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Fwd: NSF-sponsored Broadband Research Workshop series (November 2020)
by Joly MacFie 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

FYI forward ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Henning Schulzrinne <henning.schulzrinne(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:38 PM This is shorter-fuse than I'd like, but it might be of interest to some on this list: We are organizing the *BRW'20 (Broadband Research Workshops 2020)*, sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The workshops will produce a report for NSF defining the key research goals for broadband in the United States for the next five or so years, while also reflecting on earlier research accomplishments and gaps. The workshop series will consist of three workshops, each with a different main theme: *Broadband Technology*, *Broadband Economics* and *Digital Inclusion*. Each of these three workshops will take place over two afternoons (U.S. Eastern Time), via videoconference. You can find dates, times and other details at https://sites.google.com/view/broadbandresearch2020 The workshops will be focused on producing the report for NSF, based on participant contributions, i.e., there will be no or minimal presentations. The workshops will operate under Chatham House rules and are not open to the public. We are soliciting contributions by interested researchers. If you are interested in participating, please submit your short (2-3 page) position paper to https://edas.info/N27906 by October 30, 2020. We will then select participants from among the submissions. Please be sure to read the "Background" page, as the scope of this workshop is relatively narrow. (Data center, enterprise and backbone networks are beyond the scope of this workshop, for example. Upper-layer protocols are also unlikely to be included except as drivers of broadband deployments.) -- Henning Schulzrinne Department of Computer Science Columbia University -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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SoLAR Webinar: What Do We Mean by Rigour in Learning Analytics? A Panel Discussion Featuring Top Learning Analytics Researchers
by Vitomir Kovanovic 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

[apologies for multiple copies] Hi all, It is my pleasure to invite you to SoLAR Webinar "What Do We Mean by Rigour in Learning Analytics?" This will be a unique webinar panel session, co-organised between SoLAR and the Journal of Learning Analytics, featuring a fantastic line-up of panellists. Via Zoom (meeting URL provided in the registration email) Time: New York, US: Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM London, UK: Wednesday, 11 Nov 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Sydney, Australia: Thursday, 12 Nov 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Panellists: Sandra Milligan, University of Melbourne Philip Winne, Simon Fraser University Dragan Gašević, Monash University Jelena Jovanović, University of Belgrade Kristine Lund, University of Lyon, France Bodong Chen, University of Minnesota Chaired by The Journal of Learning Analytics Editors: Xavier Ochoa, New York University Alyssa Wise, New York University Simon Knight, University of Technology Sydney To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/solar-webinar-what-do-we-mean-by-rigour-in-… We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! Kind regards, Vitomir Kovanovic, Secretary, Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) https://solaresearch.org/ What Do We Mean by Rigour in Learning Analytics? Abstract: This SoLAR webinar, led by Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA) editors Simon Knight, Xavier Ochoa and Alyssa Wise invites the community to engage with the complex question of what constitutes "rigorous research" in learning analytics (LA). LA is a highly interdisciplinary field drawing on machine-learning techniques and statistical analysis, as well as qualitative approaches, and the papers submitted to and published by JLA are diverse. While this breadth of work and orientations to LA are enormous assets to the field, they also create challenges for defining and applying common standards of rigour across multiple disciplinary norms. Extending the conversation begun in the 2019 editorial of JLA 6(3), this session will examine (a) indicators of quality that are significant in particular research traditions, (b) indicators of quality that are common across them, and (c) indicators of quality that are distinctive to the field of LA as a confluence of research traditions. This session will comprise brief presentations from 6 expert panellists in the field followed by a lively discussion among them with Q & A. This webinar will lay a foundation for future participatory sessions inviting conversation across the community more broadly. Chairs Alyssa Wise is Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Technology at New York University and the Director of LEARN, NYU's pioneering university-wide Learning Analytics Research Network. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and an M.S. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University. Dr. Wise's research is situated at the intersection of learning and educational data sciences, focusing on the design of learning analytics systems that are theoretically grounded, computationally robust, and pedagogically useful for informing teaching and learning. Dr. Wise serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning Analytics is a Co-Editor of the Handbook of Learning Analytics. Xavier Ochoa is Assistant Professor of Learning Analytics in the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is also a member of the Learning Analytics Research Network (LEARN) at NYU. Xavier holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Leuven (Belgium), an M.Sc. in Applied Computer Science Sciences from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (Ecuador). Simon Knight is a senior lecturer in the University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation. Prior to moving to UTS he completed his PhD in learning analytics at the Open University, UK. Dr Knight is a qualified high-school teacher, with a Bachelors in psychology and philosophy, and Masters degrees in philosophy of education, and research methods in education. Panellists Perspectives on Rigor in Statistical Approaches to Learning Analytics Research Sandra Milligan is Director and Enterprise Professor at the Assessment Research Centre at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research areas include assessment, micro-credentialing and using big data to support assessment of higher-order learning skills. Philip Winne is Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and former Canada Research Chair in Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Technologies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His research interests include self regulated learning, metacognition, motivation and use of adaptive software to promote self regulation. Perspectives on Rigor in Computational Approaches to Learning Analytics Research Dragan Gašević is Professor of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University, Australia and former President of Society for Learning Analytics Research. His research interests include developing computational methods that can advance understanding of information seeking, sense-making, and self-regulated and social learning. Jelena Jovanović is Associate Professor in the Department of Software Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests include the use of statistical / machine learning methods and techniques, semantic technologies, and other computational approaches that combine human and machine intelligence to improve understanding of the learning process. Perspectives on Rigor in Qualitative Approaches to Learning Analytics Research Kristine Lund is a Research Engineer in the Human and Social Sciences and the vice-director of the Language Sciences laboratory Interactions, Corpus, Learning and Representations at the University of Lyon, France. Dr. Lund's research interests include the multimodal co-construction of complex knowledge in goal-oriented computer-mediated human interaction and interactive phenomena such as explanation and argumentation in problem solving situations. Bodong Chen is Associate Professor in Learning Technologies and the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education & Technology at the University of Minnesota. He is also the co-director of Learning Informatics Lab of the College of Education and Human Development. His research interests include the study of computer supported collaborative learning, online learning, knowledge analytics and network analytics.

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WEBCAST AUJOURD’HUI – Forum de la Gouvernance de l’Internet France 2020
by Joly MacFie 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

Le FGI français actuel comprend une plénière et 6 ateliers mensuels, qui s'étendent jusqu'en 2021. Il s'agit de la session de lancement. Notre livestream n'est qu'un relais de leur YouTube. ISOC Live posted: "Aujourd'hui 27 octobre 2020 à 09h00 CET (08h00 UTC) Le FGI FRANCE débute avec une session plénière "Gouverner l'Internet à l'ère de la polarisation" plus, à 14h00 CET (13h00 UTC) a Forum Afnic pour un Internet de Confiance Atelier "Abus: qui est responsab" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/igffrance2020> Aujourd’hui *27 octobre 2020* à *09h00 CET* (08h00 UTC) Le *FGI FRANCE <https://www.igf-france.fr/>* débute avec une session plénière “*Gouverner l’Internet à l’ère de la polarisation*” plus, à *14h00 CET* (13h00 UTC) a Forum Afnic pour un Internet de Confiance Atelier “*Abus: qui est responsable de quoi?*” *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/igffrance2020 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/igffrance2020>* *YOUTUBE https://event.igf-france.fr/ <https://event.igf-france.fr/>* *AGENDA https://www.igf-france.fr/#agenda <https://www.igf-france.fr/#agenda>* *TWITTER @IGFFRANCE https://bit.ly/IGFFRANCE <https://bit.ly/IGFFRANCE>* *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/igffrance2020 <https://archive.org/details/igffrance2020>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/12904/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CORNELL INFORMATION SCIENCE TENURE-TRACK AND TENURED FACULTY SEARCH, ITHACA CAMPUS
by Palashi Vaghela 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the college of Computing and Information Science (CIS) has tenure track and tenured faculty positions available at its Ithaca, NY campus. The IS Department spans Cornell’s Ithaca and New York City campuses; faculty hired in this year's search will have their teaching and research based in Ithaca. This year’s search is primarily focused on hiring candidates who have a computational/technical focus on research areas within information science, including computational social science, network science, visualization, and technical approaches to HCI. We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship and service further the department’s goals around diversity and inclusion. Exceptional candidates in other areas related to the department’s research (see https://infosci.cornell.edu/research) may also be considered, though we plan to prioritize candidates who connect to the focal areas above. Ithaca IS faculty are located in Cornell’s Gates Hall and the department has strong connections with several other units on campus, including Computer Science (also in Gates), Communication, Economics, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Operations Research and Information Engineering, and Cognitive Science. These connections support the IS department’s mission to advance its understanding of how people and society interact with computing and information. The department also strives to offer a high quality of life, providing a collegial and supportive atmosphere on campus. Beyond campus, Ithaca is in the heart of the Finger Lakes region, and both Cornell and Ithaca offer a vibrant cultural life and a wide range of sporting and outdoor activities close at hand. Cornell also seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, with both its own Dual Career program and membership in the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist in dual career searches. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree by August, 2021. Assistant Professor candidates must demonstrate the potential to achieve excellence in research and teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. More senior candidates must have an established record of outstanding research and excellent teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels; salary, rank, and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV), and research and teaching statements. The letter, CV, or research statement should identify a small set of their most significant pieces of work. Candidates should also submit a statement of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as diversity and inclusion are a key part of Cornell University’s heritage, and we are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Fostering an inclusive environment is also a core value of IS and CIS. In line with Cornell’s historical commitment to educating “…any person…in any study…”, we seek candidates who will create a climate that helps attract and is inclusive of all students, including students from historically underrepresented groups and students who have overcome personal challenges. The statement of contribution to diversity, equity and inclusion is an opportunity for candidates to describe how their research, teaching, and/or service will contribute to a diverse, inclusive climate. See https://facultydevelopment.cornell.edu/department-resources/recruitment/con… for more information, including suggestions for elements we look for in such statements, as well as https://cis.cornell.edu/diversity for information about related CIS activities and resources. The above application materials should be submitted online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16872, along with the names of at least three people who will provide reference letters. To ensure full consideration, complete applications (including reference letters) should be received by December 1, 2020, but applications will be accepted until the search has concluded. Inquiries about your application may be directed to fac_recruit(a)infosci.cornell.edu. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations. Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose, and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement. *Application Materials Required:**Submit <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?apply-128-16872> the following items online at this website to complete your application:* - Cover letter - Curriculum Vitae - Research statement - Teaching statement - Diversity Statement - Three references (actual letters acceptable but not required, just names and email addresses) *And anything else requested in the position description.* *Further Info:* https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1687 <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16872> https://infosci.cornell.edu/[image: email] Cornell University Information Science Department 236 Gates Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 *--* *Palashi* she/her Currently @Microsoft Research India PhD Candidate, Information Science, Cornell University infosci.cornell.edu | palashi.github.io 219 Gates Hall Ithaca, NY 14853

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GDPN & SSN Data Cultures Event: COVIDSafe(R): tracing, surveillance, and other organised irresponsibilities
by Thao Phan 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Please join us for this special Deakin University Global Digital Public Network & Science and Society Network event. *Register here*: https://covidsafe-tracing-surveillance-irresponsibilities.eventbrite.com.au *Date/time:* Thursday October 29th, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time, GMT+11) *Title: *COVIDSafe®: tracing, surveillance, and other organised irresponsibilities *Description:*This panel discussion builds on Dr. Monique Mann <https://youtu.be/6_zHhCfyKhg>’s provocations on the limits and liabilities of COVIDSafe—the app promoted by the Commonwealth Government of Australia to trace and track people who have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. While the COVIDSafe app continues to be used, imperfect as it is, this panel considers how other, privately owned digital tracking applications are now also emerging in response to the wave of public health concerns, such as PwC’s “Check-in” application for workforces and the Apple-Google API. This panel discusses the emergence of privatised solutions to this public health crisis and places them within the context of criticisms and concerns of state-based surveillance. *This event is presented by Deakin University's Global Digital Publics Network (GDPN) & the Science and Society Network's Data Cultures research theme.* *Scheduled speakers include:* *Jessica Glenn*, AIM, who first detailed the code of COVIDSafe; *Vanessa Teague*, CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and A/Prof at ANU; *Graham Greenleaf*, Professor of Law & Information Systems, University of New South Wales; *Peta Mitchell*, A/Prof at QUT Digital Media Research Centre; *Luke Heemsbergen*, Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University; *Monique Mann*, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University. Each speaker will give a short (5-10 mins) presentation and chart how they think the issues uncovered in app-based (public health) governance might inflect further into specific social, legal, political, or technical concerns. Dr Mann will then provide concluding remarks. The session will be chaired by Dr Radhika Gorur, SSN Data Cultures theme leader. *Watch the seminar:* Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live link: https://youtu.be/4DicVQMIooA Date/time: Thursday October 29th, 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. 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 <https://groups.google.com/>.

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GigaNet annual symposium program + registration! Monday, 2nd November (remote)
by Carmi, Elinor 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Dear all, I hope you're doing well, apocalypse considered. We're thrilled to share with you the GigaNet symposium program, happening next week! The GigaNet Annual Symposium will take place on Day 0 of the IGF, this year due to the pandemic it will be remote via Zoom. Please notice that you have to register to the conference - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0apZyD5ca71xKOWDeVO-NL-eJ6rsy-z_… AND the IGF website as well to be able to participate - https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration To check out the full program go to this link -> https://www.giga-net.org/2020-annual-giganet-symposium-program-katowice-pol… but we wanted to give you a teaser of what's on-> <https://www.giga-net.org/2020-annual-giganet-symposium-program-katowice-pol…> GigaNet Symposium at IGF – Monday, 2nd November, 2020 Join the debate on our live tweeting-> @Giganetr #GigaNet 13:40-13:55 UTC – Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dmitry Epstein, GigaNet Chair Roxana Radu, GigaNet Program Chair 2020 14:00-15:15 UTC – parallel sessions 1 panel A1: Platform governance Panel B1: Internet governance and the Covid-19 pandemic 15:20-16:35 UTC – parallel sessions 2 Panel A2: Data Governance Panel B2: Stakeholders and their role in internet governance 16:40-17:55 UTC – parallel sessions 3 Panel 3: Governing standards and infrastructure Panel B3: Cyberconflict and Cybersecurity 18:00-19:00 UTC – GigaNet meeting Take care and best wishes, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Postdoc Research Associate - Digital Media & Society, Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts, Liverpool University, UK. https://elinorcarmi.com<https://elinorcarmi.com/> Twitter: @Elinor_Carmi

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Call for nominations: International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award, deadline 1 March 2021
by Cristian Vaccari 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Call for Nominations The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award 2021 Deadline: 1 March 2021 Also available at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HIJ/2021IJPPbookawardfina… -- please share! Nominations are invited for the annual International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award, to be sent to committee members no later than March 1. Rationale The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award honors internationally oriented books that advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkages between news media and politics in a globalized world in a significant way. It is given annually by the International Journal of Press/Politics and sponsored by Sage Publications. The award committee will judge each nominated book on several criteria, including the extent to which the book goes beyond analyzing a single case country to present a broader and internationally oriented argument, the significance of the problems addressed, the strength of the evidence the book relies on, conceptual innovation, the clarity of writing, and the book’s ability to link journalism studies, political communication research, and other relevant intellectual fields. Eligibility Books written in English and published within the last ten years will be considered. Monographs as well as edited volumes of exceptional quality and coherence will be considered for the award. Books by current members of the award committee are ineligible and committee members will recuse themselves from discussion of books by members of their own department, works published in series that they edit, and similar circumstances. Award committee The award committee consists of Cristian Vaccari (the editor of the International Journal of Press/Politics), Sophie Lecheler (chair of the Political Communication Division of ICA), and Seth Lewis (chair of the Journalism Studies Division of ICA). Nominations Nominations including a rationale of no more than 350 words should be emailed by March 1 to Cristian Vaccari at c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. Self-nominations are accepted. The nomination must specify why the book should receive the award by outlining the importance of the book to the study of media and politics and by identifying its international contribution and relevance. Please include links to or copies of relevant reviews in scholarly journals. Arrangements should be made with the publishers of nominated books for one hard copy or e-book (i.e., the full book in PDF form) to be sent by March 1 to each of the three committee members at the following addresses: - Cristian Vaccari, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Brockington Building U.3.19, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. Email: c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. - Sophie Lecheler, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Email: sophie.lecheler(a)univie.ac.at - Seth Lewis, School of Journalism and Communication, 1275 University of Oregon, Allen Hall Room 219, Eugene, OR 97403-1275, USA . Email: sclewis(a)uoregon.edu Presentation The award will be presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association and will be announced on the IJPP website. The awarded book will also receive recognition in issue 4/2021 of the journal. Past winners of the award 2020: Thomas Hanitzsch, Folker Hanusch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, and Arnold S. de Beer (Editors), Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe (Columbia University Press, 2019). 2019: Maria Repnikova, Media Politics in China: Improvising Power Under Authoritarianism (Cambridge University Press, 2017). 2018: Erik Albæk, Arjen van Dalen, Nael Jebril, and Claes H. de Vreese, Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2014). 2017: Katrin Voltmer, The Media in Transitional Democracies (Polity Press, 2013). 2016: Andrew Chadwick, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power (Oxford University Press, 1st edition 2013). 2015: Rodney Benson, Shaping Immigration News (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Co-Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Press/Politics <http://hij.sagepub.com/> ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en> Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari>

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Global Media and China Webinar: Mediating Borders: New Boundaries for Hong Kong Studies
by Xiao Han 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Dear All, The SAGE journal Global Media and China, sponsored by the Communication University of China, is pleased to announce its webinar series. The first webinar will take place on ZOOM: Join Zoom Meeting https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/91865769066?pwd=VW9selYvN1FTMWhTYzNLUDlLVFFCUT09 <https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/91865769066?pwd=VW9selYvN1FTMWhTYzNLUDlLVFFCUT09> Meeting ID: 918 6576 9066 Passcode: 236266 Time: October 29, 20.30 - 22.30 (Beijing/HK Time) October 29, 14.30 - 16.30 (UTC/GMT) Theme There are myriad methods and tactics to study and examine Hong Kong as a former crown colony and a current Chinese special administrative region. Using the idea of border as a critical tool as well as the subject of critique, this webinar highlights and addresses a political and historical fact that the bordering, debordering and transbordering of Hong Kong, as long taken-for-granted through the media, has never been a fixed and stable boundary. To think of the borderscape of Hong Kong is to see border as always in process, which will generate new possibilities in sustaining and reconfiguring the city’s cultural infrastructure to meet new demands and challenges. If political binarism and cultural parochialism have walled up Hong Kong cultures from national or transnational transformations, this webinar seeks to initiate new discussions and revisit old discovery of Hong Kong amid the ebb and flow of nationality, transnationality and globality. Speakers Prof. Yiu-Wai Chu, Professor and Director, Hong Kong Studies Programme, The University of Hong Kong Dr. Helena Wu, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Danny Weng-kit Chan, Lecturer, College of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Abstracts Yiu-Wai Chu, “Hong Kong (in China) Studies: Hong Kong Popular Culture as Example” Hong Kong’s integration into the Mainland has become a topic that is pertinent to the consideration of the future of Hong Kong culture and the city as a whole. Through the cross-border ventures of Hong Kong cultural industries, this talk examines the implications of a new version of “northbound imaginary” in Hong Kong cinema, television and popular songs. It endeavors to use these cross-border experiences as examples to contribute an additional dimension to Hong Kong studies, which is seen as important as the worlding of Hong Kong culture. Hopefully, this will also shed light on a cultural studies response to the new configuration of the Greater Bay Area. Helena Wu, “Sports as a Lens: The Making of Athletes' and Spectators' Identities in Postmillennial Hong Kong” This talk explores the trajectories of local and national belonging in various forms and degrees, which, in turn, bespeak the evolving Hong Kong-China relationship in the larger socio-political context of post-handover Hong Kong. It examines the multifarious articulations of local and national identifications registered in the athletes’ and the spectators’ performing bodies, their mediated images and embodiments. Through the media representation and repercussion of cross-border sports competitions and athletes’ image, the talk explores the athletes’ and the spectators’ performing bodies and their mediated identities and embodiments, in order to tease out the body and identity politics embedded in sports practice and viewership partaken in different scenarios. Danny Wen-kit Chan, “Beyond Nationhood: Border and Coming of Age in Hong Kong Cinema” The 50s of Hong Kong manifests the initiation of a communal imagination oscillating in between the sovereignty of a British colony and the reality of a Chinese territory. The influx of immigrants from the north and, as a result, the establishment of a border during the 50s not only restructured the demographic composition of the city, but also brought along new momentum for mass cultural productions. Capitalizing on two titles produced in the early 50s and in the late 90s of Hong Kong cinema, namely Fung Fung’s The Kid (1950) and Fruit Chan’s Little Cheung (1999), this talk aims to explore the correlation between border, community and nationality through the life adventures of the child protagonists, whose transitions and explorations are entangled with a political and territorial border that polarizes our Sinophonic imagination in the ongoing present of China-Hong Kong division. Dr HAN Xiao Research Associate, Social Media Centre, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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Oxford Global Media Policy Seminar Series - Upcoming Online Talks!
by Kira Allmann 24 Oct '20

24 Oct '20

Dear all, We’re excited to announce a wonderful list of speakers for our PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar series this term! Please register to attend online: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/programme-in-comparative-media-law-and-polic… *We have seen the enemy…and he is us: When engineering culture collides with human rights advocacy online* Corinne Cath-Speth (University of Oxford) November 3rd, 14:00 (UTC) *When good is the enemy of great: Rural broadband in a time of COVID*Christopher Ali (University of Virginia) November 10th, 16:00 (UTC) *Technology Does Not Operate in a Vacuum: The Impact of Women’s Mobile Phone Ownership on Economic Well-being in Tanzania*Philip Roessler (The College of William and Mary) November 17th, 16:00 (UTC) *The role of norms in the Internet infrastructure: the infrastructural norm of interconnection and human rights*Niels ten Oever (University of Amsterdam) December 3rd, 16:00 (UTC) **More details on these talks and links to register: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/events/** Best wishes, Kira *Dr Kira Allmann*Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Law & Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Faculty of Law University of Oxford kira.allmann(a)csls.ox.ac.uk

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NEW: The Financial Times ties to Cambridge Analytica
by Dr. Emma Briant 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Dear Colleagues, A year long investigation from my upcoming book on Cambridge Analytica 'Propaganda Machine' - excerpt now available in Byline Times examines the Financial Times relationship with CA and their attempts to cover it up during the scandal. One of Britain’s most respected media companies, the *Financial Times,* published an article on 7 October asserting in its headline that ‘Cambridge Analytica probe finds no evidence it misused data to influence Brexit’. They neglected to mention the FT's concerning ties with Cambridge Analytica - My article based on important new documents, interviews and emails reveals the FT's cover-up of their own links to the company. Can they even tell readers what happened to the FT's US subscriber list? READ NOW: DARK IRONIES The Financial Times AND Cambridge Analytica <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> OR SHARE ON TWITTER <https://emma-briant.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7f9f1379bf0f0311ebb…> Thank you for checking it out. Best wishes to all, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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