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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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Edited Volume "Theorising Media and Conflict" (Berghahn's Anthropology of Media Series)
by Philipp Budka 18 Aug '20

18 Aug '20

Dear All, Just a quick note that the edited volume "Theorising Media and Conflict" (Budka & Bräuchler, 2020) is now offered for 30% off until 1 September via Berghahn Book's website (hardcopy and e-book; code SUMMER20): https://berghahnbooks.com/title/BudkaTheorising It is the 10th book in Berghahn's Anthropology of Media Series (https://berghahnbooks.com/series/anthropology-of-media) and the introduction is available for free: https://berghahnbooks.com/downloads/intros/BudkaTheorising_intro.pdf All the best, Philipp -- Philipp Budka https://philbu.net/ https://twitter.com/philbu

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Reminder - Disaster Tech Demo Day August 19, 9am PT
by Betsy Cooper 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Reminder: August 19 Webinar Disaster Tech: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis If there is anything that the COVID-19 crisis has taught us, it is the importance of planning for future large scale risks. How can we change or use technology to better prepare for the looming crisis of climate change and other disasters? We write to remind you that this Wednesday August 19, 9-10am PT, our Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellows will showcase their projects focused on Disaster Tech: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis. Our fellows, [1]Raylene Yung and [2]Alexander Romero will be presenting their projects focused on innovative disaster coordination technology and reducing the tech sector's carbon footprint. Following the presentations, we are thrilled to be joined by former FEMA official Carlos J. Castillo, who will give a keynote address. It’s not too late to register; sign up now: [3]D[4]isaster Tech: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis. [5]RSVP This conversation is part of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub’s Demo Day Video Series. Please visit [6]our website to learn more about our series and RSVP for other events and learn about our [7]past fellow projects here. CONTACT US [8]Twitter [9]Email Address [10]Website References 1. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/team/raylene-yung/ 2. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/team/alexander-romero/ 3. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-demo-day-disast… 4. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-demo-day-disast… 5. https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3fDd9lAdTmyTykKzXgZMig 6. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/fellows-release-interactive-policy-proje… 7. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/projects/ 8. https://www.twitter.com/aspenpolicyhub 9. mailto:aspentechpolicyhub@aspeninstitute.org?subject=Newsletter Question 10. 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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special issue on emergency remote teaching under COVID is live
by Rebecca Reynolds 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Announcing the publication of an openly access special issue of the journal *Information and Learning Sciences* containing 42 articles written by expert scholars in learning sciences and LIS, addressing emergency transitions to remote teaching under COVID19 pandemic. All 42 articles, each ~3500 words, are being offered for free (no paywall; full access to all PDFs) for the next 6 months in an effort by the editors, authors and publisher Emerald, to help educators prepare their ongoing pandemic response. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ils/special-issue-free-acces… <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> The articles were written as rapid-turnaround responses to the journal's call for pragmatic evidence-based guidelines on remote teaching strategies from learning sciences and information science scholarly communities. All articles contain research-supported approaches for teaching and learning in the following context categories: K-12, Higher Education, School/Public Librarianship, Parenting, Educator Professional Development. The introductory editorial is here: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ILS-05-2020-144/full/ht… <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> The journal info is here and we invite ongoing submissions: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ils <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> NOTE: Many of this special issue's articles are written pragmatically, with the education practitioner audience in mind. With open accessibility, we hope these can be helpful to those preparing their ongoing pandemic teaching adaptations. The link is available on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InfoLearnJournl/status/1288850708876480519 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> We invite you to help circulate the news about the availability of this resource to interested individuals and groups (researchers and educators). Rebecca B. Reynolds, Ph.D. Associate Professor Rutgers University School of Communication & Information Dept. of Library & Information Science Co-Founder and Co-Editor, *Information and Learning Sciences* <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprote…> journal https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/reynolds-rebecca @rbrbrbr

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Call for Papers: The Philosophy and Law of Information Regulation in India
by Divij Joshi 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Hello, The Centre for Law and Policy Research, India, is calling for papers for a volume on 'The Philosophy and Law of Information Regulation in India'. This project is an effort to collate multi-disciplinary scholarship on the subject of the law and philosophy of information regulation, with a specific focus on India. We invite multi-disciplinary submissions from fields of law, history of science, science and technology studies, informatics and information sciences, political and economic philosophy, design studies, and other related fields to reflect on the relationship between law, technology and information, with specific reference to the institutions of public law in India. Submissions taking a comparative approach between jurisdictions addressing similar concerns are particularly appreciated. Paper abstracts must be sent by *September 10, 2020. *Final submissions will be workshopped in* December, 2020, *and the volume will be published by *March, 2021.* The detailed Call for Papers is available here - https://clpr.org.in/blog/the-philosophy-and-law-of-information-regulation-i… Please do spread the word. Best Regards, Divij Joshi ---- divij.me

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Need resources to get up to speed on QAnon
by raincoaster 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Hello AOIR'rs, I'm a cybersecurity journalist coming back from a 4 year health-related hiatus. I need to get up to speed on the whole QAnon conspiracy pretty quickly for a couple of projects, and am more out of the loop than I thought. If anyone has any pointers to primary and secondary sources relating to QAnon, I'd really appreciate it. My background is the opposite side of the coin: hacktivism with a focus on Anonymous. Starting from scratch here, so all suggestions are appreciated, particularly since half the accounts seem to be banned from Twitter and the other half blocked me ten years ago. Thanks in advance for any guidance. Lorraine Murphy -- The Cryptosphere <http://thecryptosphere.com>: short and sweet cyber and crypto for the whole family! raincoaster <http://raincoaster.com>: 49 degrees latitude, 360 degrees attitude! raincoaster media <http://raincoastermedia.com>: transformative social media training

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The New Organs - living under surveillance capitalism
by Richard Forno 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

(h/t Tama Leaver who posted their video on Twitter. Might be of interest to some here. --rick) THE NEW ORGANS is a collection of stories about living under surveillance capitalism. Ever had the feeling that the internet knows more about you than you think it should? Perhaps you’ve mentioned something in conversation that later appeared in an online advertisement, or noticed that web content changes based on your physical location. The New Organs is a project to gather, archive and investigate the theories and realities of corporate surveillance. Over the past year we've collected stories about weird online ads — ads that seem to know too much, as well as your theories of why you might be seeing them. Using these stories as a starting point, we’ve investigated the details of how internet companies monitor, exploit and manipulate us in an attempt to understand how surveillance capitalism operates. https://neworgans.net/

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New Book: Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach
by Preeti Raghunath 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you the release of my book, '*Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach*', with Palgrave Macmillan. It is part of the Palgrave Series on Communication for Social Change. You can access the ebook and hardcover here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-5629-6 *About the Book:* The book draws on critical media policy studies, to study the principles and performances of policies and policymaking for community radio in four countries of South Asia---Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. It focuses on the processes and practices of deliberation that go into policymaking, across space and time, and the global-local spectrum. It stitches together a critical media policy ethnography, drawing on over a 100 formal interviews and informal conversations with policy actors from South Asia, in a bid to present a deliberative policy analysis of policymaking for community radio in the region. Drawing on Grounded Theory, the book fleshes out the Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach as an inclusive heuristic to study media policies. *Keywords* Media Policy, Media Policy making, Media in South Asia, Policy Ethnography, Community Radio Look forward to your feedback! Best, Preeti -- Preeti Raghunath, PhD Assistant Professor Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC) Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India My New Book: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811556289 Email: preeti.raghunath(a)simc.edu Website: www.preetiraghunath.com Twitter: @preetiraghunath Phone: +919160518081 Visiting Fellow Nepal Institute of International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE) <https://niice.org.np> Media Anthropology Research Collective-South Asia: https://mediaanthropologysouthasia.wordpress.com

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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet in The Time of Crisis
by Joly MacFie 16 Aug '20

16 Aug '20

This has just kicked off. Shout out to the late David Vyorst for providing the hashtag. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday August 14 2020 at 5pm EDT (21:00 UTC) the Internet Law & Policy Foundry (ILPF) in partnership with the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter (ISOC DC) host the first in a series of roundtables - 'Internet in The Time of Crisis'. In these un" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ilpf1>On *Friday August 14 2020* at* 5pm EDT* (21:00 UTC) the *Internet Law & Policy Foundry <https://www.ilpfoundry.us/>* (ILPF) in partnership with the* Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isocdc.org>* (ISOC DC) host the first in a series of roundtables - '*Internet in The Time of Crisis <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-in-the-time-of-crisis-tickets-1115533…>*'. In these unprecedented times, with inequities around health, race, privacy and class all coming to the fore, the Internet now plays more of a role in our lives than ever, so how are these fundamental societal issues reflected through this omnipresent and critical technology? This roundtable will focus on issues around social media, health tech, digital surveillance and overall psychology and well-being on the Internet. *SPEAKERS* *David Morar*, Elliott School of International Affairs *Muira McCammon*, Annenberg School for Communication *Suchi Pahi*, Director of Privacy and Business Affairs, Rally Health *Yasodara Cordova*, Civic Engagement, World Bank Group *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ilpf1 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ilpf1>* *PARTICIPATE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-in-the-time-of-crisis-tickets-1115533… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-in-the-time-of-crisis-tickets-1115533…>* *TWITTER #internetpolicyforum <https://bit.ly/3kKNjrk> @isocdc @ILPFoundry* *@morar @muira_mccammon @SuchiPahi* *SIMULCAST* *https://youtu.be/iOpejbP4qek <https://youtu.be/iOpejbP4qek> (ISOC DC)* *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/ilpf1 <https://archive.org/details/ilpf1>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12600/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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