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Aspen Tech Policy Hub Webinar: Responding to Social Isolation Through Education and the Arts Sept 9 9am PT
by Betsy Cooper 01 Sep '20

01 Sep '20

September 9 Webinar: Responding to Social Isolation Through Education and the Arts The COVID-19 crisis forced many of us into difficult social isolation–hitting pause on engagement with cultural attractions, traditional education, and in-person events. How can we provide tools to educators and cultural institutions in order to provide rich digital experiences in learning and the arts to mitigate the adverse effects of social isolation? Join Aspen Tech Policy Hub [1]COVID-19 Challenge Grantees as they showcase their projects focused on [2]R[3]esponding to Social Isolation Through Education and the Arts. Following the presentations, we are thrilled to be joined by [4]Beth Harris and [5]Steven Zucker, Co-Founders of [6]Smarthistory, who will give further remarks on the projects and the current reimagining of cultural and educational institutions. This webinar is part of our Challenge Grant Project Presentations series. Learn more [7]on our website. [8]RSVP The projects to be presented are: Cultural Engagement To Mitigate Social Isolation by Michael Peter Edson & Dana Mitroff Silvers. COVID-19 has presented GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) and performing arts organizations with new, urgent demands to create services and programs that mitigate the effects of social isolation. But while many organizations want to accelerate their programming, most need help with training, funding, and other forms of technical and creative support to respond at the speed or scale necessitated by COVID-19. [9]Michael Peter Edson and [10]D[11]ana Mitroff Silvers joined forces to give expert coaching and support to ten organizations across the country on the accelerated development of experimental digital programs that combat the negative effects of social distancing in their communities. Suggestion Box. In the spring, schools quickly responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with their best attempts at remote learning. But for fall 2020, schools were tasked with developing tailored, equitable remote learning plans that could better support their communities’ unique needs. [12]Nidhi Hebbar and [13]Yusuf Ahmad created The Suggestion Box to provide schools with an iterative design toolkit to quickly source challenges from teachers, students, and families in order to design responsive, needs-based learning plans. The Suggestion Box enables schools to effectively prioritize their communities’ challenges, inform technology procurement, and establish a remote organizational culture that better supports teachers in their new environments. [14]RSVP CONTACT US [15]Twitter [16]Email Address [17]Website References 1. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/covid-19-challenge-grant-project-present… 2. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-covid-challenge… 3. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-covid-challenge… 4. https://smarthistory.org/author/dr-beth-harris/ 5. https://smarthistory.org/author/dr-steven-zucker/ 6. https://smarthistory.org/ 7. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/covid-19-challenge-grant-project-present… 8. https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ScXsFMNmTnakkC9RPEinPg 9. https://www.usingdata.com/about/#bio 10. https://designinginsights.com/team/dana-mitroff-silvers/ 11. https://designinginsights.com/team/dana-mitroff-silvers/ 12. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/team/nidhi-hebbar/ 13. https://www.linkedin.com/in/yusufahmad/ 14. https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ScXsFMNmTnakkC9RPEinPg 15. https://www.twitter.com/aspenpolicyhub 16. mailto:aspentechpolicyhub@aspeninstitute.org?subject=Newsletter Question 17. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.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 aspentechpolicyhub(a)aspeninstitute.org Betsy Cooper Aspen Tech Policy Hub 2300 N Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20037

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Extended Call to to Sept 15 for JoCTEC Communication Technology and Well-Being Special Iissue
by Plothe, Theo 01 Sep '20

01 Sep '20

Colleagues, We have decided to extend the call by two weeks until Sept. 15 for our call for a Communication Technology and Well-Being Special Iissue. We encourage scholars to read the call below and consider submitting to the issue. JoCTEC is a growing forum for scholars in the field of communication technology, and we look forward to receiving your manuscripts. Communication Technology and Well-Being There are always concerns for people’s well-being in the current digital age. We are not unfamiliar with the worries that the usage of digital media may increase people’s stress, cause more depression, reduce life satisfaction, or elicit even more serious health problems. Therefore, technology giants, like Google, have emphasized their missions to improve users’ well-being, such as helping people form healthy habits of media use, stay away from distraction, and build balanced relationships with digital devices (see https://wellbeing.google/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect2.…>). However, not everyone agrees with the notion that people’s well-being in the digital age is in danger. A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center among more than 1,000 digital media experts discovered that almost half of the respondents believed in the beneficial impact of digital media on people’s well-being (Anderson & Rainie, 2018). For example, some people argue that the increased connectiveness through social media may benefit people’s mental health. Such inconsistency could also be found in the existing scholarship of well-being and digital media. While some research has reported direct and indirect effects of using digital media on various symptoms of ill-being (e.g., Primack et al., 2017; Vannucci, Flannery, & Ohannessian, 2017), other scholars have argued that using digital media does not necessarily hurt (e.g., Hall, Kearney, & Xing, 2018) or even benefits people’s well-being (e.g., Chou & Edge, 2012). Well-being is a complicated psychological construct. It contains multiple dimensions—from people’s temporary emotional feelings to their overall satisfaction of life (Chan, 2013; Goswami, 2012). It is not our intention to affirm whether using digital media improves or inhibits people’s well-being, as there is no consensus and there will probably not be one. We attempt to carry on the conversation of well-being in the digital age from a different perspective—to understand the role of communication technology. We believe communication technology is a double-edged sword for well-being. Instead of debating whether using digital media is good or bad, a more meaningful way is to investigate how the various aspects of communication technology influence the well-being of different groups of users under distinct circumstances. It is possible that a certain group of users may exhibit improved well-being with a certain aspect of communication technology under a certain circumstance, but they may exhibit a completely opposite symptom of well-being when the technology factor or contextual factor changes. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum where the role of communication technology in influencing digital users’ well-being could be deeply discussed. Empirical papers, qualitative research, and literature reviews are all welcome as long as the impact of a certain aspect of communication technology on people’s well-being is highlighted. By identifying the relevant boundary conditions and underlying mechanisms, this special issue aims to forward theory building and development in the field of technology psychology. The ultimate goal of this special issue is to provide some useful guidance for digital practitioners to better protect users and promote their well-being. JoCTEC is the official journal of the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. This journal aims to bring together research that facilitates discussion and cultivates understanding of the ways in which communication technologies are changing not only media processes and content, but also audiences, institutions, and society at large. Topics Potential paper topics include (but are not limited to): ● The impact of using digital media on people’s emotions or moods. ● How does media multitasking influence people’s well-being? ● The role of technological features of digital media, such as interactivity and customization, in affecting people’s well-being. ● Users’ well-being in social media platforms, like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. ● Users’ well-being in emerging media platforms, like social live streaming (e.g., Twitch and Bilibili). ● Online gamers’ well-being. ● Information clutter/overload and well-being. ● How does digital advertising affect consumers’ well-being? ● How does “fake news” affect the public’s well-being? ● Children’s well-being in the digital age. Guideline for Paper Submission Submissions should follow the manuscript guidelines for JoCTEC. ● Prepare the manuscript using APA (6th ed) citation style, with text of no more than 9,000 words (inclusive of abstract, figures/tables, and references). ● Submit the manuscript in Word format with all author-identifying information omitted to allow blinded peer review. ● Confirm manuscript is not before another journal for consideration, and that the manuscript has not been previously published, including in a language other than English. The submission deadline is Sept 1, 2020. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Editor, Journal of Communication Technology Division of Communication Technology, AEJMC

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ALGO 2020 Call for PARTICIPATION
by Francesco Betti Sorbelli 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

=== ALGO 2020 Call for PARTICIPATION === Online, September 7-10, only afternoons EU time http://algo2020.di.unipi.it ALGO 2020 includes: ATMOS (from 7th-8th), ALGOSENSORS (from 9th to 10th), ESA (from 7th to 9th), WABI (from 7th to 9th), WAOA (from 9th to 10th) ATTENDANT REGISTRATION is FREE !! ... but **mandatory** (to gain access to the virtual rooms) Please register by writing an email by Sept. 5, 2020, to algo2020attendant(a)gmail.com Registration is valid for all ALGO conferences PLENARY ALGO SPEAKERS Ronitt Rubinfeld, CSAIL, MIT, Cambridge, USA — Local Computation Algorithms (on Monday) Martin Savelsbergh, Georgia Tech, USA — Algorithms for Large-Scale Service Network Design and Operations (on Tuesday) Dan Gusfield, University of California Davis, USA — From Integer Programming to SAT-Solving in Computational Biology (on Wednesday) Pierre Fraigniaud, IRIF, Université Paris-Diderot, France — Local Distributed Certification of Global States (on Thursday morning) Clifford Stein, Columbia University, USA — Parallel Approximate Undirected Shortest Paths Via Low Hop Emulators (on Thursday afternoon) FURTHER EVENTS + ATMOS and WABI Invited Speakers + ESA Test-of-Time Award + ESA Social Junior-Senior Event + REGULAR SESSIONS OF ALL CONFERENCES FULL PROGRAM http://algo2020.di.unipi.it/programme.html See you at ALGO!!! ALGO 2020 Organization Committee -- Francesco Betti Sorbelli

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cyberactivism
by mgoyam＠yahoo.com 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

Dear all, Some students of mine have asked me for literature about cyberactivism, since they want to get involved and start social movements. I have referred to them to some books and authors that analyze cyberactivism, but not about how to become cyberactivist. I was wondering if any of you would know of such literature. Thanks!Mariana -----Mariana Goya-MartinezCommunication Department, Universidad Iberoamericana, Tecnológico de Monterrey @MGMideas Priming - Artificial Intelligence - Collective Intelligence - Media Effects - Brain - Networks

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ACM IUI 2021: 2nd Call for papers
by Axel Soto 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Papers *** * College Station, TX * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 2, 2020 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 9, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute methodology or theory for the evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas—academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations—and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and a doctoral consortium for graduate students. ### COVID-19 statement We are monitoring the situation regarding the global pandemic and associated travel restrictions. If needed, we will offer a virtual presentation option if the conference cannot take place due to the global pandemic, or if registered authors from specific parts of the world cannot attend the conference. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: full and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however full papers should make more substantial and significant contributions, while short papers can contain more focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2021". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Internet of Things (IoT) * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media and other Web technologies * Mobile applications * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation systems * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Speech-based interfaces * AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents, virtual assistants) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * User experiments * User studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analyses * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 2, 2020: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 9, 2020: Papers deadline * Dec 14, 2020: Notification * Feb 8, 2021: Camera ready due * Apr 13, 2021: Conference starts ## Submission Guidelines Check the submission guidelines on the conference page: https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Program Chairs * John O’Donovan, University of California, Santa Barbara * Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University * Paul Teale, Texas A&M * Jeeeun Kim, Texas A&M * Aaron Adler, Raytheon BBN Technologies * Manoj Prasad, Microsoft * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org

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Rerearch on Github Contributors and LinkedIn
by Ushnish Sengupta 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

Hello Has anyone completed research on Github contributors? Lets say for example my hypothesis is that the contributors for a particular software project are mostly male, and very few are female. You might say this is a given, but Open Source Software production is notoriously gendered, racialized etc. there is some broad research indicating these imbalances, and I would like to try it on a software project basis to affect real change. The good news: Github provides the list of contributors, number of commits for each project. But, the contributors are listed by username, by itself not useful in determining demographics. >From the username, and some biographical details, I can probably locate most contributors on another open platform LinkedIn to determine demographics of contributors to a particular project on Github. So all analysis will be based on open and publicly available data. Anyone done any similar analysis on Github or LinkedIn? I know identification of gender and other demographics from social media profiles is fraught with problems. But I also see many activists, doing this type of analysis to gather data on race, gender etc to shine a light on imbalances. And although the initial analysis is flawed and incomplete, the company/organizaion/project eventually responds wih substantial changes (including proper demographic surveys!). So sometimes the ends justify the initial means. Sincerely Ushnish Sengupta -- *Recent Book Chapters:* Monoculturalism, Aculturalism, and Postculturalism: The Exclusionary Culture of Algorithmic Development <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3621779> Business Process Transformation in Natural Resources Development Using Blockchain: Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Trustless Technology, and Rebuilding Trust <https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030443368> *White Papers:* Meeting Changing Customer Requirements in Food andAgriculture Through Application of Blockchain Technology <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3429200> Business in the Front, Crypto in the Back: How to Be a Blockchain Startup in Fintech <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3423179> *Key Articles:* The Future of Social Economy Leadership and Organizational Composition in Canada: Demand from Demographics, and Difference through Diversity <http://interventionseconomiques.revues.org/2794> Indigenous Cooperatives in Canada: The Complex Relationship Between Cooperatives, Community Economic Development,Colonization, and Culture <http://www.jeodonline.com/sites/jeodonline.com/files/articles/2015/08/13/6s…> Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada:Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship <http://anserj.ca/anser/index.php/cjnser/article/view/196>

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"Bringing Climate Politics Home" SSN Seminar with A/Prof Jessica Lehman and Prof Abby Kinch
by Thao Phan 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

Please join us for this online seminar hosted by the Deakin Science and Society Network <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/> (SSN). You can join the conversation on Twitter by following us at @SSNDeakin and using the hashtags #SSNseminar *Register here: https://ssnseminar-lehmanandkinchy.eventbrite.com.au <https://ssnseminar-lehmanandkinchy.eventbrite.com.au/>* *Title:*Bringing Climate Politics Home: Lived Experiences of Flooding and Housing Insecurity in a Natural Gas Boomtown *Abstract:*Shale oil and gas development has transformed many North American communities into boomtowns, created new environmental health risks, and generated a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. In public policy and research, these social and environmental transformations are typically addressed separately--even though people often experience them together. In this paper, we develop a framework for examining lived connections between fossil fuel extraction and climate change. We propose the concept of carbon mobilization to describe the multiple stages of fossil fuel extraction and combustion that may be experienced separately (as an economic boom, climate disaster, or air pollution, for example) or simultaneously, in locally distinctive combinations. We explore lived experiences of carbon mobilization in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, a community that, in the last decade, has gone through a shale gas boom and bust and has twice suffered from severe flooding. Interviews with social service providers and county leaders indicated that connections between the fossil fuel industry and climate disaster manifested most saliently around housing security—particularly the loss of housing due to floods as well as economic insecurity related to boom-bust cycles. Economic changes that gas development brought to the community made flood resilience more challenging for some, and easier for others. In the county, there were “double losers,” for whom economic changes combined with climate changes to create major housing hardships. At the same time, the natural gas industry was a “double winner”--benefitting from climate disaster by gaining a reputation for helping the community recover from the floods. This case suggests that while global climate discourse may not resonate locally in communities where fossil fuels are produced, people make locally-salient connections between different stages of carbon mobilization, and these connections have important public policy and social justice implications. *About the speakers:* *Jessica Lehman* is Assistant Professor of Geography (Human-Environment) at Durham University. Her research focuses primarily on international environmental politics. She is especially interested in marine geographies, environmental knowledge production, and resource politics. *Abby Kinchy* is a Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She studies environmental politics and writes about conflicts involving science, social movements, and controversial new technologies. Most recently, she co-authored Science by the People: Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge (Rutgers, 2019). *About the discussants:* *Kirsty Howey *is a Research Fellow at Deakin University where she is conducting research on environmental risk and the regulation of onshore hydraulic fracturing industry in the Northern Territory. A former lawyer, her PhD research ethnographically examined practices of native title and land rights agreement-making. She lives in the boom/bust city of Darwin. *Watch the seminar:* Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live link: https://youtu.be/5z6ye9BkNsE Date/time: Tuesday 15th September, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time, GMT+10) Q&A with the speaker to follow. To send questions/participate in the chat, you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account <https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>. 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-info(a)deakin.edu.au

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RIPE@Dialogues: A webinar series on universalism and Public Service Media
by Jonathon Hutchinson 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

**with apologies for cross-posting** Dear Colleagues, Just bringing to your attention a series of very relevant discussions around public media of which you may be interested. This is the lead up to the launch of the International Association of Public Media Researchers (iaPMR) network. Let me know if you have any questions. Jonathon RIPE@Dialogues: A webinar series on universalism and Public Service Media 9 and 16 September 2020, 14:00–15:30 UTC (10:00 hrs in Toronto/Canada & New York/USA; 15:00 hrs UK; 16:00 hrs Belgium, Denmark, Germany; 17:00 Finland/Qatar) 23 September 2020, 13:00–14:30 UTC (9:00 hrs in Toronto/Canada & New York/USA; 14:00 hrs UK; 15:00 hrs Belgium, Denmark, Germany; 16:00 Finland/Qatar) This three-part webinar discusses and debates the case for the need to revitalize the universalism mission by reimagining its conceptual and practical dimensions: • How do we understand the heritage concept of universalism as a mission for the public service orientation in media provision, and what remains relevant in that heritage concept for Public Service Media today? • What has become dysfunctional and is no longer appropriate either as a concept or pursuit in universalism as a mission, and why? • What emerging trends, developments, and dynamics offer promise for a renewed set of practices that pursue universalism in ways that are highly appropriate for the public service mission today? The webinar series brings together authors of the new RIPE@2019 reader of the same theme, titled Universalism in Public Service Media (Nordicom, 2020): https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publikationer/universalism-public-service-med…. Each webinar begins with short introductions to the theme and features critical dialogue with contributing authors, followed by a Q&A period for open discussion. The webinar is open for scholars, students, media professionals, policy-makers, advocates, or anyone interested in Public Service Media. Please sign up for any or all of the webinars, here: https://forms.gle/iP7FqP6zio7hhtHX7. You will be emailed confirmation immediately and a reminder with the link to join the webinar on the day of the event. Session 1: Fundamentals | Wednesday 9 Sept 2020, 14-15:30 UTC What are the foundations of universalism and how do they translate to today’s contexts? • Barbara Thomaß, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany: Universalism in History, Modern Statehood and Public Service Media • Peter Goodwin, University of Westminster, UK: Universal – But Not Necessarily Useful • Dialogue Moderator: Philip Savage, McMaster University, Canada • Discussant: Gregory F. Lowe, Northwestern University in Qatar Session 2: Practices | Wednesday 16 Sept 2020, 14-15:30 UTC How have Public Service Media organizations resolved the challenge of universalism? • Karen Donders, Vrije University, Belgium and/or Hilde Van den Bulck, Drexel University, USA: Universality of Public Service Media and Preschool Audiences: The Choice Against a Dedicated Television Channel in Flanders • Julie Munter Lassen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Multi-Channel Strategy, Universalism and the Challenge of Audience Fragmentation • Dialogue Moderator: Gregory F. Lowe • Discussant: Philip Savage Session 3: (Near) Futures | Wednesday 23 Sept 2020, 13-14:30 UTC How are developments such as datafication shaping universalism? Is “personalized enlightenment” possible? • Jannick Kirk Sørensen, Aalborg University, Denmark: Personalized Universalism in the Age of Algorithms • Lizzie Jackson, London South Bank University, UK: Datafication, Fluidity, and Organisational Change: Towards Public Service Media 3.0 • Dialogue Moderator: Philip Savage • Discussant: Gregory F. Lowe RIPE@Dialogues is hosted by the new International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR) and co-curated by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg. The seminars are arranged with the support of the CORDI Research Consortium, University of Helsinki and Tampere University. The webinars will also be recorded and made available as audio and video via IAPMR. Please be in touch with any questions: minna(a)minnahorowitz.net DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Senior Lecturer Online Communication and Media Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences HDR Coordinator Treasurer of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Secretary of International Association of Public Media Research (IAMPR) THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N233, John Woolley Building (A20) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 | M +61 421 178 971 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au> | W sydney.edu.au<http://sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com.au<http://www.jonathonhutchinson.com.au/>

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An invitation: Digital Geography and Society journal
by Jessica McLean 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

Dear all, I hope that this email finds you safe and well in these uncertain and troubling times. This email is an invitation to contribute to a new open access journal - ‘Digital Geography and Society’. The editorial collective of Sam Kinsley Sophia Maalsen and myself very much welcome submissions. We are delighted to have published an excellent first article from Casey Lynch entitled Unruly digital subjects: Social entanglements, identity, and the politics of technological expertise<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-2uIC6XQ68flyjKnTpQ7M9?domain=sciencedire…>. We have published an introductory Editorial that explains our rationale for publishing in the near-term and I very much welcome any responses, as I am sure my co-editors do. Please find the Editorial here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2020.100002<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/q3TRC71R63CjZ4kOHWq3gg?domain=doi.org> and our aims and scope here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/digital-geography-and-society/about/a…<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ygghC81Vq2C8YDR7T28Cd7?domain=sciencedire…> We have another great article in press from Emily Nicolosi, Richard Medina, Colin Riley and Phoebe McNeally entitled Crowdsourcing sensitive VGI: Constructing the hate incident reporting system<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8f29C91W8rCV2LB5sOAbea?domain=sciencedire…>. We are pleased to share that this journal will waive the APC (Article Publishing Charge) through 2020. This will be applicable for any submissions received before 31st December 2020, which are accepted for publication after peer review. We are hoping to offer a ‘Meet the Editors’ and ‘Get to know the journal’ online session soon so if you are interested please do look out for further announcements. If you are interested in contributing to the journal as an author, editorial board member or reviewer please do get in touch – everyone is welcome. This is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks to publish social science and humanities research offering critical perspectives on the complexities and interconnected nature of digital geographies. Best wishes Jess McLean - on behalf of Sam Kinsley and Soph Maalsen. Dr Jessica McLean Senior Lecturer Department of Geography & Planning<http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/dep…>, Room 414, Level 4, 25B Wally's Walk Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia| T: +61 9850 6295 || E: jessica.mclean(a)mq.edu.au<mailto:jessica.mclean@mq.edu.au> [logo]<http://mq.edu.au/> CRICOS Provider Number 00002J Please consider the environment before printing this email. This email (including all attachments) is confidential. It may be subject to legal professional privilege and/or protected by copyright. If you receive it in error do not use it or disclose it, notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. The University does not guarantee that any email or attachment is secure or free from viruses or other defects. The University is not responsible for emails that are personal or unrelated to the University’s functions.

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CfP: Comparing Digital Journalisms - Special issue in 'Digital Journalism' (Scopus Q1)
by Svetlana S. Bodrunova 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Dear AoIR community, please see below a call for submissions that might be interesting for those of you who do research on digital media and journalism online. --- CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE - Comparing Digital Journalisms Across Nations and Cultures Digital Journalism (Scopus Q1), abstracts due November 1, 2020 In 2004, the landmark study by Hallin and Mancini, ‘Comparing Media Systems’, has opened doors for hundreds of comparative studies in journalism, media, and communication that featured nearly every aspect of media life. However, an important mediated realm that has been under-studied comparatively is digital journalism – whether seen as a theoretical concept, a professional domain, or a creative industry. Since 2004, media and communication world has changed beyond recognition. Digital journalism and social media are becoming the leading source of information for citizens all over the world, demanding more than a humble place within models of journalism of the previous era. Transborder mediated communication and proliferation of global audiences have put under question whether nation states need to remain major units of analysis for comparative media and journalism studies, and other analytical categories need to be developed. On one hand, globalization of media brands and platforms, as well as formation of cross-regional agendas, especially in times of crises like the global recession or pandemic, evoke expectations that digital journalism practices may standardize across nations. On the other hand, there is growing evidence that local/regional social, political, and cultural factors critically affect how digital journalism is made and perceived. The challenges of populism and authoritarianism, audience segmentation, digital and social inequalities, blurring borders of media trust, and spread of misinformation create a need for new criteria in comparative journalism studies. The special issue aims at bringing together comparative studies of digital journalism in various contexts and across them, elaborating comparative criteria, and discussing the methodological and institutional challenges in comparative digital journalism research in the globalized yet very diverse world. The issue seeks to examine whether digital journalism differs depending on social or cultural contexts, geographic proximity of countries, political or economic factors, accessibility of ICTs, and specifics of media landscapes, among other factors. We welcome comparative studies that involve at least two countries, as well as theoretical contributions. In particular, we invite submissions that engage with (but are not limited to) one or more of the topics below: • Digital journalisms? Contextual dependence of the development trajectories of the digital journalism practices around the world • The place of digital journalism in the existing approaches to modeling media systems • Digital journalism compared cross-culturally and cross-regionally: variables and metrics • Comparing media policies in response to growth of digital journalism • Cross-country comparisons of the recent digitalization effects and digital practices of journalism • Democratic and wider societal roles of digital journalism in both democratic and non-democratic contexts • Digital and non-digital journalism: competition and strategies for claiming niches • Digital journalism and politics in comparative perspective • Technological and social challenges for digital journalism in various parts of the world • Digital divide and economic divide: implications for digital journalism The special issue is open for regular submissions; decisions about inclusion will be quality-based, reliant on thorough peer-reviewing. Information about submitting: Abstract submissions (500-750 words excluding references, indicating central questions, theoretical framework, and methodology) are to be sent to guest editors: Svetlana Bodrunova s.bodrunova(a)spbu.ru and Anna Gladkova gladkova_a(a)list.ru. Full papers are expected to be between 7,000 and 9,000 words long, including references, tables, figures, and supplementary materials. The queries about the special issue should also be addressed to the guest editors. Timeline: Abstract submission to emails of guest editors: November 1, 2020 Authors notified of the results of abstract selection: November 20, 2020 Deadline for full paper submission to ScholarOne: March 20, 2021 -- Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Prof., D.Polit.Sci. Head, Center for International Media Research School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St.Petersburg State University +7 921 933 02 14 s.bodrunova(a)spbu.ru, spasibo-tebe(a)yandex.ru

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