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The 4th International Geomedia 2021 Conference: OFF THE GRID // 5-8 May, 2021 / Siegen, Germany
by Sam Hind 09 Oct '20

09 Oct '20

*Apologies for X-posting* //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The 4th International Geomedia conference OFF THE GRID will take place in Siegen, Germany from 5-8 May, 2021. Hosted by Locating Media & Media of Cooperation at the University of Siegen: http://www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de/home-en/ & https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/<https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/de/> It follows successful, and popular, versions in Karlstad, Sweden hosted by the Geomedia team at Karlstad University: https://www.kau.se/en/geomedia See below for the Call for Papers. At present we are planning for either an IRL event, or a digital version, to be confirmed in January 2021. Visuals by https://whateverworks.biz/ to follow. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Geomedia 2021 – Off the Grid CALL FOR PAPERS: The 4th International Geomedia Conference Siegen, Germany, 5-8 May 2021 The phrase “off the grid” is commonly understood to refer to the voluntary decoupling from established infrastructure networks such as electricity, water or gas supply. The implication is one of material independence and a self-sufficient lifestyle. Going “off the grid” means making yourself invisible by rebuking the social and technological structures that normally organize our lives. It is entering, or returning to, uncharted territory. The grid from which you disappear is often imagined like a web that we are woven into, at once providing security – of cultural connectivity, opportunities to work, or societal participation – while also limiting individual, political or technological agency. The grid also speaks to the geographic coordinate system, an all-encompassing global structure which makes it possible to accurately locate any point on earth. This unified grid represents a dominant ordering principle for everything “locatable”. It is part of the technological infrastructure of many platforms, services and applications which fall under the definition of geomedia, most prominently the Global Positioning System (GPS). In this regard, “off the grid” is a move away from such Cartesian notions of space towards a situated relational account of (quotidian) practices carried out with, through, or in relation to, geomedia. Going off the grid has also been seen as a form of renunciation of the conveniences of the late capitalist (media) world in order to lead a supposedly slower, less stressful and eventually less superficial life – as inspired by the transcendentalism of the likes of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. But with so many people relying on the grid for purposes of work and entertainment in recent times, what does this mean for our relation to geomedia? What does going off the grid look like now? This presupposes, of course, that there is ipso facto a grid – an infrastructure – which one can connect to freely at any time. But a great number of people do not get to choose to decouple from the grid – a fact that speaks to questions of access to the socio-material infrastructures underpinning geomedia and associated communities and practices. Arguably, practices of surveillance and countersurveillance concern the implicit or even involuntary participation in corresponding infrastructures. Here, optimization for a range of tasks and activities routinely involves a certain kind of surveillance; a default setting in the running of all kinds of media platforms used for navigation, video streaming or online gaming. In this, surveillance is wrapped up with profit-seeking practices, and the extraction of value from the ‘data fumes’ of platform users, who enter a form of “cooperation without consensus” as they stream movies, hire taxis, host videoconferences, ride public transport, or go on dates. In these various iterations, surveillance might look different, and/or be practiced in distinct ways to traditional forms of state or corporate surveillance, increasingly dependent on technological protocols and standards that not only underpin the grid but also govern our use of geomedia. One consequence is that the relation between private and public spheres is transformed, and introduces new questions of governance, exploitation and marginalization. It is of crucial importance, who is online, and who is offline might as well not exist. Yet these optimization processes are also subject to countermeasures that constitute new modes of existence – from anonymous accounts and the use of VPNs, to location spoofing, and other tricks and techniques to hide, erase, or obfuscate user activity and location. Yet the grid is not all-encompassing, nor all-powerful. Whilst countersurveillance efforts resist, fight back and oppose, alternative geomedia projects imagine the grid differently – sometimes even plotting its demise. From community broadband initiatives, to independent media organizations, post-capitalist streaming platforms, and citizen science projects; there is a continued, concerted effort to build alternatives to state-based, or company-owned geomedia, operating at various scales from the hyper-local to the global. Through these efforts, organizers and participants question the foundations of our collective social and technological infrastructures, redefining what it is to care, share, distribute, cultivate or reallocate funds, resources, opportunities and ideas – bringing new geomedia, and new imaginaries of hope (or perhaps fear), into existence. Keynote Speakers: Caren Kaplan – University of California at Davis, USA Nanna Verhoeff – Utrecht University, Netherlands Suggested paper topics include, but are not limited to: * Politics, philosophy and ethics of going off grid * Grid as Network, Grid as Default (Geomedia and Infrastructure) * Physical Geography/Relational Geography * Inhabiting Digital Geographies (VR, hybrid spaces) * Geomedia in the Global South * Urban and Rural Geomedia * The ‘geo’ in Geomedia, the ‘media’ in Geomedia * Governing Geomedia (smart city, sensor media, infrastructures, surveillance & countersurveillance) * Geomedia Activism * Digital detox, rationing, quarantine and isolation * Geomedia Histories Geomedia 2021 welcomes proposals for individual papers as well as thematic panels in English. Individual paper proposals: The author submits an abstract of 200–250 words. Accepted papers are grouped by the organizers into sessions of 5 papers according to thematic area. Thematic panel proposals: The chair of the panel submits a proposal consisting of 4–5 individual paper abstracts (200-250 words) along with a general panel presentation of 200–250 words. Conference timeline October 31st 2020: Submission system opens January 7th 2021: Deadline for thematic panel and individual paper proposals January 25th 2021: Notes of acceptance and registration opens March 15th 2021: Last day of registration Conference website Information about registration, conference programme, venue, social events and practical arrangements will be posted continuously on the conference website starting September 1st: www.geomediastudies.com<http://www.geomediastudies.com>. Contact: You can reach us at info(a)geomediastudies.com<mailto:info@geomedia.se>. - Research Associate SFB1187 Media of Cooperation @mediaofcoop<https://twitter.com/mediaofcoop> | University of Siegen hind(a)locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de<Mailto:hind@locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de> https://samhind.com/ <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/student-researchers/sam-…> <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/student-researchers/sam-…>

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CfP Streaming media: production, interfaces, content and users
by Marika Lüders 09 Oct '20

09 Oct '20

Dear list members, CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue on Streaming media: production, interfaces, content and users JOURNAL: MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research ABSTRACTS DUE: 15th of October 2020 Streaming is an increasingly used form of content distribution. This special issue of MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research aims at bringing together articles that contribute to a better understanding of how streaming affects established media industries such as film, television, gaming, music, radio/podcasts, books and audio books. As communication and media scholars we are interested in streaming media, that is the structures, relations and practices including and surrounding streaming as distribution systems. This encompasses (at least) studies of media industries and production, interfaces, content, and use of streaming media. Guest editors: Mads Møller Tommerup Andersen and Marika Lüders For full call and further information, see https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/announcement/view/818 Best wishes, Marika Lüders Marika Lüders Professor, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo +47 99 52 52 06

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Hybrid discussion-based courses: how to encourage discussion between in-person & digital participants?
by Cory Robinson 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Hi all, As many of you are facing (and probably mastered!), I will have a hybrid master/PhD discussion-based course. For those that have mastered encouraging participation and discussion between in-person and digital participants, care to share your knowledge? 😊 The course will have approximately 20 in-person students, and 2-4 attending via Zoom. Students will lead discussion in pairs for 2 of 8 course meetings, with each course meeting covering a different topic within Big Data Ethics. Last year, we ran the course in a classroom of 30 students, all seated at an “O” shaped arrangement of tables, where everyone was able to face and view each student and lecturer in the room. Students had name cards in front of them, and we used a discussion prompt where each had 3 paperclips, using 1 every time they spoke, and needing to use all paperclips by the end of the course meeting (this encouraged conversation from those usually a bit inhibited, and lessened “taking over” the conversation by our more dominant course attendees). Many thanks in advance – this listserv is a bunch of rockstars! Best, Cory -- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Communication Design Linköping University E: cory.robinson(a)liu.se<mailto:cory.robinson@liu.se> http://liu-se.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson<http://colostate.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson> Founder, Nordic Privacy Center (nordicprivacy.org<https://nordicprivacy.org/>)

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New Report on the Challenges of the Facebook Ad Library and Report
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Hi everyone, My amazing team (with a hat tip to Sarah Bolden) has just released a report of the challenges in using the Facebook Ad Library and Ad Report to help reveal dark money and PAC advertising in the 2020 presidential election. It's also potentially a guide for future researchers on some of the pitfalls in using the FB Ad Library and Report for research around misinformation and advertising on the Facebook and Instagram platforms: https://news.illuminating.ischool.syr.edu/2020/10/06/facebook-political-adv… I welcome any thoughts or feedback. ~Jenny Jennifer Stromer-Galley Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs 230 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu> https://ccds.ischool.syr.edu/ Illuminating 2020: Helping Journalists Report on the 2020 Election https://illuminating.ischool.syr.edu<https://illuminating.ischool.syr.edu/> Syracuse University

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Online Talk: Cait McKinney on Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies hosted by the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University
by Margie Borschke 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

The Centre for Media History<https://www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres-groups-and-facilities/resil…> at Macquarie University invites you to attend an online talk by Cait McKinney on their recently launched monograph Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies<https://www.dukeupress.edu/information-activism> (Duke University Press, 2020). The talk will be followed by a Q&A and group discussion. Event: A Public Talk on Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies <https://www.dukeupress.edu/information-activism> (Duke University Press, 2020) Presenter: Cait McKinney<http://caitmckinney.com>, Author of Information Activism and Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University When: Sydney time: Thursday October 15, 2020 10AM; (Vancouver time: Wednesday October 14, 4PM) Where: Via Zoom; RSVP by October 14 (Sydney time) for link to meeting cmh(a)mq.edu.au<mailto:cmh@mq.edu.au> About the book: For decades, lesbian feminists across the United States and Canada have created information to build movements and survive in a world that doesn't want them. In Information Activism Cait McKinney traces how these women developed communication networks, databases, and digital archives that formed the foundation for their work. Often learning on the fly and using everything from index cards to computers, these activists brought people and their visions of justice together to organize, store, and provide access to information. Focusing on the transition from paper to digital-based archival techniques from the 1970s to the present, McKinney shows how media technologies animate the collective and unspectacular labor that sustains social movements, including their antiracist and trans-inclusive endeavors. By bringing sexuality studies to bear on media history, McKinney demonstrates how groups with precarious access to control over information create their own innovative and resourceful techniques for generating and sharing knowledge. https://www.dukeupress.edu/information-activism <https://www.dukeupress.edu/information-activism> About Cait McKinney<http://caitmckinney.com>: My research is interested in how queer and feminist social movements use digital technologies to build alternative information infrastructures. I focus on how these movements struggle to provide vital access to information using new digital tools, within conditions where that access is often precarious. My research illustrates how information activism by queer and feminist social justice initiatives offers novel approaches to issues of accessibility, data-management, and participation in networked media environments. Methodologically, I draw primarily on archival research and interviews to do my work. This Event hosted by The Centre for Media History at Macquarie University: Please RSVP cmh(a)mq.edu.au<mailto:cmh@mq.edu.au> by October 14. Margie Borschke Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Media Author of This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular Music <https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/this-is-not-a-remix-9781501318924/> Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Literature and Language Room 254, Y3A Building Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia T: +61 (2) 9850 2159 | M: + 61 425 226 705 E: margie.borschke(a)mq.edu.au | mq.edu.au<http://mq.edu.au> [Macquarie University]<http://mq.edu.au> CRICOS Provider 00002J. Think before you print. Please consider the environment before printing this email. This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the message and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and are not necessarily the views of Macquarie University and its controlled entities.

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WEBCAST OCT 5 -9 : Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2020
by Joly MacFie 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

While this event has been going for days, if not weeks, the official plenary is about to kick off. ISOC Live posted: "On Monday 05 October 2020 – Friday 09 October 2020 the Internet Society convenes the 2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit online. The 4th Indigenous Connectivity Summit brings together community network managers and operators, Indigenous-owned Internet ser" [image: LIVESTREAM] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/2020ICS>On *Monday 05 October 2020 – Friday 09 October 2020* the *Internet Society* <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/north-america/> convenes the *2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/>* online. The 4th Indigenous Connectivity Summit brings together community network managers and operators, Indigenous-owned Internet service providers, community members, researchers, policy makers and Indigenous leaders. We discuss ways to ensure Alaska Native, American Indian, Inuit, Native Hawaiian, First Nations and Métis communities have affordable, high-quality and sustainable Internet access, and talk about how it can support social and economic development. The Summit provides practical, hands-on training to help Indigenous communities connect to the Internet to and creates opportunities to build relationships and share useful knowledge and experience. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/2020ICS <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/2020ICS>* *AGENDA https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/2020/… <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/2020/…>* *TWITTER #2020ICS <https://bit.ly/2020ics>* *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/2020ICS <https://archive.org/details/2020ICS>* *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://isoc.live/12781/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY: ‘Building Cyber Norms’ at the 10th International Cybersecurity Symposium
by Joly MacFie 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

Moderated by Internet Hall of Famer Dave Farber. ISOC Live posted: "This week the 10th International Cybersecurity Symposium, hosted by Keio University & The MITRE Corporation, takes place with the overall theme. 'Building Global Trust for Cyber-Deterrence During an Uncontrolled Pandemic'. Today, Tuesday October 6 20" <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybernorms2> <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybernorms2>This week the *10th International Cybersecurity Symposium <https://10thcysecsymposium.peatix.com/>*, hosted by Keio University & The MITRE Corporation, takes place with the overall theme. ‘*Building Global Trust for Cyber-Deterrence During an Uncontrolled Pandemic*‘. Today,* Tuesday October 6 2020*, at *11:20 UTC* (07:20 EDT | 20:20 JST) the #1 Plenary Panel '*Building Cyber Norms*' will be webcast live via *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live>*. *Panelists*: *Greg Rattray* (Senior Research Professor, Columbia University) *Joshua W. Walker* (President & CEO, Japan Society) *Ken Katayama* (Director of Digital Policy Corporate, External, Legal Affairs (CELA) Microsoft Japan) *Barbara Grewe* (Portfolio Manager International Strategy and Policy, MITRE) *Kazuo Noguchi* (Senior Researcher, Keio University) *Moderator*: *David Farber* (Distinguished Professor, Co-Director, Cyber Civilization Research Center, Keio University) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybernorms2 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybernorms2>* *TWITTER #cybernorms <https://bit.ly/34svPbV> * *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/cybernorms <https://archive.org/details/cybernorms>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12805/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Tenure-track assistant professor positions at Simon Fraser University
by Aleena Chia 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

*Assistant Professor — Critical Algorithm Studies* http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/cat.html The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University is a national and global leader in the discipline and a dynamic site of research and teaching. Founded on a tradition of critical approaches to media and culture, technology studies, global communication, culture industries and policy, and applied media production, the School is home to several research groups, including the Digital Democracies Institute. We are a large and thriving unit with 1400 undergraduate majors and 100+ graduate students. We acknowledge the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Tsleil-Waututh (səlil̓ w̓ətaʔɬ), Katzie, and Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) peoples, on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser University’s three campuses stand. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation through dialogue and decolonizing practices. We invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Critical Algorithm Studies. Areas of research and teaching may include, but are not limited to, critical data studies; social implications of data systems and infrastructures; algorithmic bias; politics of content moderation; science and technology studies; intersectional analyses of digital labour; and platform studies. We especially welcome scholars who engage with Indigenous studies, Black studies, intersectional feminisms, decolonization and postcolonial studies, queer theory, trans studies, disability studies, critical race/ethnic studies, and transcultural and global studies. We are open to a range of approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, digital methods, and/or applied practices (e.g. creative interventions, data visceralization, community-led design), or a combination of approaches. The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for publication and research funding, for collaborative initiatives, and for working with students from diverse backgrounds. The candidate will be expected to teach and supervise students at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum and to undertake service and work with partners inside and outside the University. Candidates are expected to have a completed Ph.D. (or Ph.D. near completion) in Communication, Media Studies, or a related discipline. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. SFU is an equity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university. Candidates are asked to submit: - Cover letter with indication of citizenship and/or residency status (2-3 pages) - Curriculum vitae - Research statement (2 page maximum) - Description of teaching philosophy and experience (1 page maximum) - One (1) sample of work (e.g. one article, chapter, policy report, creative work) - Contact information for three referees. (Letters of reference may be requested at a later date.) - Short statement with a description of past or potential contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion through teaching, mentoring, research, or service to the profession and/or community (1 page maximum) *All documents should be combined into a single PDF file with bookmarks.* Please send applications to Brenda Baldwin, Director's Assistant, at cmnsdsec(a)sfu.ca <%20cmnsdsec(a)sfu.ca>, addressed to: Dr. Zoë Druick Director School of Communication Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6 Review of applications will begin on* November 15, 2020* and continue until the position is filled. The start date for the successful candidate is expected to be *September 1, 2021 * Under the authority of the University Act, personal information that is required by the University for academic appointment competitions will be collected. For further details, please see the Collection Notice. <http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/collection_notice.html> *Assistant Professor — Media, Communication, and Public Engagement* The School of Communication at Simon Fraser University is a national and global leader in the discipline and a dynamic site of research and teaching. Founded on a tradition of critical approaches to media and culture, technology studies, global communication, culture industries and policy, and applied media production, the School is home to several research groups, including the Digital Democracies Institute. We are a large and thriving unit with 1400 undergraduate majors and 100+ graduate students. We acknowledge the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Tsleil-Waututh (səlil̓ w̓ətaʔɬ), Katzie, and Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) peoples, on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser University’s three campuses stand. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation through dialogue and decolonizing practices. We invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Media, Communication, and Public Engagement. Specific areas may include, but are not limited to, social media, activism and social movements, popular culture, political communication, and theories of media publics. We especially welcome scholars who engage with Indigenous studies, Black studies, intersectional feminisms, decolonization and postcolonial studies, queer theory, trans studies, disability studies, critical race/ethnic studies, and transcultural and global studies. We are open to a range of approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, digital methods, and/or applied practices (e.g. media storytelling; documentary and community media production and research), or a combination of approaches. The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for publication and research funding, for collaborative initiatives, and for working with students from diverse backgrounds. The candidate will be expected to teach and supervise students at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum and to undertake service and work with partners inside and outside the University. Candidates are expected to have a completed Ph.D. (or Ph.D. near completion) in Communication, Media Studies, or a related discipline. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. SFU is an equity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university. Candidates are asked to submit: - Cover letter with indication of citizenship and/or residency status (2-3 pages) - Curriculum vitae - Research statement (2 page maximum) - Description of teaching philosophy and experience (1 page maximum) - One (1) sample of work (e.g. one article, chapter, policy report, creative work) - Contact information for three referees. (Letters of reference may be requested at a later date.) - Short statement with a description of past or potential contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion through teaching, mentoring, research, or service to the profession and/or community (1 page maximum) *All documents should be combined into a single PDF file with bookmarks.* Please send applications to Brenda Baldwin, Director's Assistant, at cmnsdsec(a)sfu.ca, addressed to: Dr. Zoë Druick Director School of Communication Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6 Review of applications will begin on *November 15, 2020* and continue until the position is filled. The start date for the successful candidate is expected to be *September 1, 2021.* Under the authority of the University Act, personal information that is required by the University for academic appointment competitions will be collected. For further details, please see the Collection Notice. <http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/faculty_openings/collection_notice.html> _________________________________________ *Aleena L. Chia*, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Communication, Simon Fraser University aleena.chia(a)sfu.ca | @aleenachia | aleenachia.org At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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cfp: Por(n), Sex+ [Big] Data
by Rebecca Saunders 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Call for Papers Por(n), Sex2+ [Big] Data Porn Studies Journal Guest edited by Rebecca Saunders Deadline for Abstract Submissions of 500 words: 30th October 2020 Deadline for finished articles: 8th March 2021 Please send your abstracts and short bio to r.i.saunders2(a)hud.ac.uk<mailto:r.i.saunders2@hud.ac.uk> This special issue of Porn Studies considers the important relationship between big data and contemporary pornography and sex media. The cultural and political impact of big data, as well as the ethical implications of its collection and commodification, have been urgently researched within the fields of digital humanities, science and technology studies and digital sociology. This special issue turns these areas of inquiry, crucially, towards the analysis and understanding of contemporary sexuality and gender. Consuming pornography online and engaging with broader pornified media such as smart sex toys and dating apps generate data about how people desire, their socio-sexual interactions and the physiology of pleasure. As sexual culture in the digital North becomes thoroughly integrated with digital technologies and interfaces, the ethics, economics and politics of big data become central to examining the power relations and biopolitics of the sexual body in the twenty-first century. This special issue invites academics, producers, activists and educators to explore the economic, cultural and political implications of the relationship between big data, pornography and sex tech. Important areas of inquiry include but are not limited to: * The cultural impact and economic uses of data gathering through online porn consumption * MindGeek and Pornhub Insights * Dating applications * Crip sex and big data * Smart sex toys * AI sex robots * The use of algorithms in sex tech * New materialism and embodiment * The datafied sexual self * Sexual self-care and health * Racialised components of big data collection in sexual technologies Please send abstracts of up to 500 words and a short biographical note to r.i.saunders2(a)hud.ac.uk<mailto:rebecca.i.saunders2@hud.ac.uk> by 30th October 2020. Finished articles should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words and are due on the 8th of March, 2021. Dr Rebecca Saunders Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Department of Media and Performance School of Music, Humanities and Media University of Huddersfield My latest publication is the monograph Bodies of Work: The Labour of Sex in the Digital Age, part of Palgrave's Dynamics of Virtual Work series. University of Huddersfield inspiring global professionals. [http://marketing.hud.ac.uk/_HOSTED/EmailSig2014/EmailSigFooterMarch2019.jpg] This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.

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Call for participation: Value-driven Next Generation Internet workshop
by Anja Bechmann 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Dear AoIR community, Registration is open for the Value-driven Next Generation Internet: A future Internet in support of people’s lives and global sustainability, a pre-conference to AoIR2020 Annual Conference<https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2020_Participate>. To register, please click: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexPvyu651FstdQktH3oOJ6mGGNLU7tkCi… We are very much looking forward to having your expert opinion on how to inform further policy work that ensures a future human-centric internet! The workshop is organized by DATALAB, Aarhus University, and co-organisers Steve Jones, Katrin Tiidenberg, Nancy Baym, Andra Siibak, and Michael Zimmer. About the Workshop: The aim of the workshop is to bring new insights into how to support a more human-centric evolution of the internet. As non-human-centric internet technologies and data-driven business models increasingly shape life on the planet, the story of the internet today has evolved into a story of loss of control. Early optimism about the Internet's potential for broader civic engagement and a healthier democracy (Abbate, 2000; Berners-Lee et al., 1999; Gillies & Cailliau, 2000; Rheingold, 2000)<https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?hGygJ1> has been replaced by cynicism and declining trust brought on by an increasing centralization of power over the internet. Themes: In the process of shaping an alternative internet model to compete with the dominant narratives, high-level internet research in progressive internet technologies and policies will play a crucial role, answering questions such as: Which values, regulatory approaches, business models and technologies are going to be at the core of the future internet? In which contexts do these aspects of the internet currently develop? What are the possible future trajectories of the core internet technologies and associated stakeholders? Which values should these technologies uphold to ensure a progressive and human-centric development and widespread introduction? These are some of the questions driving this half-day pre-conference workshop on a more human-centric future internet. This is a continuation of a successful pre-conference workshop at AoIR2019 with the aim of feeding AoIR-insights into the European Commission’s ambitious Next Generation Internet initiative (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/next-generation-internet-init…) When: Monday 26 October, 14.00-17.00 UTC * Confirm YOUR time zone with UTC here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc Where: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/69591371138 Conference registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexPvyu651FstdQktH3oOJ6mGGNLU7tkCi… REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR THE CONFERENCE BEFOREHAND SO WE CAN OPTIMIZE THE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. Mode: Lightning talks and live discussion. The session will be recorded and the insights will be translated into a report for the European Commission, keeping full anonymity of the participants. If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact the organizing team representatives Mathias Holm Sørensen (matho(a)cc.au.dk<mailto:matho@cc.au.dk>) or Marina Charquero Ballester (marinacharquero(a)cc.au.dk<mailto:marinacharquero@cc.au.dk>) Sincerely, On behalf of the Organizing team, Anja Bechmann Professor & Director of DATALAB Mobile: (+45) 51335138 Email: anjabechmann(a)cc.au.dk Web: www.datalab.au.dk DATALAB, Center for Digital Social Research Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, ICT-City 8200 Aarhus N Denmark New publications: Bechmann, A. 2020. Tackling Disinformation and Infodemics Demands Media Policy Changes<https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3AFQGNYRV8AFUE5ZMHUT/full?target=10.1080…>, Digital journalism, 1-13. Henriksen, A & Bechmann, A. 2020. Building truths in AI: Making predictive algorithms doable in healthcare<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1751866>, Information, Communication & Society, 1-15 Bechmann, A. & Zevenbergen, B. 2020. AI and Machine Learning: Ethical Guidelines<https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> IRE 3.0, Association of Internet Researchers. Bechmann, A. & Kim, J.Y. 2020. Big Data: A Focus on Social Media Research Dilemmas<https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-76040-7_18…>, Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity, 427-444 Bechmann, A. 2019. Inequality in posting behavior over time: a study of Danish Facebook users<https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0012>, Nordicom Review, 40(1). Bechmann, A. & Bowker, G.C. 2019. Unsupervised by any other name: Hidden layers of knowledge production in artificial intelligence on social media<https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718819569>, Big Data & Society, 6(1). Bechmann, A. & Nielbo, K. 2018. Are We Exposed to the Same “News” in the News Feed? An empirical analysis of filter bubbles as information similarity for Danish Facebook users<https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1510741>, Digital Journalism, 6(8). Bechmann, A. 2017. Keeping it real: From faces and features to social values in deep learning algorithms on social media images<https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/41372> HiCSS, 50.

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