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WEBCAST TODAY: Building Community Networks to bridge the Social and Economic Divide @ISOC_Kenya
by Joly MacFie 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

The Internet Society Global Volunteer Training Programme is the gift that keeps on giving! Today we have another fellow presentation, this time from ISOC Kenya. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 2nd July 2020 from 16:00-17:30 EAT (13:00-14:30 UTC) The Internet Society Kenya Chapter will host a webinar 'Building Community Networks to bridge the Social and Economic Divide'. There is widespread recognition of the opportunities and potent" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kenya-cns>On *Thursday 2nd July 2020* from *16:00-17:30 EAT* (13:00-14:30 UTC) The *Internet Society Kenya Chapter <https://www.internetsociety.ke>* will host a webinar '*Building Community Networks to bridge the Social and Economic Divide*'. There is widespread recognition of the opportunities and potential benefits of expanding access to the Internet, as recognized by the *Sustainable Development Goal <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/>* (SDG) targets.* Community networks <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/community-networks/>* are increasingly being proposed as a solution to connect the unconnected. This webinar will be facilitated by Miss *Irene Misoi*, a fellow in the *Internet Society Global Volunteer Training Programme <https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/2020-training-program/>*, a fellowship engagement and learning programme that focuses on developing new community leaders who can work together with Internet Society to create local awareness on the *Internet Society 2020 Action Plan* <https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2020/>. She will be supported by *Kennedy Ronoh* and* Hawi Rapudo*. *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kenya-cns <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kenya-cns>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3ibI3fh <https://bit.ly/3ibI3fh>* *TWITTER @ISOC_Kenya #CommunityNetworks <https://bit.ly/3ifqzPd> * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12368/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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The impact of online platform transparency of information on consumers’ choices
by Giuseppe A. Veltri 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

FYI Paper available here in Behavioural Public Policy Journal https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioural-public-policy/article/i… Abstract Millions of Europeans use online platforms with almost blind trust that the platforms operate in the interests of the consumer. However, the presentation of search results, transparency about contractual parties and the publication of user reviews that contribute to the value of online platforms in Europe's Single Digital Market also pose significant risks regarding consumer protection and market competition. The current study investigates how enhanced information transparency in online platforms might affect consumers’ trust in online activities and choice behaviour. Following an exploratory qualitative study, three online discrete-choice experiments were conducted with representative samples of 1200 respondents in each of four countries: Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK. The objective of the experiments was to test whether increased transparency in the presentation of online search information, details of contractual entities and the implications for consumer protection and user reviews and ratings would affect consumers’ choices. The results show that increased online transparency increases the probability of product selection. A comparison across the four countries found that the similarities in responses to online transparency were far greater than the differences. The findings are discussed in relation to the biases and heuristics identified in behavioural science. In conclusion, recommendations are made to increase online transparency, which the empirical evidence of this study shows would benefit both users and platform operators. ----------------------------------- Giuseppe A. Veltri Personal Webpage <https://sites.google.com/a/unitn.it/giuseppe-a-veltri/home>

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CFP - MDPI Sensors (IF: 3.031) Special Issue “Recent Advances in Sensing and IoT Technologies
by simone.bolettieri＠iit.cnr.it 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

(Apologies if you received duplicate copies of this CFP) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS for Special Issue of MDPI Sensors on “Recent Advances in Sensing and IoT Technologies” https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/SIoTT Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Special Issue Information The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network connecting billions of physical objects and devices that are capable of sensing and sharing data between themselves and the Internet. Hence, one of the core goals of an IoT system is to provide a digital overlay of information over the physical world, in domains such as industries, smart cities, transportation, and energy. Thus, sensing and embedded systems are key enabling technologies for the IoT vision. The increasing popularity of IoT applications is driving an exponential growth in connected IoT devices and generated data. As a result, the current IoT system architectures and communication technologies are facing significant technical challenges to meet the requirements of connectivity, scalability, and interoperability, as well as to efficiently support the transmission and processing of large volumes of data. Hence, there is a need for new enabling technologies, end-to-end architectures, and data management platforms. This Special Issue aims to foster the dissemination of high-quality research with emerging ideas, approaches, theories, and practice to resolve the challenging issues related to the development of IoT ecosystems. Comprehensive review papers on the emerging research trends in the IoT domain are highly encouraged. This special issue belongs to the section “Internet of Things”. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Sensor technologies and protocols for IoT systems - IoT technologies and wireless sensor networks for smart cities and smart homes - IoT in 5G and beyond 5G networks - Edge, fog, and cloud computing architectures for IoT systems - SDN and NFV solutions for IoT systems - Mission-critical IoT applications like smart grid, healthcare, connected vehicles, and so on - Security, privacy, and trust management in IoT - IoT solutions for crowdsourcing and crowd-sensing Special Issue Editors Dr. Raffaele Bruno Prof. Sherali Zeadally ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com (https://www.mdpi.com/) by registering (https://www.mdpi.com/user/register/) and logging in to this website (https://www.mdpi.com/user/login/) Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form (https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=sensors) Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/instructions) page. Sensors (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/) is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/instructions) page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) (https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/) for publication in this open access (https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/) journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service (https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english) prior to publication or during author revisions.

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The University of Sydney seeks 2 x Professors of Media and Communications (Digital Cultures and Journalism)
by Fiona Martin 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

The University of Sydney is seeking to appoint two senior academic leaders at the level of Professor/Associate Professor in Media and Communications (1 x Digital Cultures Specialisation and1 x Journalism). The advertisements are live on the University of Sydney website for these roles (see links below). The closing date for applications is *Sunday 2 August 2020*. Professor or Associate Professor in Media and Communications (Digital Cultures Specialisation) <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wggnCyojxQTk1kNRcZ2vl_?domain=sydney.nga.…> Professor or Associate Professor in Media and Communications (Journalism Specialisation) <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RaaKCzvkyVC919RAsXnrkA?domain=sydney.nga.…> A candidate information brochure is available via download from these pages. Please consider applying to join us in the Department of Media and Communications. We are a great collegial team of researchers and teachers and our department is going through a period of expansion. We have a particular focus on digital media and digital cultures scholarship. https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-literature-art-and-media/d… --------------- The COMMLIST --------------- This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely. -- To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yUjTCANpgjC2Q29zf9OSdc?domain=commlist.org -- Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yUjTCANpgjC2Q29zf9OSdc?domain=commlist.or… -- To contact the mailing list manager: Email: nico.carpentier(a)vub.ac.be URL: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xbgECBNqjlCBGBVOijBk4T?domain=nicocarpent… ---------------

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University of Sydney seeks Assoc. Professors/Professors of Media and Communications (Journalism & Digital Cultures)
by Justine Humphry 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

*The University of Sydney* is seeking to appoint two senior academic leaders at the level of Professor/Associate Professor in Media and Communications (1 x Journalism and 1 x Digital Cultures Specialisation). The advertisements are live on the University of Sydney website for these roles (see links below). The closing date for applications is *Sunday 2 August 2020*. Professor or Associate Professor in Media and Communications (Digital Cultures Specialisation) <https://sydney.nga.net.au/?jati=7D078D5E-BFBD-D5D8-4CFB-B673F5511A10> Professor or Associate Professor in Media and Communications (Journalism Specialisation) <https://sydney.nga.net.au/?jati=C1D32B3A-6E46-EF11-B836-B673F53F0FC0> A candidate information brochure is available via download from these pages. Please consider applying to join us in the Department of Media and Communications. We are a great collegial team of researchers and teachers and our department is going through a period of expansion. We have a particular focus on digital media and digital cultures scholarship. https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-literature-art-and-media/d… Dr Justine Humphry, Digital Cultures Major Coordinator

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Open access research methods resources
by Deborah Lupton 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Dear colleagues The Vitalities Lab, UNSW Sydney, has developed two open access resources concerning research methods that may be of interest to some of you. These are specifically designed for teaching and learning purposes. The first is the crowdsourced Google Doc 'Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1clGjGABB2h2qbduTgfqribHmog9B6P0NvMgVuiH…>', which includes many examples of digital as well as non-digital methods. The second is the newly launched 'Breaking Methods <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1q-2O2HIHLTUEZswtXXbA>' YouTube channel, which hosts short-form webinars on innovative methods, most of which can be applied to digital media (one of the most recent webinars is on TikTok Methods). All best wishes Deborah Lupton SHARP Professor and Leader of the Vitalities Lab UNSW Sydney

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CFP: Sociotechnical Change Agents: ICTs, Sustainability, and Global Challenges
by Colin Rhinesmith 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, Please see the Call for Participation below for the 16th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium - Sociotechnical Change Agents: ICTs, Sustainability, and Global Challenges: https://easychair.org/cfp/SI-2020 <https://easychair.org/cfp/SI-2020> Aligning with the theme of the 2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Special Interest Group Social Informatics (SIG SI) will hold its 16th annual symposium in conjunction with SIG Social Media (SIG SM) and SIG Information Ethics and Policy (SIG IEP), allowing for ASIS&T members to better discuss how we might work collaboratively as “change agents actively addressing society’s grand challenges” (ASIS&T, 2020). This two-part pre-conference workshop will investigate how research and practice focused on the interaction of people, technology, and society may support social change, including addressing the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations, 2015). We are seeking paper and panel proposals and brief poster proposals that consider the use of ICTs (e.g., traditional technologies, computer/networking systems, mobile and pervasive devices, social media platforms, data analytics, and artificial intelligence) in relation to addressing any societal “grand challenges,” including sustainability efforts. We are also interested in broader research in social informatics, social media, and information ethics and policy that considers the social and technical aspects of using ICTs. We additionally welcome practitioners from business sectors, ICT communities, and human rights organizations. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as practice cases and demonstrations. Some topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Digital equity and the digital divide Sustainability and environmental concerns in ICT manufacturing Human rights to information and technology Equitable and/or sustainable information and knowledge systems Sustainable data protection, storage, and/or privacy AI for change and/or sustainable development ICTs and social change movements Big data approaches to supporting social change and/or sustainability Automation and sustainable job markets Using ICTs to address and/or discuss social challenges (e.g., misinformation spread, spam/bot/cyberbullying detection, health support communities, political analysis of social media) Sociotechnical approaches to supporting the U.N.’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Implications and social influence of ICT design We encourage submissions in the form of extended abstracts (1,000–2,000 words, including references) that either propose a panel discussion or present work in these topic areas. We additionally encourage the submission of virtual poster proposals (500 words) for works in progress and early research ideas. Rather than taking a “paper presentation” approach, participants will be encouraged to present their work during breakout discussions using methods adapted from participatory design (Simonsen & Robertson, 2013), thereby allowing them to not only share their own work and ideas but to generate meaningful synthesis and new collaborations. We will organize submissions into themes and focus areas, so that participants may discuss their related work together in more detail during the workshop breakout sessions. Authors should accordingly take this format into consideration in their submissions. All submissions should be anonymized for review and in PDF format. Submissions can be made at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=si-2020 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=si-2020> Submissions will be due at 11:59 pm (PST) on July 12, 2020. — Colin Rhinesmith (pronouns: he/him) Associate Professor and Director Community Informatics Lab iSchool @ Simmons University phone: 617-521-2881 web: https://crhinesmith.com Editor-In-Chief Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej

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Free/open access resources on living with datafication / data visualization in society
by Helen Kennedy 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Hello all Forgive the well-intentioned self-promotion. I’m writing to share links to some free, open access resources about living with datafication / data visualization in society: Public Understanding and Perceptions of Data Practices: a review of existing research <https://livingwithdata.org/current-research/publications/> (by Helen Kennedy, Susan Oman, Mark Taylor, Jo Bates, Robin Steedman) is an extensive review of existing empirical research (from 2015 to 2020) into public understandings and perceptions of datafication. Data Visualization in Society <https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722902/data-visualization-in-society> (edited by Martin Engebretsen and Helen Kennedy, published by Amsterdam University Press) is a multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Both publications attempt, in part, to link data/dataviz to wider concerns by addressing the role of structural inequalities in shaping experiences of data and visualization. Best wishes Helen -- Helen Kennedy, Professor of Digital Society, @hmtk, Living With Data <https://livingwithdata.org/> *RECENT PUBLICATIONS: * Public perceptions of good data management: findings from a UK-based survey <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951720935616>, *Big Data and Society* (June 2020, w/Todd Hartman, Robin Steedman & Rhia Jones) Complex ecologies of trust in data practices and data-driven systems <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1748090>, *Information, Communication & Society* (April 2020, w/Robin Steedman & Rhia Jones) Approaching public perceptions of datafication through the lens of inequality: a case study in public service media <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1736122>, *Information, Communication & Society *(March 2020, w/Robin Steedman & Rhia Jones)

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Datafication and the Welfare State - Special Issue in Global Perspectives
by Lina Dencik 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Members of this list might be interested in this new special issue on 'Datafication and the Welfare State' edited by Lina Dencik and Anne Kaun and published open access in Global Perspectives: https://online.ucpress.edu/gp/pages/dws The collection of articles in the special issue illustrate the breadth and depth in which the process of datafication of the welfare state has taken shape. Although they congregate around case studies from Western societies, they situate these within a global context and engage with questions that are applicable to developments happening around the world. The articles unite around an understanding of datafication as a political development that has significant implications for how we think about the welfare state. These stretch across the shifting nature of public service media, the allocation of benefits, the assessment of the unemployed, the construction of population registers and the varying regulatory frameworks in different countries. Through these different case studies and analyses we are provided with a rich and in-depth exploration of the most recent expressions of how democratic values and state-citizen relations are changing with and through datafication. Best, Lina -- Dr Lina Dencik Reader / Co-Director Data Justice Lab PI Data Justice: Understanding datafication in relation to social justice (DATAJUSTICE) ERC Starting Grant 2018-2023 School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: DencikL(a)cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk>, Tel: +44 (0)29 208 75461 Twitter: @LinaDencik Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University

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CFP on AI and Fictions - International conference in Paris, 3-5 June 2021
by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, We are happy to share the call for proposals of an international conference on Artificial Intelligence and Fictions we co-organise from 3 to 5 June 2021 in Paris. A call for papers is open until 30 September 2020. https://cis.cnrs.fr/ia-fictions/ Kind regards, -- Melanie Dulong de Rosnay Associate research professor, CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/melanie-dulong/ Director, Center for Internet and Society of CNRS http://www.cis.cnrs.fr/en.html ---------- AI Fictions / Artificial Intelligence and Fictions This international conference, organized by the University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, in partnership with the Center for Internet and Society, will be held in Paris from 3 to 5 June 2021. A call for papers is open until 30 September 2020. This is the first conference ever organized on the theme of Artificial Intelligence in fiction (literature, series, films, comics, video games): the focus will be on representations of AI and their meanings, as well as the creative uses of AI to produce and understand fiction. A road trip entirely written by an artificial intelligence embedded in a car, Ross Goodwin's /1 the road/ has joined at the start of the 2019 literary season a whole series of texts whose common point was to stage and act out a dream of automation and artificialization of literary language, whose genealogy goes back at least to the first automatic writings of Oulipo: artificial intelligence is no longer just a fiction but a tool for producing fiction. Hito Steyerl revisits the narrative power of documentary film using deep learning algorithms to better question its ability to shape reality; /Second Earth /by Gregory Chatonsky takes us into a new world whose automatically generated images already tell the story, while by associating two images to a logical connector he shows the power of an algorithm to create a small story (/If... then/, 2009). Embodied in figures, familiar, AI now offers incarnations that cannot be resolved on the apocalyptic horizon of robots waiting for the hour of singularity to triumph over the human species. AI is no longer just the object of a fantasy but is gradually becoming an everyday tool through facial recognition or personal assistants, while the first tools of predictive writing and cultural recommendation are emerging and it is announced that a story produced by an artificial intelligence would have been a finalist for a literary prize in Japan. We already knew the very rich mythology of AI in cinema, from 2001's /Odyssey of Spac/e to Spielberg's /A.I. Artificial Intelligence/, via /Terminator /or /Her/: each time, the political, ethical and social stakes of AI open up avenues for deep critical reflection and question the most essential philosophical categories by which we think about mankind and our place in the world. But AI is now taking on a concrete presence. /Databiographie /by Charly Delwart proposes to retrace a destiny based on digital data and their visualisations; /Le_zéro_et_le_un.txt /by Josselin Bordat tries to stage an artificial intelligence in the process of awakening to the world, /Kétamine /by Zoé Sagan sets a scene of a "predictive" journalist centred on data: never have we been so close to artificial agents that are integrated into our lives. Moving from fantasy to computer tools, the fictional representations of AI are thus added to the fictional representations of the emerging uses of narrative AI by opening up a field of opportunity and fear for culture: on the one hand, creation by AI or assisted by AI can offer a major experimental field of interest to both conceptual writers and storytelling practitioners. On the other hand, the way in which culture is "dated" and the way in which these dates are analyzed can profoundly affect the fiction industry and its attention control, further multiplying our perplexity about the emergence of artificial narrative intelligence. Contributors are invited to consider one or other of these topics: - examples of fictions produced by AI: tools, projects, applications, games; - the computer methods used: GAN, machine learning, deep learning; - AI's fiction: robots, cyborgs, computers; - the themes of post-humanism, singularity, utopias and dystopias of AI; - the cultural history of representations of AI and its inventors (Alan Turing for example); - criticism produced by AI: audience analysis, scenario analysis, cultural recommendation algorithms; - the analysis of fiction by AI methods in the field of Digital Humanities; - the legal problems induced by creation: law, data sharing, tax system; - the narrative aesthetics of AI, the link with conceptual art and performance literature; - the transformation of theoretical categories by AI and the modification of the vocabulary of criticism and aesthetic philosophy, from the notion of narration to that of literature; - the representation of psychological, ethical and political problems induced by AI, from Asimov's three laws of robotics to /Westworld/; - the philosophical dimension of fictional reflection on AI: the problem of freedom, consciousness, agentivity, autonomy; - AI as a way of questioning the question of minorities, the topic of vulnerability, the frontiers of the human, the frontier of gender, the frontier of species. The conference will take place at the Maison de la recherche of the University of Paris 3 - Sorbonne nouvelle, Maison de la recherche, 3 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris, from 3 to 5 June 2021. Proposals in English or French (1 page + 1 short bio-bibliography) should be sent to ia.fiction.2021(a)gmail.com <mailto:ia.fiction.2021@gmail.com> before 30 September 2020. Conference organized by Alexandre Gefen (CNRS/Paris 3) with Marida di Crosta (Marge, Université de Lyon III), Ksenia Ermoshina (CNRS, Centre Internet et Société), Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel (Université of Geneva), Léa Saint-Raymond (ENS).

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