

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The Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series
by Dhanaraj Thakur 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

Dear all, At this year's Future of Speech Online event we will explore key technical concepts in the encryption policy debates, the encrypted communications tools that underpin social movements and the work of journalists, and possible approaches to moderating content in end-to-end encrypted systems. We will also discuss the implications of restrictive national anti-encryption laws for the open, global internet, and the myriad protections that secure communications technologies provide. All the sessions are online (registration is required). More details below. take care, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org <mailto:dthakur@cdt.org> | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj YOU'RE INVITED CDT <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/3w23uk> The Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series Registration <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/jp33uk> *RSVP for the Future of Speech Online 2020 Event Series <https://cdt.org/event/the-future-of-speech-online-2020/>* Who do encryption technologies protect, why are these technologies under threat, and what does an internet with human rights and secure communication at its core look like? At the *fourth annual Future of Speech Online Event Series*, we will explore key technical concepts in the encryption policy debates, the encrypted communications tools that underpin social movements and the work of journalists, and possible approaches to moderating content in end-to-end encrypted systems. We will also discuss the implications of restrictive national anti-encryption laws for the open, global internet, and the myriad protections that secure communications technologies provide. This year, the event will be entirely virtual in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. *Each day the week of December 7, we will host a session on a different topic from 11:00 am-12:00 pm ET.* *Registrants are invited to attend one session, several, or all. * A full agenda, as well as registration, speakers, and sponsor information, is available here <https://charleskochinstitute.swoogo.com/foso2020/>. We hope to see you there! RSVP <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/zh43uk> *When:* Monday-Friday, December 7-11, 2020, 11:00 am-12:00 pm Eastern daily *Speakers: *A list of speakers for each of the sessions is available on the website <https://charleskochinstitute.swoogo.com/foso2020/831770>. We're updating that list on a rolling basis as speakers are confirmed. *Questions:* To submit questions in advance, please reply to this email or contact us at questions(a)cdt.org <mailto:questions@cdt.org>. Questions will be accepted during each event via email or the chat feature. *Accessibility:* If you have access needs or questions, please contact events(a)cdt.org <mailto:events@cdt.org> in advance of the event. /The event is hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) in partnership with the Charles Koch Institute, and brings together policymakers, journalists, academics, corporations, advocates, and thought leaders to discuss today’s most pressing issues around free speech online./ Questions or concerns? Email us at events(a)cdt.org <mailto:events@cdt.org>. *#CONNECT WITH CDT* DONATE <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/fa53uk> Twitter <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/v253uk> Facebook <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/bv63uk> LinkedIn <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/rn73uk> YouTube <https://t.e2ma.net/click/vezucd/vqc1j6/7f83uk>

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15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021): Second Joint Call for Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos, Research Projects and Tutorials
by Announce Announcements 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

*** Second Joint Call for Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos, Research Projects and Tutorials *** 15th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021) May 12-14, 2021, Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 9, 2021 (AoE) Submission deadline only for tutorials: March 19, 2021 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer) RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in Information Science. Organized for the 15th time in a row, RCIS 2021 will be held from May 12-14, 2021, in Limassol, Cyprus. The topics of interest are organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…) · Information Systems and their Engineering · User-Oriented Approaches · Data and Information Management · Business Process Management · Domain-specific IS Engineering · Data Science · Information Infrastructures · Reflective Research and Practice IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS · Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 9, 2021 (AoE) · Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: March 19, 2021 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 12, 2021 · Notification for tutorial proposals: March 22, 2021 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021 · Conference: May 12-14, 2021 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The RCIS 2021 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and widen their network of contacts. The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives: · Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. · Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future research directions. · Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research and networking. · Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers. Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the online call: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021_Doctoral_Consortium" track. Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain · Renata Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Student Co-Chair · Blagovesta Kostova, EPFL, Switzerland POSTERS AND DEMOS The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions: · Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe completed work, they should report on research for which at least some preliminary results are available. · Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas. Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…) including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6 pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2021. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021 Posters & Demos" track. More details on the submission and presentation format is online: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Posters & Demos Chairs · Dominik Bork, TU Wien, Austria · Giovanni Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy RESEARCH PROJECTS @RCIS RCIS 2021 features a track entirely devoted to presenting future or ongoing research projects (e.g., H2020 or ERC projects, national grants) in the context of information science. This track features a good opportunity for presenters to get feedback before submitting research project or to disseminate the intermediate results of their projects, and for participants to get an updated view of innovative ongoing research while getting in touch with potential research partners. The Research Projects @RCIS Track follows a two-step publication process. Firstly, the authors should submit a 2 pages paper summarizing the objectives of the project and relevant results. Each submission will be peer reviewed on the relevance of the submitted paper in the context of RCIS. If the paper is accepted, the authors will have to register to the conference in order to present their work as a poster at the "Research Projects @ RCIS" session at RCIS. A discussant system will be organized to ensure proper feedback and discussions about the projects. Furthermore, the accepted 2 pages paper will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer in the LNBIP series. Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes Research Projects submissions from any domain of Information Science. More information about the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS traditionally addresses can be found in: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "ResearchProjects@RCIS2021" track. More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to this track can be found here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Research Projects @RCIS Chairs · Denisse Muñante, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France · Anthony Simonofski, UNamur and KU Leuven, Belgium TUTORIALS Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a topic of relevance for the RCIS academic and practitioner community. However, we discourage commercial or sales-oriented tutorials. Potential presenters should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialised researchers. Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity. The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organised in sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other conference tracks, and participation in the tutorials is included in the attendees' conference fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them. A 2-page summary of the tutorials that end up being accepted and delivered will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series. Furthermore, a free registration for the conference will be offered to the main presenter (i.e. to one speaker), unless they are the only paying author of a paper presented at the conference. Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes tutorial proposals from any domain of Information Science. More information about the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS traditionally addresses can be found in: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format and should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose the "RCIS2021_Tutorials" track. More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to this track can be found here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Tutorial Chairs · Sergio España, Utrecht University, The Netherlands · Patricia Martín-Rodilla, University of A Coruna, Spain CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Samira Cherfi, CNAM, France · Anna Perini, FBK, Italy Proceedings Chair · Raihana Ferdous, FBK, Italy

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WEBCAST TODAY – Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa | Impact des coupures de câbles sous-marins en Afrique
by Joly MacFie 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

A deep dive into infrastructure maintenance! Real time text link is https://bit.ly/33zWELJ ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday December 1 2020, at 13:00-14.30 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fifth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa'. In this s" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5%20>On *Tuesday December 1 2020*, at *13:00-14.30 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fifth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/impact-of-submarine-cab…>* '. In this session, we highlight the integral role of sub-sea cables, and the effects of their disruption. Given that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has dominated news and discussion during 2020, it is easy to forget that there have been multiple cable disruptions during the first quarter of 2020, and the devastating ripple effect these had on connectivity across Africa. Our panel will both highlight the process of submarine cable recovery and repair, then discuss the “behind the scenes” activities required to ensure connectivity. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5%20>Le *mardi 1er décembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 14h30* UTC, l'*Association africaine des IXP <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, présente le cinquième webinaire de la série *Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/>*, sur le thème «* Impact des coupures de câbles sous-marins en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/impact-des-coupu…>* ». Dans cette session, nous mettons en évidence le rôle essentiel des câbles sous-marins et les effets de leur perturbation. Étant donné que la pandémie de coronavirus (COVID-19) a dominé l'actualité et les discussions en 2020, il est facile d'oublier qu'il y a eu plusieurs interruptions de câble au cours du premier trimestre de 2020, et l'effet d'entraînement dévastateur qu'elles ont eu sur la connectivité à travers l'Afrique. Notre panel soulignera à la fois le processus de récupération et de réparation des câbles sous-marins, puis discutera des activités «en coulisses» nécessaires pour assurer la connectivité. *SPEAKERS / CONFERENCIERS* *Clementino Fernando*, Telecommunication Engineer, Angola Cables *Patrick Christian*, Principal Analyst, TeleGeography *Mark Tinka*, Head of Engineering, SEACOM *Ben Roberts*, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Telecom *Christian Kaufmann*, Senior Director Network Architecture, Akamai Technologies *MODERATORS / MODÉRATEURS* *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Matthew Chigwende*, Group Head of Network Engineering, Liquid Telecom *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5>* (English) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj <https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj> *(EN/FR Interpretation) *REAL TIME TEXT (AI, link will be posted during session)* (English) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @internetsociety @AfIX * *SIMULCASTS_* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/> *(AI captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering5 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering5>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/13085/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP for VR and the culture industries
by Jordan Frith 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Hi all, My colleague and I are putting together an edited collection that focuses on different uses of VR in the culture industries (broadly defined). We'd love to get submissions from people on this list, and we're open to various disciplinary approaches. If you're doing work on VR or know anyone who is, I hope we hear from you. Oh, and feel free to email me off list if you want to chat. Thank you! Here's the CFP: https://vernonpress.com/proposal/143/0666a6e42f3a9101cc45607dc1ace13e -- Jordan Frith, Ph.D. Pearce Professor of Professional Communication Clemson University Pronouns: He/Him Book review editor of the *Journal of Business & Technical Communication* My Amazon author page <https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jordan-Frith/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJordan+F…>

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 196, Issue 31
by Gerald Goodnight 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

unsubscribe ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 1:47 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Air-L Digest, Vol 196, Issue 31 Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Call for book chapters (Hakikur Rahman) 2. Data rights (Amy Ruckes) 3. Re: Data rights (Alicia Takaoka) 4. Re: Data rights (Mutlu Binark) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:20:50 +0600 From: Hakikur Rahman <email(a)hakik.org> To: AOIR <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Call for book chapters Message-ID: <CALzwnR2MH6aEfFdDD14NKqiRTKWp4tjk5M7bMeud08fZGcgTTQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Call for Book Chapters: Greetings! Due to the Coronavirus pandemic call for the book has been extended and this is the final call for book chapters, for the following book: *Achieving Organizational Agility, Intelligence, and Resilience Through Information Systems**.* Organizational agility may be termed as a set of processes that allows an organization to sense changes in the internal and external environment, respond proficiently and efficiently in a timely and cost-effective manner. Agility is advocated as an underlying characteristic for business survival and competitiveness. Organizational Agility is the ability of an organization to renew itself, adjust, change quickly, and succeed in a rapidly shifting, ambiguous, turbulent environment. On the other hand, organizational intelligence is the competence of an organization to create knowledge and utilize it to strategically adapt to its environment or marketplace. Finally, organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, react and adapt to incremental alteration and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper. *Information system **can be seen as* an integrated set of components for collecting, stockpiling, and processing data and for providing information, knowledge, and digital products to the external world. Business firms and other organizations rely on information systems to carry out and manage their operations, interact with their clients and suppliers, and compete in the marketplace. At the same time, information systems are also used to run inter-organizational supply chains and electronic markets. For instance, corporations use information systems to process financial accounts, to manage their human resources, and to reach their potential customers with online promotions. *Achieving Organizational Agility, Intelligence, and Resilience Through Information Systems* is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the widespread integration of technological innovations around the globe and examines how organizational agility, intelligence and resilience interprets, effects and improves the entrepreneurships around the globe. Featuring emergent research from theoretical perspectives and case studies, this book is ideally designed for professionals, students, practitioners, and academicians. *Topics Covered* - Organizational agility - Organizational intelligence - Organizational resilience - *Information system*s and Organizational agility - *Information system*s and Organizational intelligence - *Information system*s and Organizational resilience - *Information system*s and entrepreneurships development - *Information system*s and human empowerment - *Information system*s and knowledge management - *Information system*s and international cooperation - *Information system*s and socio-economic development - Policy making with regard to *Information system*s for entrepreneurship development If you have any completed research, or near completion, you can take this opportunity to publish your work in this book. Please submit your full book chapter by December 30, 2020 for the review process. You may limit the word count to 10000 words for a full book chapter. The book will be published by the IGI Global, USA ( https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.igi-global.com__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bTA… ) . For any other questions or queries, please contact me. Thanking you, Hakikur Rahman Editor, *Achieving Organizational Agility, Intelligence, and Resilience Through Information Systems* IGI Global, USA*.* Email: email(a)hakik.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:30:06 +0100 From: Amy Ruckes <amyruckes(a)gmail.com> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Data rights Message-ID: <CAOq4bjDNGN4u4m9Puo8aKYm7ruLS9eHr=h4+nErPOFvjcZ4-oA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear AoIR researchers, I have a data rights question concerning data collection. If anyone has experience and knowledge concerning university policies concerning data collection using Search APIs and then who has the rights to access the data collected, I would greatly appreciate corresponding with you. Thank you! Wishing you all a very restful weekend! Best regards, Amy Ruckes -- Amy Ruckes *Independent Researcher* Disinformation and Society https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ruckes.website2.me/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bT… ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:03:51 -1000 From: Alicia Takaoka <ajwilson(a)hawaii.edu> To: Amy Ruckes <amyruckes(a)gmail.com> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Data rights Message-ID: <857B069B-9898-49B9-B86B-96A101C9D0EB(a)hawaii.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Amy. Each study has different rights for access depending on funding. Some data is not publicly available at all, and that is a part of the IRB process and informed consent documents. You should check with the PI of the study you are interested in and that university?s Office of Research Compliance. Best wishes, Alicia Alicia JW Takaoka Doctoral Candidate, Communication and Information Sciences (Social Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction) English Department ASIS&T Governance Committee Member ASIS&T SIG-SM Archivist ASIS&T SIG-AH Secretary ASIS&T SIG-STI Secretary/Treasurer > On Nov 27, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Amy Ruckes <amyruckes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > ?Dear AoIR researchers, > > I have a data rights question concerning data collection. If anyone has > experience and knowledge concerning university policies concerning data > collection using Search APIs and then who has the rights to access the data > collected, I would greatly appreciate corresponding with you. > > Thank you! > Wishing you all a very restful weekend! > > Best regards, > Amy Ruckes > -- > > Amy Ruckes > > *Independent Researcher* > > Disinformation and Society > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ruckes.website2.me/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bT… > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bTAkkjiizh_yW… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bTAkkjii… ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 11:18:29 +0300 From: Mutlu Binark <binark(a)hacettepe.edu.tr> To: Amy Ruckes <amyruckes(a)gmail.com>, Alicia Takaoka <ajwilson(a)hawaii.edu> Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Data rights Message-ID: <BDA8BCE6-E649-A34A-8D88-0C1938DA9319(a)hxcore.ol> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Dear Amy Needs to check the data is publicly accessible but also informed consent to use those data even publicly accessible. I always use the guidance of ethics 2.0 to use publicly available data, not to harm ordinary people. warm regards mutlu binark M. BINARK, Ph.D. Hacettepe University ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bTAkkjiizh_yW… Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-bTAkkjii… ------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 196, Issue 31 **************************************

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