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Invitation: Digital Research Pedagogies fishbowl/online session (23 October 2020)
by Tim Highfield 18 Oct '20

18 Oct '20

Dear all, You are invited to join a live online event as part of our fishbowl on ‘Digital Research Pedagogies’ for this year’s AoIR2020 conference (see our initial provocations video in playlist 04 – 'Internet research: Sources, methods, pedagogies'). Hosted by the Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab at Concordia University (https://www.digslab.net/) and led by scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia, this session will take place on Friday 23 October 2020 at 20:00 UTC / 16:00 east coast North America / 13:00 west coast North America. While not quite replicating the in-person fishbowl experience, this event is intended as a discussion with interested researchers and teachers, and we invite participation from across the AoIR community. A full description of the event follows below. Speakers: Stefanie Duguay, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Ariadna Matamoros-Fernandez, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Pablo Rodrigo Velasco González, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark Tim Highfield, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/digital-research-pedagogies-tickets-121216322283. A Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees prior to the event. Friday 23 October: 20:00 UTC / 16:00 EDT / 13:00 PDT / Saturday 24 October 07:00 AEDT About this event: As part of our fishbowl session at the Association of Internet Researchers’ (AoIR) 2020 Conference, this live online session invites discussion of how to teach about digital research and its associated methodological approaches. As internet scholars, we develop and engage with new methods for researching digitally mediated life and digital technologies, even as they are ever-changing and updating. We also pass along methods collegially (such as through the AoIR listserv), in post-secondary classrooms, and through other forms of knowledge transfer. This pedagogy often necessitates unconventional and unique approaches that address the realities of digital research, which include difficulty accessing data, unexplored platforms, shifting cultures of use, and evolving research tools, among other complications. Rapid expansion in the realms of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things further challenge us to make these unfolding areas intelligible to our students while we simultaneously grapple with how to study them. Join us to think through these topics and discuss approaches to teaching about digital research methods. This session is open to all AoIR attendees and more broadly to scholars not registered for the conference. The speakers will pose initial routes of inquiry and open the floor for discussion as a scholarly community. -- *Dr Tim Highfield | *Pronouns: he, his Lecturer in Digital Media & Society Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield Elmfield, Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 2TU *Research projects* Digital Media, Location Awareness, and the Politics of Geodata <https://research.qut.edu.au/geoprivacy/> (ARC DP180100174) *Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures* <http://timhighfield.net/research/instagram/> (with Tama Leaver and Crystal Abidin; Polity, 2020) *Social Media and Everyday Politics* <http://timhighfield.net/research/social-media-and-everyday-politics/> (Polity, 2016) timhighfield.net / @timhighfield <http://twitter.com/timhighfield>

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WEBCAST TODAY: Africa Internet Resilience #7 – Digital Solutions for Health Services and the Medical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic | «Solutions numériques pour les systèmes de santé et le secteur médical durant le COVID-19»
by Joly MacFie 18 Oct '20

18 Oct '20

The final African Internet Resilience webinar. There are no live captions today, but a transcript and captions will be added to the archive in the next few days. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday October 15 2020 at 10:00 UTC the African Union Commission (AU) and the Internet Society (ISOC), in collaboration with Huawei, present a webinar 'Digital Solutions for Health Services and the Medical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic'. This" <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africaninternetresilience7> [image: Livestream (English)] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africaninternetresilience7>On* Thursday October 15 2020* at *10:00 UTC* the *African Union Commission <https://au.int/en/commission>* (AU) and the* Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>* (ISOC), in collaboration with *Huawei <https://www.huawei.com/za/>*, present a webinar ‘*Digital Solutions for Health Services and the Medical Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic <https://bit.ly/3iTA5Xi>*‘. This, the seventh and last webinar of the African Internet Resilience series, will explore how Africa can build on the digital revolution in the health care sector to deliver solutions to fight against COVID-19. The webinar will strive to identify health care problems that can be solved by Internet-based solutions and showcase and encourage innovative solutions to improve health care during the pandemic. [image: livestream (Francais)] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/africaninternetresilience7>Le* jeudi 15 octobre 2020* à *10h00 UTC*, la *Commission de l’Union africaine <https://au.int/en/commission>* (UA), l’*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>* (ISOC), en collaboration avec Huawei <https://www.huawei.com/za/>, présentent un webinaire «*Solutions numériques pour les systèmes de santé et le secteur médical durant le COVID-19 <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/african-internet-resilience/digit…>*». Ce septième et dernier webinaire de la série African Internet Resilience, explorera comment l’Afrique peut s’appuyer sur la révolution numérique dans le secteur des soins de santé pour fournir des solutions pour lutter contre le COVID-19. Le webinaire s’efforcera d’identifier les problèmes de santé qui peuvent être résolus par des solutions basées sur Internet et de présenter et d’encourager des solutions innovantes pour améliorer les soins de santé pendant la pandémie. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Dawit Bekele*, Regional Bureau Director for Africa, Internet Society *Moctar Yedaly*, Head, Information Society Division, African Union Commission *Dr. Margaret Agama-Anyetei*, Head of Health, Nutrition and Population, African Union *James Oladipo Ayodele*, Principal Communication Officer, Africa CDC *Yang Chen*, Director, Public Relations and Government Affairs, Southern Africa Region, Huawei *MODERATOR* *Verengai Mabika*, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africaninternetresilience7 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/africaninternetresilience7> (English)* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/africaninternetresilience7 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/africaninternetresilience7> (Francais)* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2H8W5Qx <https://bit.ly/2H8W5Qx> *(interpretation available) *AGENDA https://bit.ly/3iTA5Xi <https://bit.ly/3iTA5Xi>* *TWITTER #AfricanInternetResilience <https://bit.ly/AfricanInternetResilience> #Digitalhealth * @ISOC_Africa @_AfricanUnion @internetsociety @AFRINIC @WHOAFRO @AfricaCDC @Huawei #COVID-19 <https://isoc.live/?taxonomy=post_tag&term=covid-19> *SIMULCASTShttps://www.facebook.com/pg/ISOCAfrica/videos/ <https://www.facebook.com/pg/ISOCAfrica/videos/>https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live>https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/africaninternetresilience7 <https://archive.org/details/africaninternetresilience7>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12820/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- - -

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Manifold Digital Services Support Grants 2021 (Apply by Nov 15)
by Matthew K. Gold 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

Hi All, I wanted to share the opportunity below. Please get in touch if you have any questions. Manifold Digital Services Support Grants 2021 (Apply by Nov 15) https://mailchi.mp/f4e5c56e2a31/apply-for-a-2021-manifold-digital-services-… Best, Matt Co-PI, Manifold -- ** Manifold Digital Services Support Grants 2021 ** ------------------------------------------------------------ The Manifold Team invites you to apply for a Manifold Digital Services Support Grant, which will give you all you need to get started using Manifold for your digital publishing needs! ------------------------------------------------------------ We are so excited to offer the opportunity for organizations to apply for a Manifold Digital Services Support Grant. Recipients of these grants will receive installation of Manifold’s latest version, six hours of virtual training, strategies to integrate Manifold into your existing workflow, technical support, and a year of hosting generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In other words, everything you need to bring Manifold’s power to your digital publishing work. We’d love to see applications from groups publishing books, journals, OER materials, DH projects, student publications, and more. We strongly encourage applications from publishers and scholarly organizations who represent historically marginalized communities and advocate for the advancement of social justice through their work. We look forward to reading your applications and welcoming another group of publishers to the Manifold community! (If you are not quite ready to apply yet, we will be offering a similar opportunity next fall.) Apply by November 15 ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdELJstQWGm2a9Z4DpdeFXzy3ps8YIKlVk…) , and please reach out to us with any questions. Thank you for being part of our community! The Manifold Team Manifold has received an award for Best Open Tool from Open Education Global’s OE Awards 2020! Read the announcement ( https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2020/open-tool/manifold-scholar/ ) . ============================================================ ** Email (mailto:contact@manifoldapp.org) ** Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/ManifoldScholar) ** GitHub (https://github.com/ManifoldScholar/manifold) ** Manifold Homepage (http://manifoldapp.org) -- Matthew K. Gold, Ph.D. Director, M.A. Program in Digital Humanities <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/dh> & M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/datavis> / Associate Professor of English & Digital Humanities / Advisor to the Provost for Digital Initiatives, CUNY Graduate Center http://mkgold.net | @mkgold *pronouns: he/him/his*

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Open access book on Vigilant Audiences out now!
by Daniel Trottier 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

Open access book on Vigilant Audiences out now! *Introducing Vigilant Audiences* edited by Daniel Trottier, Rashid Gabdulhakov and Qian Huang Open Book Publishers Available at: https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0200 This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the scope and consequences of digital vigilantism – a phenomenon emerging on a global scale, which sees digital audiences using social platforms to shape social and political life. Longstanding forms of moral scrutiny and justice seeking are disseminated through our contemporary media landscape, and researchers are increasingly recognising the significance of societal impacts effected by digital media. The authors engage with a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives in order to explore the actions of a vigilant digital audience – denunciation, shaming, doxing – and to consider the role of the press and other public figures in supporting or contesting these activities. In turn, the volume illuminates several tensions underlying these justice seeking activities – from their capacity to reproduce categorical forms of discrimination, to the diverse motivations of the wider audiences who participate in vigilant denunciations. This timely volume presents thoughtful case studies drawn both from high-profile Anglo-American contexts, and from developments in regions that have received less coverage in English-language scholarship. It is distinctive in its focus on the contested boundary between policing and entertainment, and on the various contexts in which the desire to seek retribution converges with the desire to consume entertainment. Introducing Vigilant Audiences will be of great value to researchers and students of sociology, politics, criminology, critical security studies, and media and communication. It will be of further interest to those who wish to understand recent cases of citizen-led justice seeking in their global context.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Silicon Harlem Next Gen Tech Virtual Summit – Advancing Humanity
by Joly MacFie 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

Silicon Harlem has ever known how to put on a show, and the 'Virtual Summit' format has allowed them to outdo themselves in 2020. From the opening blasts of Vint Cerf, and Jessica Rosenworcel, to the closing pairing of Larry Irving with Gale Brewer, there is no let up! The only minus is that it's all packed into one day, they could have run this out to three! ISOC Live posted: "On Friday October 16 2020 Silicon Harlem will hold the 7th Annual Next Gen Tech Conference online. This year's 'Virtual Summit' theme is “Advancing Humanity”. Innovation must be focused on the humanistic applications of the advanced technologies emerging " [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ah2020>On *Friday October 16 2020 Silicon Harlem <http://www.siliconharlem.net/>* will hold the *7th Annual Next Gen Tech Conference <https://bit.ly/31euFjs>* online. This year’s ‘Virtual Summit’ theme is “*Advancing Humanity*”. Innovation must be focused on the humanistic applications of the advanced technologies emerging around the world. *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ah2020 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ah2020>* *AGENDA https://silicon-harlem-virtual-summit.eventcreate.com/ <https://silicon-harlem-virtual-summit.eventcreate.com/>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/31euFjs <https://bit.ly/31euFjs>* *TWITTER @SiliconHarlem <https://bit.ly/342uoC7> #ah2020 <https://bit.ly/3k4Jtsy>* *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/siliconharlem/live/ <https://www.facebook.com/siliconharlem/live/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.youtube.com/siliconharlemnetwork/live <https://www.youtube.com/siliconharlemnetwork/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ah2020_ <https://archive.org/details/ah2020_>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12837/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Children's digital practices in the Pacific region
by Amanda Third 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Dear all I write to let you know that, yesterday, in partnership with Plan International Australia and ChildFund Australia, the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University released a new report on children’s and families’ digital practices in three Pacific nations: Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. In terms of context, you may know that the Australian Government has funded a new submarine cable to bring high speed connectivity to the ‘Blue Continent’. As the region prepares for the cable to be switched on, there is a flurry of activity to make sure that Pacific nations are prepared to maximise the benefits and minimise the potential harms associated with rapidly increased uptake. This report contributes to those efforts. Indeed, the study – which deployed child-centred, creative and participatory, qualitative methods – was undertaken to inform Plan International’s and ChildFund’s development of a suite of online safety and digital literacy resources for implementation in the region, beginning in Solomon Islands. You can find the full report here: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1760221/Pacifi… Warm wishes Amanda Professor Amanda Third Professorial Research Fellow | Institute for Culture and Society Co-Director | Young and Resilient Research Centre Research Stream Co-Leader | Centre for Resilient & Inclusive Societies Faculty Associate | Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard M: +61420364758 | E: a.third(a)westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:a.third@westernsydney.edu.au> Building EM, Western Sydney University Locked Bag 1797 Penrith NSW 2751 Australia

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Objet : Publication of a new collective book on qualitative digital research methods (in French)
by Myles, David 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Dear colleagues. My apologies for the broken link. Here is the correct one: https://www.pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/methodes_de_recherche_en_contexte_nu… Also, please note that this book is an initiative of the Laboratoire sur la communication et le numérique (LabCMO). For more information, please visit: www.labcmo.ca<http://www.labcmo.ca>. Sincerely, David

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Publication of a new collective book on qualitative digital research methods (in French)
by Myles, David 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, This message is primarily addressed to the French readers on this list (English message will follow). C’est avec un immense plaisir que nous vous annonçons la parution de l’ouvrage collectif Méthodes de recherche en contexte numérique : une orientation qualitative aux Presses de l’Université de Montréal. L’ouvrage sera disponible au Québec en version papier à compter du 19 octobre et dès maintenant en libre accès (PDF et E-pub) sur le site des Presses<https://www.pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/methodes_de_recherche_en_contexte_nu…>. En voici un bref résumé : « Ce livre fait le point sur les avancées et les enjeux de la méthodologie qualitative en contexte numérique. Il offre un panorama des méthodes de recherche les plus récentes pour l’étude des phénomènes en ligne par les sciences sociales – communication, sociologie, anthropologie. Cet ouvrage foisonnant présente des textes allant des fondements épistémologiques aux méthodes visuelles pour l’étude d’objets numériques, en passant par les stratégies ethnographiques, la collecte et l’analyse de traces d’activités en ligne. Au-delà du manuel, l’ouvrage se distingue par son actualité, sa cohérence entre la théorie et la pratique ainsi que par sa résonance interdisciplinaire ». English message: It is our pleasure to announce the publication of the collective book Research Methods in Digital Contexts: A Qualitative Orientation (in French) with the University of Montréal Press. The paper format will be available in Québec on October 19 and the PDF/E-pub versions are now freely available on the PUM website<https://www.pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/methodes_de_recherche_en_contexte_nu…>. Cordialement/Sincerely, David Myles Également au nom de/Also on behalf of Mélanie Millette, Florence Millerand & Guillaume Latzko-Toth

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WEBCAST TODAY: Why National Cybersecurity Awareness Programmes Often Fail
by Joly MacFie 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

This is underway. Again, captions will be added in the archive after a transcript has been made. If you want AI captions now, go to the FB Simulcast <https://www.facebook.com/CyberSecSIG/live/> ISOC Live posted: "Today, October 15 2020 at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) The Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (CyberSecSIG) hosts 'Why National Cybersecurity Awareness Programmes often Fail'. This, the 4th Webinar in the Global Cyber Forum series, as part of " <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig4> [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig4> Today,* October 15 2020* at *12:00 EDT* (16:00 UTC) The *Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group <https://cybersecsig.org/>* (CyberSecSIG) hosts ‘*Why National Cybersecurity Awareness Programmes often Fail <https://cybersecsig.org/webinarOct15>*‘. This, the 4th Webinar in the *Global Cyber Forum series <https://cybersecsig.org/events/>*, as part of *Cyber Security Awareness Month <https://www.cisa.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month>*, will be presented by *Dr Eva Nagyfejeo* of the *Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre* <https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/cyber-security/> (GCSCC) at Oxford Martin School, and chaired by *Dr Enrico Calandro*, Co-Director at *Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa <http://www.c3sa.uct.ac.za/>* (C3SA). *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig4 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig4>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/352N9Vp <https://bit.ly/352N9Vp>* *TWITTER @CyberSecSIG <https://bit.ly/CyberSecSIG>* #BeCyberSmart #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #CyberAware @EvaNagyfejeo @EnricoCalandro @C3SA_UCT *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live>/* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cybersecsig4 <https://archive.org/details/cybersecsig4>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12828/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Participatory online politics and the future of e-democracy (DG.O 2021)
by Zach Bastick 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Hi everyone, If you are working on democracy, governance, and the internet, I am pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our conference track for DG.O 2021. The track is focused on futuristic, alternative, and radical perspectives on how the internet can support or harm the ways in which we govern society. All accepted papers will be published and included in the ACM digital library and the DBLP bibliography system. In addition, we are planning a special issue in a leading journal for our specific track. The deadline for submitting papers is January 20, 2021 – and be sure to submit to the correct track (Track 6 Beyond Bureaucracy: Participatory Online Politics and the Future of E-democracy). The full call for papers is below. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions! Regards, Dr. Zach Bastick Researcher in Digital Government European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL), France *Call for Papers* Track 6: Beyond Bureaucracy: Participatory online politics and the future of e-democracy Track chairs: Zach Bastick (ESPOL) and Alois Paulin (Siemens) 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 2021) June 9-11, 2021, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Description: This track explores innovations in e-government and e-democracy that place the citizen at the center of governance. While traditional lines of inquiry at the intersection of politics and technology focus on enhancing or supporting existing political institutions, there is an underexplored opportunity for citizens to use technology to control government more directly. Internet optimists have long anticipated new, digital models of self-governance. These include representative, direct, liquid, and anarchic models. On the other hand, critics have argued that technology cannot safely or desirably support greater citizen involvement. This track serves to explore these more futuristic potentials of technology for governance. The track covers all aspects of direct, futuristic, radical, exploratory, and critical approaches to digital governance. These include the (un)desirability of using technology to support self-governance; challenges to self-governance through technology; theoretical and empirical proposals; assessments of technologies to support models of governance (AI, IoT, blockchain, 5G, platforms); the impact of developing digital phenomena on self-governance (misinformation, bots, digital collective intelligence); and the ethical, technological, social, and political implications of existing and potential future models of public governance. In short, the track is specifically interested in how the latest technological developments and theories can enable new or renewed political structures and processes. More generally, we will explore questions such as: What might a digital political future look like? How might we control or steer providers of societal functions and deliver societal functions through technology? How can digital governance occur collaboratively and enable public values to emerge? What digital issues should policymakers, platforms, designers, internet users and citizens consider when imagining the future of democracy? Suggested topics include: 1. Algorithmic governance and politics 2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and policymaking 3. Governance of online communities and virtual organizations 4. Collaborative, community-led or inclusive online government 5. Human, crowd, and machine intelligence in the service of democracy 6. Governance and bots, misinformation, and algorithmic obscurity 7. The (un)desirability of governance through technology 8. Representative democracy, liquid democracy, crypto-anarchism, direct democracy 9. Ethics and morals in digital governance 10. Participatory budgeting 11. Collaborative, bottom-up or grass-roots digital responses to COVID-19 We solicit papers on a wide range of perspectives and approaches and encourage both theoretical and empirical contributions. Papers are to be submitted at the following website by January 20, 2021: http://dgsociety.org/dgo-2021/call-for-proposals/

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