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New Facebook Research Position Available in Responsible Innovation
by Alex Leavitt 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Important research position now open at Facebook at the intersection of social media, ethics, and responsible design. We are looking for strong, mixed-methods social scientists. Ping me if you want to apply! https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/601636160535073/ --- Sent from phone. Alex Leavitt Facebook Research

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for workshop proposals
by Axel Soto 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

ACM IUI 2021 2nd CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, TX, USA April 13 - 17, 2021 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). This year we are particularly interested in workshops that have an interactive aspect. Preference will be given to workshops with interactive and hands-on sessions where participants can team up or work together towards the common goal of the workshop. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. == PROPOSAL FORMAT == Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2021(a)iui.acm.org) and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Please submit your proposal via the PCS 2.0 submission system (https://new.precisionconference.com) The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to the IUI audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from (sigconf): http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2021. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by January 3 2021 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2021 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshops and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2021 workshop chairs. == IMPORTANT DATES == Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP Workshop date: Proposals Due: September 15, 2020 Decisions sent: October 07, 2020 Submissions due: December 23, 2020 Reporting of status: January 03, 2021 Final go/no-go decisions: January 05, 2021 Notification to authors: January 31, 2021 Camera-ready for workshop summary [ACM Companion] February 10, 2021 Camera-ready for accepted papers February 28, 2021

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JoCTEC Book Review Requests
by Plothe, Theo 20 Aug '20

20 Aug '20

Colleagues, In preparation for forthcoming issues of JoCTEC, we are soliciting book reviews from scholars like yourself. We have a number of titles for your consideration. Anne H. Stevens, Molly C. O’Donnell, eds. The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-microgenre-9781501345807/ Elinor Carmi. Media Distortions: Understanding the Power Behind Spam, Noise, and Other Deviant Media (2020) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/70160 Brady Robards & Siân Lincoln. Growing Up on Facebook (2020) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408 Jiwoo Park & Dafna Lemish. KakaoTalk and Facebook: Korean American Youth Creating Hybrid Identities (2019) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/68515 Edward Downs, ed. The Dark Side of Media and Technology: A 21st Century Guide to Media and Technological Literacy(2019) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/65416 Jeremy Hunsinger & Andrew Schrock, eds. Making Our World: The Hacker and Maker Movements in Context (2019) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/69394 Andrea Guzman, ed. Human-Machine Communication (2018) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64309 Bastiaan Vanacker & Don Heider, eds. Ethics for a Digital Age, Vol. 2 (2018) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/67397 D. Travers Scott, Pathology and Technology: Killer Apps and Sick Users (2018) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/65721 Theo Plothe & Amber Buck. Netflix at the Nexus (2019) https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/69620?format=HC Anne Stevens & Molly O’Donnell. The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-microgenre-9781501345807/ Reviews should be around 2000 words in length and should be submitted within three months of receipt of the book. If you are interested in reviewing any of these titles, please email me at plothet(a)savannahstate.edu<mailto:plothet@savannahstate.edu>. Please include your mailing address so I can arrange to have a copy of the book sent to you. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Editor, Journal of Communication Technology Division of Communication Technology, AEJMC

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Aspen Tech Policy Hub Launches Projects on Disaster Technology
by Betsy Cooper 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

Dear AoIR Listserv, It is my pleasure to introduce the fifth set of projects from our 2020 Fellowship class. The projects, focused on [1]Disaster Technology: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis, provide exciting innovations in disaster response communications and solutions for reducing software's carbon footprint. We released the projects at our webinar today; you can watch a video of the event [2]here. I invite you to read more about the projects below, and to check them out on our website: [3]Aspen Tech Policy Hub Projects. Please stay tuned for our announcement next week about webinars to release the results of our COVID-19 Challenge Grants. Warm Regards, Betsy Cooper Director, Aspen Tech Policy Hub Projects on Disaster Technology: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis [4]Helpful Alternative Link Protocol When disaster strikes, reliable and easy-to-use communications become absolutely critical. Dependable communications are needed to pair those in distress with those able to provide assistance. However, recent fires, earthquakes and hurricanes have shown us that sometimes the cell networks that our society has come to rely on fail in disasters. Having both resilient cell networks and a backup option if cell carrier networks fail is critical to the safety and security of the United States. The Helpful Alternative Link Protocol (HALP) aims to improve the networks we currently have, and provides a fallback network if primary carriers fail. HALP uses LTE cellular bands for citizen-powered last mile mesh communications, so that citizens can communicate with those around them if existing cell services fail. [5]Tech Companies Combating Climate Change To avoid the worst effects of climate change, scientific consensus states that CO₂ emissions must decline 40 to 60 percent by 2030 to keep our planet from warming more than 1.5°C. To achieve these goals, the software industry, whose climate impact from cloud computing is often underestimated, must significantly change. Large companies like Google and Microsoft are taking action to reduce their carbon footprint. Yet most startups lack the resources to understand and factor climate impact into business decisions. This project recommends that investors engage with portfolio companies to help them understand their climate impact and make changes. It supplies startups with tools to understand the impact of cloud providers, measure their carbon footprint, and take action to clean up their software supply chains. [6]Learn More CONTACT US [7]Twitter [8]Website [9]Email Address References 1. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-demo-day-disast… 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb23wB-sygs&feature=youtu.be 3. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/projects/ 4. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/project/helpful-alternative-link-protoco… 5. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/project/climate-change/ 6. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/projects 7. https://www.twitter.com/AspenPolicyHub 8. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/#/ 9. mailto:aspentechpolicyhub@aspeninstitute.org Unsubscribe: https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.php?r=71217812&l=113004&s=0KZB&… This message was sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org from betsy.cooper(a)aspeninstitute.org Betsy Cooper The Aspen Institute 2300 N Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20037

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Borders, bordering and sovereignty in digital space // Online symposium // September 2nd and 3rd
by Morris,CJ (pgr) 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

Dear list members, I’m here to extend an invite to the online symposium Dr Chenchen Zhang and I have organized, Borders, bordering and sovereignty in digital space. The conference is taking place on the 2nd and 3rd of September, between 09:00 to 18:30 GMT+1. Please find the program attached here<https://twitter.com/carwyn/status/1296182771413639169> (sorry, I don’t have a website for hosting!). We have the following panels: * Digital activism and alternative imaginaries * Making digital sovereignty I – The European Union * Making digital sovereignty II – China and Russia * Cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, and techno-nationalism * Mobility, border politics, and humanitarian governance * Law, jurisdiction, cyber offences * Dataveillance and data governance * Technology, infrastructure, urban geography Our roundtables (which may be streamed) are: * Data sovereignty and data colonialism, with Nick Couldry, Payal Arora, Ralph Litzinger and Amir Anwar * COVID-19, technology, borders, with Mimi Sheller, Ayona Datta, Florian Schneider and Chenchen Zhang While the symposium is not ‘public’, we have some room for those whose research interests align with the themes of the symposium. If you’re interested in attending, please send an email to me on this email address c.j.morris(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:c.j.morris@lse.ac.uk> and we'll look to fit as many people in as we can. Best, Carwyn Morris Doctor of Human Geography and Urban Studies Department of Geography and Environment London School of Economics Tweeting @carwyn<https://twitter.com/carwyn> <https://twitter.com/carwyn>

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Invitation to CSCW workshop on participatory design & data feminism
by Erhardt Graeff 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

Catherine D'Ignazio, Christina Harrington, Daniela Rosner, and I are organizing a one-day workshop at the CSCW conference <https://cscw.acm.org/2020/> to be scheduled for October 17 or 18. The workshop will be completely virtual. *Toward Equitable Participatory Design: Data Feminism for CSCW amidst Multiple Pandemics* https://cscw2020datafeminism.wordpress.com/ The workshop is intended for community organizers, designers, and academics who work on and think about design and data projects in communities and want to explore and discuss critical approaches in the context of 2020's multiple pandemics of COVID-19, anti-Black racism, and a global economic crisis. Applications to join us (short personal statements) are due September 14, 2020. More information and submission links are on the workshop website. <https://cscw2020datafeminism.wordpress.com/> We hope some of you can join us! Erhardt -- Erhardt Graeff https://erhardtgraeff.com pronouns: he, him, his

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Job: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Business Technology Management, ICCIT University of Toronto Mississauga
by Tero Karppi 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

Title: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Business Technology Management Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga Department: Institute of Communication, Culture Information & Technology Closing Date: October 13, 2020, 11:59 pm Candidates must have a PhD in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computational Social Sciences, or a related field by the appointment start date, or shortly thereafter. Candidates must have a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and pedagogical inquiry, and have teaching experience in a degree granting program at both the undergraduate and graduate program levels that includes lecture preparation and delivery, development of online material/lectures, instructing students in hands-on development of technical skills, pedagogical research and publishing lab preparation and delivery, innovative assessment methods, and broader curriculum development. Candidates must also demonstrate a commitment to improving their pedagogical practices, and an interest in teaching-related scholarly activities. Evidence of excellence in teaching and pedagogical inquiry can be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier submitted as part of the application including a strong teaching statement, sample syllabi, course materials, and teaching evaluations, as well as strong letters of reference. We are looking for candidates whose academic work focuses on the impacts of recent innovations in information and communications technologies on businesses and society. We are seeking candidates with both well-developed technical skill-sets and research and teaching interests that will complement our existing strengths. The successful candidate should have a record of teaching and research emphasizing the connections between information technology, business practice, and organizational forms. Areas of emphasis include management information systems, software development, web development, business analytics, design thinking, cybersecurity, UI design, virtualization, cloud computing, networking, and computer & information sciences. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. ICCIT focuses on teaching and research excellence in its three undergraduate programs: Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, Digital Enterprise Management and Professional Writing and Communication. The successful applicant will join a vibrant intellectual community of world-class scholars at Canada’s leading university. For information, please visit www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit. To be considered for this position, all application materials must be submitted online by October 13, 2020. Applications must include the documents listed below, formatted as 4 attachments with naming convention LastnameFirstname_CV.pdf, LastnameFirstname_Writing.pdf, etc.: Attachment 1: Cover Letter, CV Attachment 2: Statement of Pedagogy and statement of contributions to equity and diversity (see details below) Attachment 3: Writing Sample demonstrating experience with business technology management Attachment 4: Teaching Dossier (Max. 20 pages, to include a teaching statement, list of courses taught, sample syllabi, course evaluation data summary) Equity and diversity are among UTM’s core values and are essential to academic excellence. We seek candidates who value diversity and whose research, teaching and service bear out our commitment to equity. Candidates are therefore also asked to submit a 1-2 page statement of contributions to equity and diversity, which might cover topics such as (but not limited to): research or teaching that incorporates a focus on underrepresented communities, the development of inclusive pedagogies, or the mentoring of students from underrepresented groups. Applicants must also provide the name and contact information of three references. At least one referee must primarily address the candidate’s teaching. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of reference from each once an application is submitted. Applicants, however, remain responsible for ensuring that references submit letters by the closing date, October 13, 2020. Letters of recommendation (on letterhead, signed, dated and scanned) should be addressed to Professor Rhonda McEwen, ICCIT Director. Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. If you have any questions about this position, please contact iccit.utm(a)utoronto.ca. All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by October 13, 2020. Please apply on the University of Toronto website: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Assistant-Professor%2C-Teaching-St…

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WEBCAST TODAY – Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic
by Joly MacFie 18 Aug '20

18 Aug '20

This is just about to start. As well as the organizations listed below, Jonathon is on the NYC Museum, Arts and Culture Access Consortium Steering Committee. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday August 18 2020 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic‘. Presenter Jonathon Epstein of AHRC NYC and InTandem will discuss t" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/allynyc0820>On *Tuesday August 18 2020* at *7pm EDT* (23:00 UTC) the *Accessibility NYC Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/>* (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘*Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/271970821/>*‘. Presenter *Jonathon Epstein* of *AHRC NYC <https://www.ahrcnyc.org/>* and *InTandem <https://www.intandem.org/>* will discuss the ways in which, in the age of COVID-19, government agencies, non-profits and cultural institutions are working together to support their constituents in ways that are as accessible and intersectional as possible. The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society Accessibility SIG <https://a11ysig.org>*. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/allynyc0820 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/allynyc0820> (Open Captions)* *PARTICiPATE: https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/271970821 <https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/271970821>/* *REAL TIME TEXT: http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc <http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc>* *TWITTER: @a11ynyc Jonathon Epstein <https://bit.ly/3apRRyw> @AHRCNYC #INthistogether* *SIMULCASTS* *https://youtu.be/OPFoJ1T24fA <https://youtu.be/OPFoJ1T24fA> (comment here)* *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/allynyc0820 <https://archive.org/details/allynyc0820>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12586/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Announcement - Credibility Tech Demo Hour September 10, 12pm ET
by Ahmed Medien 18 Aug '20

18 Aug '20

Announcement: September 10 Zoom Webinar Wiki Credibility Tech Demo Hour The WikiCred grants initiative was launched earlier this year with a focus on information credibility/reliability and new tools on open-knowledge platforms like Wikipedia and Wikidata. The Demo Hour will be held on September 10th at 12 pm EDT where 6 of our grantees will demo their Wikipedia projects. You can register for the online event here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEpva_wwZA9xIjtTni7-y0tZ_VgXW8nzV…> . 👈👈 WikiCred is a grants programme managed by the Credibility Coalition, Hacks Hackers, members of Wikimedia DC, and other groups. We support research, software projects, and Wikimedia events that explore information reliability and credibility in the Wikimedia space and the overall online information ecosystem. So far, we have funded 12 projects over 3 rounds of funding. You can find a full list of the projects here <http://wikicred.org/#projects> or our own blog <https://misinfocon.com/search?q=wikicred>. Projects range from strengthening credible vaccine content on Wikipedia to automating the additions of references to Wikidata. 6 grantees will join us to present their work for 5 mins each followed by a Q&A from the attendees. Let me know if you have any questions about the project or the event. Best regards, Ahmed Medien

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Experiences using Zoom during COVID19
by Patrick Lowenthal 18 Aug '20

18 Aug '20

Reminder (Last Chance to Share Your Experiences) Colleagues and I are investigating faculty experiences using synchronous video-based communication technology (e.g., Zoom, WebEx) and how recent experiences working from home and teaching at a distance might influence future use of communication technologies. The survey *takes five minutes*. This study involves no foreseeable serious risks. Leave any questions blank that make you feel uncomfortable or you would prefer to skip. Contact Patrick Lowenthal (208-426-2426 patricklowenthal(a)boisestate.edu) with questions or concerns about study. For questions about rights as a research participant, contact Boise State University Institutional Review Board, which focuses on protecting volunteers in research projects, M-F (8am-5pm) at 208- 426-5401 or Institutional Review Board, Office of Research Compliance, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr Boise ID 83725. Access the survey: https://boisestate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5uVJxDSwvsZf6Z Or tinyurl: *https://tinyurl.com/y3zr9gcr <https://tinyurl.com/y3zr9gcr>* _______________________________ *PATRICK LOWENTHAL*, Ph.D. *Associate Professor & Co-Coordinator of Ed.D.* Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University http://patricklowenthal.com Recent Publications: --Thinking beyond Zoom <https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/216192/> --Does Class Size Matter? <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08923647.2019.1610262>

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