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AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award - Winner
by Carmen Lee (ENG) 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award - Winner On behalf of the AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award Committee, it is my pleasure to announce that this year’s Dissertation Award goes to Dr. Elisabetta Ferrari’s dissertation, 'The Technological Imaginaries of Social Movements: The Discursive Dimension of Communication Technology and the Fight for Social Justice’. Dr. Ferrari's study investigates the construction and role of technological imaginaries of social movements in three different countries - the US, Italy, and Hungary, through a multi-method qualitative approach. Here is a summary of the review committee’s comments: This is an extremely well-written dissertation that tackles a timely and pressing social issue. Dr. Ferrari's work stands out for its conceptual clarity, structure of argumentation and readability. It makes a clear contribution to the existing body of knowledge with new conceptual avenues and methodological innovation. The Committee also found the multicultural dimension particularly appealing, contributing more diversity to scholarly debates in the spirits of AoIR. Congratulations, Dr Ferrari! The Committee has also recognized Dr. Fernanda Rosa’s dissertation 'Global Internet Interconnection Infrastructure: Materiality, Concealment and Surveillance in Contemporary Communication’ with an Honorable Mention. I would also like to thank my colleagues on the Committee, Dr. Jessica Beyer, Dr. Taina Bucher, and Dr. Aljosha Karim Schapals, for their hard work in the review process. Best wishes, Carmen Lee Chair, AoIR 2020 Dissertation Award Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carmen Lee, PhD. Director, MA in Applied English Linguistics, Associate Professor, Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong Associate Editor, Discourse, Context & Media (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/discourse-context-and-media)

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Job: Associate Professor - Mediated Communication, ICCIT University of Toronto Mississauga
by Tero Karppi 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Title: Associate Professor - Mediated Communication Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga Department: Institute of Communication, Culture Information & Technology Closing Date: October 20, 2020, 11:59 pm The Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT) at the University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a full-time tenure stream appointment in the area of Mediated Communication at the rank of Associate Professor. The position start date is July 1, 2021, or shortly thereafter. Candidates must have a PhD in communication, sociology, computational social science, network science, information science, or a related area. Candidates must have a demonstrated exceptional record of excellence in research and teaching. They must demonstrate an excellent research program emphasizing the application of quantitative methods, big data analytics, network analysis, or mixed methods with a strong quantitative component, to study the role of technologically mediated communication in society; We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and strengthen our Institute’s existing strengths. Candidates will have an established international reputation and will be expected to sustain and lead innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to maintain an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program. The successful candidate will have experience researching and teaching mediated communication studies, quantitative research methodologies, sociology, information studies, and emerging media. Successful candidates must have an active and excellent program of research that uses quantitative methods, big data analysis, or mixed methods with a strong quantitative component, to study the implications of technologically mediated communication for broad social and structural phenomenon, such as but not limited to the restructuring of work and home life, transnational networks, precarious labour and the gig economy, political engagement, and health, consumer culture, communication and exchange networks, or social movements. Candidates must have an emerging reputation in a social science-related field and will demonstrate research excellence through the submitted research statement; the demonstrated ability to attract research funding; record of sustained high-impact contributions and publications in top-ranked and field relevant scholarly journals, and strong endorsements from referees of high standing. Other evidence of research excellence such as presentations at significant conferences, distinguished awards and accolades, and other noteworthy activities that contribute to the visibility and prominence of the discipline, will also be considered. Excellence in teaching can be demonstrated by the teaching dossier outlining experience and accomplishments. The dossier must include a statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and teaching evaluations. The successful candidate will have a graduate appointment in one of the University of Toronto's tri-campus graduate departments such as the Department of Sociology. 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. ICCIT is building a research complement in the theory and practice of communication, interactive and immersive digital media and culture, new media design, and management in/of technology organizations. 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. All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking the link below. 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, and CV Attachment 2: Research statement and statement of contributions to equity and diversity (see details below) Attachment 3: Writing Sample (ONE peer-reviewed, first- or sole-author scholarly work demonstrating significant contribution to the field of Mediated Communication; do not submit entire doctoral theses) Attachment 4: Teaching Dossier (Max. 20 pages, to include a list of courses taught, sample syllabi, course evaluation data summary, and statement of teaching philosophy) 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. 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 20, 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 20, 2020. Please apply on the University of Toronto Mississauga website: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Associate-Professor-Mediated-Commu…

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Internet Research [Information regarding Air Quality in Urban Spaces, Information Deluge, Quality of Information]
by Hanna Gawel 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Dear Researchers, I am delighted to be part of this elite forum of International Researchers. My name is Hanna Gawel and I am a Polish PhD student at Jagiellonian University, in the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences (discipline: Social Communication and Media Studies), with a background in Information Management and Library Studies. I am supervised by Professor Wiesław Babik. My research quantifies information ecology and evolutionary dynamics of information at a range of spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scales. I am exploring how modern communities of different generations respond to changes in the information environment during technological change and the information deluge. Understanding the events associated with informational pathologies could help communications professionals involved in information processing to create, adapt, and deliver reliable and high-quality information to the public. Over the next three years, I will be researching information regarding air quality in urban spaces of Polish, Finnish, Swedish and German cities. In doing so, I can then understand how (or if) information about air quality is developed and managed. I am also open to collaborating with experts in this domain too. Please write back to me on this e-mail. I am an Information Manager and my social media profile links are here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannagawel/ Website: hanna-gawel-academic.tumblr.com Look forward to inputs & advise from across the world. Regards, Hanna Gawel +48503333885

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how tweeting is changing in the covid-19 era
by kalev leetaru 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

Given all of the research on Twitter and COVID-19, I thought many on this list would find useful our just-related update to last year's in-depth look at Twitter's evolution 2012-2019, this time updating it through the end of June 2020 and showing how tweeting has changed during the pandemic. Some highlights include the enormous surge in tweeting from Mar. 12-30 which has remained sustained in the months since, the influx of new users, the reduced number of links being shared and the sharp decline in geotagged tweets. These statistics are especially useful for normalizing COVID-19-related findings to determine whether results are specific to pandemic discourse or merely reflect background changes in Twitter usage itself: https://blog.gdeltproject.org/visualizing-twitters-evolution-2012-2020-and-… K

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FINAL CFP: IEEE TALE 2020 EdTech & STEM Ed Conference - Online/Virtual, 8-11 Dec (Scopus, Ei Compendex, CPCI)
by Lee, Mark 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 2020: An International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education 8-11 December 2020 - Online/Virtual http://tale2020.org/ Submission Deadline: 17 August 2020 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TALE is the IEEE Education Society's premier conference series in the Asia-Pacific region ( http://www.tale-conference.org/ ). It aims to provide a forum for scholars and practitioners to share their knowledge and experience in engineering and technology education, as well as in technology-enabled educational innovation across a variety of academic and professional disciplines. The target audience of the conference is diverse and includes those working in the higher education, vocational education and training (VET), K-12, corporate, government and healthcare sectors. The theme of this year's conference is "Embarking on a new era of learning with transformative technologies." The conference theme challenges us to look anew at how the potential of current and emerging technologies can and/or should be harnessed for education and learning in our ever-changing world. Over the last several decades, digital technologies have revolutionized the way we work, play and learn-arguably changing our lives for the better overall-but they have not come without their problems and challenges (e.g., environmental degradation, social inequity arising from the "digital divide," ethical and moral dilemmas brought about by artificial intelligence). Over the next ten years (2020-2029), technologies such as AI, robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and extended or cross-reality (XR) that augment human sensory abilities, cognition and performance will continue to evolve and have a transformative impact. How can we ensure this transformation is positive, both for and through learning? As these technologies increasingly blur the boundaries between human and machine, and between physical and virtual, what can we do so the technology works toward our advantage, for the betterment of all of society and of our planet? Participants of TALE 2020 are encouraged to engage with these and other questions from creative, multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspectives as we stand on the precipice of this new era of learning with transformative technologies. CORE TRACKS 1. Engineering Education (University/College) 2. Computing & IT Education (University/College) 3. STEM Education (K-12) 4. Technology-Enhanced Learning 5. Open, Flexible & Distance Learning 6. Workplace & Industry-Based Learning SPECIAL TRACKS 1. XR and Immersive Learning Environments  Organized in conjunction with the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) http://tale2020.org/special-track-1/ 2. Learning analytics for the next phase: Empowerment of learning using learning analytics Organized in conjunction with Learning and Educational Data Science Research Unit (LEDS), Kyushu University http://tale2020.org/special-track-2/ 3. Preparing the workforce for Industry 4.0: Robotics, automation, and ubiquitous smart technologies in education Organized in cooperation with Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS) http://tale2020.org/special-track-3/ TOPICS Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: - Academic Staff/Faculty Development - Accreditation and Quality Assurance - Active Learning Spaces - Artificial Intelligence in Education - Assessment and Evaluation - Blockchain in Education - Capstone Projects and Project-Based Learning - Computer-Based Learning and Courseware Technologies - Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning - Curriculum Design - Distance, Open and Flexible Education - Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics - Educational Games and Simulations - Educational Policy, Leadership and Administration - Entrepreneurship Programs - Ethical, Legal and Social Justice Issues (e.g., Access, Equity) - Gender and Diversity - Generic Skills (e.g., Communications, Teamwork) - Human-Machine Collaborative Learning - Industry Linkages and Partnerships - Instructional and Learning Design - Intelligent Tutoring Systems - Introductory Engineering and Computing Courses - Just-in-Time Learning and Job Performance Support - K-12 Initiatives and Partnerships - Laboratory Experiences (On-Campus and Remote) - Learning Management Systems - Learning Technology Standards and Standardization - Marketing and Outreach for Engineering and Computing Programs - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) - Microcredentialing and Badges - Online/E-Learning and Blended Learning - Open Educational Resources (OER) - Personal Data and Security in Education - Research Training (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) - Robotics in Education - Service Learning and Experiential Learning - STE(A)M education in K-12 or higher education - Technology Infrastructure for Supporting Next-Generation Learning (e.g., 5G, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things) - Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Learning Environments - Wearable, Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning - Work-Based and Work-Integrated Learning KEY DATES (2nd Round CFP) - Paper Submission Deadline: 17 August 2020, Japan Standard Time - Notification of Acceptance: 1 October 2020 - Camera-ready submission: 8 October 2020 - Early-bird and Presenter Registration: 8 October 2020 - Conference: 8 - 11 December 2020 (ONLINE) PRESENTATION FORMATS - Full (6-8 pages) Paper for Oral Presentation - Short (4-6 pages) Paper for Oral Presentation - Short (4-6 pages) Paper for Poster Presentation - Work-in-Progress Paper (2-4 pages) for Poster Presentation PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW Prospective authors are invited to prepare submissions of two (2) to eight (8) A4 pages (including tables, figures and references) in standard IEEE double-column format, using the following template: http://tale2020.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/conference-template-a4.docx Use of any other IEEE templates is NOT acceptable as there are subtle differences between those templates and the conference template that will affect the consistency in appearance of papers published in the proceedings. Importantly: - Do not change the paper size (A4) or margins in the template. - The headers and footers must remain empty. (They should not contain page numbers or anything else!) - Formatting of the paper must be done using the pre-defined MS-Word styles in the template, rather than manually. The paper must use all the predefined font styles, sizes etc. as per the template. - Basic examples of citations and references are included in the template, but authors are required to fully adhere to the guidelines and instructions stipulated in the IEEE Reference Guide at http://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/IEEE-Reference-Guide.pdf. (Where there are conflicts between the template and the IEEE Reference Guide, the IEEE Reference Guide prevails.) - Please ensure that all template text (guidance text for composing and formatting conference papers) is removed from your conference paper prior to submission. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference website, from which guidelines and templates are available. Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail. A blind peer-review process will be used to evaluate all submitted papers. *** Please note that due to the tight timelines, in the second CFP round, authors whose papers are accepted or conditionally accepted will have only about one week to complete their revisions and submit their camera-ready versions. Consequently, in this round papers requiring extensive revisions are more likely to be rejected outright than in the first round. *** Paper Submission System (ConfTool): https://www.conftool.net/tale-conference/ PUBLICATION AND INDEXING All accepted and registered full, short and work-in-progress papers that are presented at TALE 2020 as well as all extended abstracts describing the nontraditional sessions presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore(r) digital library. Content loaded into Xplore is made available by IEEE to its abstracting and indexing partners, including Elsevier (Scopus, Ei Compendex), Clarivate Analytics (CPCI-part of Web of Science) and others, for potential inclusion in their respective databases. In addition, the authors of selected papers may be invited to submit revised and expanded versions of their papers for possible publication in the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (2019 JCR Impact Factor: 2.714) or the IEEE Transactions on Education (2019 JCR Impact Factor: 1.714). The expanded version must make substantively different contributions to the conference version, and publication will be subject to the relevant journal's regular editorial and peer-review policies and procedures. 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: question on data policy for research on extremist social media content
by cbouko 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

Hi all, I have often had informal conversations with peers about the problem of sharing (violent) extremist content extracted from social media between us, insofar as one could be considered as purveyors of extremist propaganda in doing so, even if one shares such data for scientific purposes. I haven't found any policy of that kind on the internet, though. Do you have some links to such policies or documents, please? Thanks very much! Wishing you a lovely summer, Catherine -- Catherine Bouko Ghent University Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Groot-Brittanniëlaan 45 9000 Gent Belgium Bureau: B2.06 http://research.flw.ugent.be/en/catherine.bouko

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Participants recruitment for WhatsApp users in India
by Kanthawala, Shaheen 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

Hello! We’re looking for participants for an interview study conducted at University of Alabama with regular users of the messaging app, Whatsapp. At this time we are only looking for participants living in India and over the age of 40. If you use Whatsapp as your regular, day-to-day communication app, we want to talk to you. Please contact us by either replying to this email or reaching us at skanthawala(a)ua.edu<mailto:skanthawala@ua.edu> or jlmaddox(a)ua.edu<mailto:jlmaddox@ua.edu> to schedule! The interview should not take more than 30-60 mins. Participants will be compensated with an Amazon India gift card worth 250 Rupees. We would also appreciate if you could share this email with any one who might be interested in participating! Thank you! Best, Shaheen Kanthawala, PhD Assistant Professor, Journalism & Creative Media The University of Alabama 402A Reese Phifer skanthawala(a)ua.edu<mailto:skanthawala@ua.edu> | https://jcm.ua.edu

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New Book on Affordances (out today!!)
by Jenny Davis 11 Aug '20

11 Aug '20

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am here to announce the release of my book “How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things.” Out today with MIT Press. The book shifts the driving question in affordance analyses from “what objects afford” to “how objects afford, for whom and under what circumstances?" Please consider this work as you finalize your syllabi. If you adopt the book, I am happy to Zoom in for a Q&A with your class. I’m also available for Zoom book talks and seminars. Purchase here from MIT Press : https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford Learn more about the book on my website: https://www.jennyldavis.com/how-artifacts-afford-the-power-and-politics-of-… Best, Jenny Jenny L. Davis Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology The Australian National University New Book: How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things (MIT Press 2020)<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/how-artifacts-afford> Website: jennyldavis.com<https://www.jennyldavis.com/> Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis>

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Seeking for self-tracking research using social media analytics as a method
by Xiufeng Jia 11 Aug '20

11 Aug '20

Hello AOIR friends, I am a PhD researcher at the University of Sheffield in the UK, researching people’s feelings about their self-tracking data in China. I am using two methods in my research: interviews and social media analysis. Does anyone know if there is any other research about users’ feelings about self-tracking which uses social media analysis as a method, or any self-tracking research more broadly that has used social media analysis as a method? I am interested in getting a sense of what keywords were used and how they were derived. Thank you! Best wishes, Xiufeng Jia --- Xiufeng Jia Department of Sociological Studies, Northumberland Rd, Sheffield, S10 2TU https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/postgraduate-research-students/xiufe… Due to my own work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.

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CFP: Special issue of Internet Histories: Dead and Dying Platforms - abstract due 9/1
by Lingel, Jessa 11 Aug '20

11 Aug '20

Dead and Dying Platforms: The Poetics, Politics, and Perils of Internet History Muira McCammon & Jessa Lingel (University of Pennsylvania) Rationale & Motivation This special issue explores internet histories through the lens of “platform death” as a way of understanding how digital communities grapple with absence, invisibility, and disappearance. Collectively, the contributions in this issue will address the cultural, geopolitical, economic, and socio-legal repercussions of what happens when various corners of the Internet fail, decline, or expire. As a point of departure, we assume that platforms can bring together a wide set of actors, from politicians to parents, teens to technologists, spies to free speech activists; they can serve as a stage where people gather, argue, develop personal relationships, and jockey for divergent futures (Marvin, 1988; Pearce, 2011; Baym, 2015; Lee, 2017; Gillepsie, 2018). But what becomes of platforms when they fade, fail, or fall from public favor? What can dead and dying platforms tell us about the internet’s growth and stagnation, its present and futures? We seek to complicate, document, and build on the narratives of platform change, collapse, death, precarity, and frailty that scholars (Gehl, 2012; Chun, 2016; Belleflamme & Neysen, 2017; Gomez-Meijia, 2018; Helmond & van der Vlist, 2019) and tech journalists (Kircher, 2016) have highlighted over the past two decades. Recent scholarship has focused on the rise and resilience of certain tech enterprises, such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter (e.g. Burgess & Green, 2009; Vaidhyanathan, 2018; Jackson, Bailey, & Foucault Welles, 2020), but much of this research has privileged big platforms over the small, surviving digital communities over the dead, and Silicon Valley-born-and-bred design thinking over that birthed outside tech hot spots. Studies imagining the demise of Big Tech platforms (Ohman & Aggarwal, 2019) and tracing consumer resistance to digital media (Katz & Aspden, 1998; Portwood-Stacer, 2013) have largely ignored both the values and frailties of Small Tech in great depth. While historical and contemporary research has addressed the themes of digital departure (Wyatt, 1999; Baumer et al., 2013), disappearing mediums (Gehl, 2012; Suominen et al., 2013; Ballatore & Natale, 2016), and user mortality (Leaver, 2013), it has largely left the theme of “platform death” to the wayside. Another key absence in this literature is attention to platforms and communities outside the U.S. and Europe. With the above gaps in the literature in mind, the impetus for this special issue came from a forthcoming panel in the Communication History Division at the May 2020 International Communication Association’s Annual Conference, “Dead and Dying Platforms: The Poetics, Politics, and Perils of Internet History.” When organizing the panel, over 20 different scholars in six countries writing on the histories of specific, bounded platforms expressed interest. Though not all could be included in the final panel, many articulated a desire to contribute to a special issue, such as this one, focusing on the promises and perils of single platforms through the lens of Internet history. This special issue seeks to bring together diverse thinkers and scholars with expertise in a range of dead and dying platforms. Description of CFP Procedure We aim to bring together contributors active in the fields of history, communication, media studies, law, economics, psychology, internet studies, library and information science, queer theory, journalism studies, and related scholarly domains. The topic of contributions may include, but are not limited to: * The rise and fall of specific platforms, including discussions on the challenges, factors, and policies responsible for their decline – and rebirth. * Archival techniques and theoretical frameworks for resurrecting and reimagining dead platforms * Comparative investigations of platform precarity * Explorations of the laws, economic forces, and social trends that underlie the historical analysis of platforms that have survived to the present day * Memory narratives and counter-narratives of platform users, designers, and advertisers * Media refusal, disconnection and techno-skepticism * The offline repercussions and cultural reverberations of platform death * Rhetorics and metaphors of the describe platform death and failures of platform governance (i.e. kill switches) * The ethnographies, pre-histories, and afterlives of dying digital communities * Quantitative and qualitative methodologies that can operationalize platform collapse * Interconnections between the frailties of Small Tech and the failures of Big Tech * Ways in which the rise and fall of certain platforms are geographically asymmetrical and asynchronous * Media change, materiality, everyday experience, and nostalgia * The ontological and epistemological challenges of considering platforms as dead, dying, or alive * Historiographies of platforms created, used, and/or dismantled outside the United States * Studies of platforms whose deaths have not received significant Anglophone press coverage * Analysis of the implications of platform death for international and global discussions of Internet pasts and futures Although papers do need to be written in English, we especially welcome writing that explores platforms whose histories are rooted in understudied countries, areas, cultures, and digital communities. We particularly encourage submissions about platforms launched, used and/or remembered outside of Silicon Valley. Submissions & Time Schedule Abstracts (250-500 words) should be emailed to deadplatforms(a)gmail.com by September 1, 2020. Any questions about the CFP can be sent to the co-editors, Muira McCammon (muira.mccammon(a)asc.upenn.edu) and Jessa Lingel (jessa.lingel(a)asc.upenn.edu) Notification about acceptance to submit an article will be sent out by 1 October 2020. Authors of accepted abstracts are invited to submit an article by 1 February 2021. Final versions or articles are asked to keep within a 6,000 word limit. Please note that acceptance of abstract does not ensure final publication as all articles must go through the journal’s usual peer review process. — 1 Sep 2020: due date for abstracts — 1 Oct 2020: notification of acceptance — 1 Feb 2021: accepted articles to be submitted for review — Feb 2021-May 2021: review process and revisions Jessa Lingel {she/her/hers | assistant professor} {Annenberg School for Communication} {core faculty | GSWS<https://www.sas.upenn.edu/gsws/>} {University of Pennsylvania} {tumblr<http://jessalingel.tumblr.com> | medium<http://medium.com/@jessa.lingel>}

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