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WEBCAST TODAY: Interactive Online Discussion on India Draft Non-Personal Data Governance Framework
by Joly MacFie 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

This is underway. One panelist described India as the most regulated major economy in the world. Note that, after the conclusion, the video will be available for download on the archive link. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 29 July 2020 from 3:30-5:30pm IST (10:00-12:00 UTC) CCAOI and the Internet Society Delhi Chapter (ISOC Delhi) will host an an Interactive Online Discussion on the draft Non-Personal Data Governance Framework. currently undergoing public consu" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nonpersonaldata>On *Wednesday 29 July 2020* from *3:30-5:30pm IST* (10:00-12:00 UTC) *CCAOI <https://ccaoi.in/>* and the* Internet Society Delhi Chapter <https://www.facebook.com/isoc.delhi/>* (ISOC Delhi) will host an an* Interactive Online Discussion <https://forms.gle/2Z6TywTvH4qsWmMn6>* on the *draft Non-Personal Data Governance Framework <https://static.mygov.in/rest/s3fs-public/mygov_159453381955063671.p>*. currently undergoing public consultation. The objective of this discussion is to provide clarity and perspective to different stakeholders across the country, also encouraging them to submit input formally. *PANELISTS* *Abhishek Singh*, CEO, MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt of India *Smriti Parsheera*, Researcher, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) & Fellow, CyberBrics Project *Ashish Aggarwal*, Senior Director & Head- Policy Advocacy, NASSCOM *Parminder Jeet Singh*, Executive Director, IT for Change (member of NPD committee) *Subhashish Bhadra*, Principal Beneficial Technology, Omidyar Network *MODERATORS* - *Amrita Choudhury* and *Rahul Sharma* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nonpersonaldata <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nonpersonaldata>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://forms.gle/2Z6TywTvH4qsWmMn6 <https://forms.gle/2Z6TywTvH4qsWmMn6>* *TWITTER @isocdelhi #nonpersonal <https://bit.ly/3jDf1G6> @GoI_MeitY @ISOCapac* *SIMULCASTS* *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/nonpersonaldata* <https://archive.org/details/nonpersonaldata> *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12539/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Papers: PRESENCE 2020
by Matthew Lombard 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

CALL FOR PAPERS PRESENCE 2020 18th conference of the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR; http://ispr.info/) Online + Synchronous October 23, 2020 https://ispr.info/call-presence-2020 Conference theme: Presence during and after the pandemic The 18th PRESENCE conference will take place as a one-day, fast-track online conference. All presence topics are also welcome but submissions related to early phase projects, papers, and studies about the impacts of the pandemic on presence phenomena now and in the years ahead are particularly encouraged. The 19th PRESENCE conference will take place next fall 2021 in Orlando that was originally planned this year. * Submission deadline: August 20, 2020 (with some flexibility - email the conference chair at lombard(a)temple.edu if you need a few extra days) * Online submissions should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=p2020 * Notification of acceptance decisions: September 10, 2020 * Finished, camera-ready papers due: October 10, 2020 PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT BY SHARING THIS CALL FOR PAPERS OVERVIEW Telepresence, often shortened to presence, is a state or perception in which we overlook or misconstrue the role of technology and feel present in the environments and/or connected to the people or things we experience via technology. It´s increasingly relevant to a wide range of media experiences and application areas. Following a series of17 successful Presence conference events, PRESENCE 2020 will retain the single-track format and enjoyable social environment of previous conferences while featuring an expanded variety of paper and poster sessions, panel discussions, keynote presentations, hands-on demonstrations of presence applications/services/projects, and informal discussion, networking and fun. Members of both academic and industry communities are welcome. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The term presence has many formal and informal meanings but is used by a growing interdisciplinary scholarly community to refer to experiences in which technology is overlooked or misconstrued in some way during a mediated experience. Long a focus of those who study virtual reality and environments, it´s increasingly relevant to a wide range of media experiences. For example, presence occurs when we get "lost" in the world of a novel, TV show, movie, video game or theme park ride; we´re convinced by the realism of paintings or graphic designs; we treat our cars, computers or other machines as if they have personalities of their own, and we feel like we´re "with" a person we talk to on the phone or in a video conference. The presence research community has been working to identify causes, characteristics and consequences of diverse presence experiences. The consequences identified so far - including arousal/relaxation, empathy, enjoyment, persuasion and more - make clear the importance and power of presence to improve communication across a wide variety of contexts and applications of interest to scholars and those who create media technologies and content. Presence as a concept and set of phenomena is related to the work being done in nearly every field and business sector from art to zoology, with particularly direct applications in business, education, entertainment and health. The 4000+ posts in ISPR Presence News (http://ispr.info/posts) and thousands more on its predecessor, the presence-l listserv (http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/presence-l.html) along with the Presence Bibliography on the ISPR website (http://ispr.info/) illustrate the breadth of presence applications, and the breadth, depth and value of presence scholarship. The objectives of the conference are to deepen and update the knowledge of those already familiar with presence and introduce new scholars and practitioners to the centrality, pervasiveness, and value of presence phenomena, theory and research. The overarching goal is to help integrate and increase collaborative scholarship on presence. SUBMISSIONS Topics We seek original, high quality papers and demonstrations that contribute to our collective understanding of presence phenomena and applications in any/every aspect of life. Topics of interest include (but are absolutely not limited to): * Presence theory * Measures of presence * Presence and emotion * Presence and education * Presence and social interaction * Gender and Presence * Neuroscience approaches to Presence * Presence in gaming and entertainment * Philosophical perspectives on presence * Ethics of presence * Presence technologies and applications (e.g. in business, arts, medicine and therapy) * The future of presence research Theme: Presence during and after the pandemic Presence experiences were already becoming more common in many aspects of life before the Coronavirus pandemic, but the current crisis has vastly accelerated the need and desire for effective presence experiences and creative progress in the uses of technology to create them. All-online teaching at every level of education, virtual graduation ceremonies, working from home via online platforms, live streaming of music concerts and theater performances, virtual travel experiences, virtual business and academic conferences, and so much more represent huge changes for societies, organizations and individuals regarding presence. If ever there was an appropriate group to explore these changes and their implications for the future it's the presence community. Individual descriptive, research, theory, or position papers as well as dedicated panels related to this theme are encouraged. ISPR will also organize a session in which we trial and discuss the characteristics of a variety of social presence platforms (e.g. Zoom, WebEx, Teams, Discord, Mozilla Hubs, etc), with the goal of producing a co-authored publishable paper outlining our conclusions about their strengths and weaknesses in producing effective presence experiences. [NOTE: Submissions on the previously announced Theme 2 below are still welcome!] Theme 2: The world of presence Presence experiences are becoming more common in more aspects of life for more and more people around the world. These experiences have the potential to bring diverse individuals, groups and nations together but also isolate them in their own mediated realities. What are the contours of presence around the world and what implications and challenges does it pose for researchers, scholars, technology designers and users, and citizens? We invite submission in all of the categories below that identify, consider and ideally propose specific steps we can take to make presence a force for positive rather than negative change. Data-based projects, concept and theory building work as well as personal (first person) reflections are encouraged. Categories We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their work in the categories below. All submissions are to be in APA format (http://www.apastyle.org/) and except for the separate title page not identify the author(s) directly or indirectly (for blind peer review). A template for Microsoft Word is available at https://tinyurl.com/PC-APA-template-Word and a template for LaTeX (https://www.latex-project.org/) is available at https://tinyurl.com/PC-APA-template-Latex. * PAPERS: Comprehensive descriptions of research or design work and/or theoretical investigation within the scope of the conference; up to 30 pages (including references) in APA format. Papers must relate to existing literature on presence and make an original contribution to it. * SHORT PAPERS: Short papers may be up to 12 pages in APA format. * POSTERS: Visual display presentations. Poster proposals must describe and/or contain early drafts of the visual display. Accepted poster abstracts will be displayed during a dedicated session of the conference that begins with short oral previews, and then published in the conference Proceedings. * DEMONSTRATIONS/EXHIBITIONS: Step-by-step audiovisual demonstrations and/or hands-on experiences of non-commercial work within the scope of the conference. Accepted demonstration/exhibition proposals will be presented during a dedicated session of the conference and included in the conference Proceedings. For the exhibitions of commercial products, please contact us for sponsorship terms and opportunities. * PANELS: Presence 2020 welcomes panel proposals which allow panelists and participants to discuss any topic relevant to presence, especially the conference theme of challenges. Discussion and paper panel submissions must include the following: (1) title, (2) description and rationale (75 words or less), (3) titles and brief abstracts (100 words or less) for each panelist, and (4) a complete list of participants along with their institutional affiliations and contact information. Proceedings All accepted submissions will be collected in the official conference proceedings (with ISBN) and will be permanently available for download in the ISPR conference archive. Procedure Online submissions should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=p2020 IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: August 20, 2020 (with some flexibility - email the conference chair at lombard(a)temple.edu if you need a few extra days) * Notification of acceptance decisions: September 10, 2020 * Finished, camera-ready papers due: October 10, 2020 LOCATION/VENUE The conference will take place online via Zoom. Details forthcoming. ABOUT ISPR The International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 2002 to support academic research related to the concept of (tele)presence. ISPR has sponsored 17 successful international conferences (beginning informally in 1998), providing richly social opportunities to share scholarship and applications of the presence concept. The ISPR website (http://ispr.info) serves as a resource for those who conduct research, develop theory, design, market, write about, or simply are interested in, the concept and phenomena of presence. ISPR Presence News (http://ispr.info/posts) available via the ISPR website, provides current news stories, calls for papers and participation, position announcements, and other informative posts every weekday (a total of nearly 4000 posts since 2009). ORGANIZERS and CONTACT Matthew Lombard, Temple University (lombard(a)temple.edu) Cheryl Bracken, Cleveland State University Jihyun Kim, University of Central Florida Eugene Kukshinov, Temple University SongYi Lee, Temple University Kun Xu, University of Florida Hocheol Yang, Temple University -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Co-Chair, Department of Media Studies & Production Klein College of Media and Communication Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA President, International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) lombard(a)temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com

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CFP: European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2021 (ECSCW'21)
by Chris Wolf 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

The European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) is an international venue on practice-centred computing and the design of cooperation technologies. It is a series of conferences on computer-supported cooperative work located in Europe that was established in 1989. The 19th edition of ECSCW will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from 7 to 11 June 2021. This call invites submissions of Journal Papers, the most established category of papers featured in ECSCW. The submissions undergo an integrated, journal-like review and revision process. The accepted articles are published in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices. ECSCW 2021 Call for Journal Papers The European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) invites submissions of original and novel research related to the wide field of CSCW. ECSCW is a single-track conference that contributes to developing an interdisciplinary and global community, supported by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies ( https://www.eusset.eu/) The conference format facilitates critical discussion across disciplinary and national borders in the field. An overview of earlier ECSCW conferences (and proceedings) is available at https://www.eusset.eu/events/ecscw/. The Conference features a range of submission formats including journal papers, exploratory papers, notes, posters, and demos, as well as various events such as masterclasses, workshops or a doctoral colloquium. The various formats differ in terms of length and the types of contributions they represent. Please see https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2021/submission/ for the full list of submission formats. The data provided below applies to Journal Papers only. Important Dates since April 2020: System open for submissions April 2020 – March 2021: Review, revise & resubmit processes, on a rolling basis 1 April 2021: Acceptance cut-off date for inclusion in ECSCW 2021 Programme. June 7-11, 2021: ECSCW 2021 Conference in Zurich Submissions are handled continuously in accordance with the Journal’s processes. As soon as the submission is made, it enters the review and revision process. Full papers must have a status of “Accept but incomplete” by the 1st of April 2021 to be included in the ECSCW 2021 Programme. Papers accepted after that date will be included in ECSCW 2022 Programme. To submit a full paper, proceed to https://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu and select the following Article Type: ECSCW Contribution. Submission Description We invite journal papers documenting original, rich, and in-depth contributions to CSCW. Authors are encouraged to submit papers that improve and extend the CSCW field. Relevant themes include, but are not limited to: - Empirical investigations of collaborative practices. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. - System design focusing on solutions to support cooperative work in increasingly complex, networked, and data-driven settings. - Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. - Methodologies and tools for investigating human practices, e.g., the nature of ethnography and the role of other innovative research approaches in building systems or studying their use, the application of critical design or design fictions to investigate future possibilities. - Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to study, design, or use of collaborative settings and systems. - Domain-specific social and collaborative applications, including applications to digital civics, grassroots movements, healthcare, transportation, ICT4D, sustainability, education, workplace, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. - Analysis of the ethics and policy implications of socio-technical systems, the values that inform them, and the algorithms that shape them. - The changing nature of collaboration and teaming in relation to intelligent machine agents, e.g., human-AI relationships in collaborative practices. - Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distances, languages, generations, and cultures, to help understand how to design in relation to social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. - Discussions and extrapolations of work-practices and technologies, which contribute to the core topics of ECSCW. Review and Revision Process Submissions to the journal-track of the ECSCW conference will undergo a fully integrated, continuous review process. The submission and review process will allow authors to develop and refine stronger papers over a longer time period. The review process is single-blind. Each submission is assigned to one of the three ECSCW 2021 Journal Papers Chairs, who is in charge of finding three reviewers, writing a meta-review and making a decision. This decision is transmitted to the Lead Editor of the CSCW Journal in charge of ECSCW contributions, who will transmit the decision to the Editor in Chief of the Journal, and will manage conflicts of interest among the different Journal Papers Chairs if necessary. Authors of the submitted papers will be considered as reviewers for other submissions and may be contacted by the Journal Papers Chairs on this behalf. Authors are encouraged to submit as soon as they have their manuscripts ready. The system is already open for submissions. Early submissions will allow for multiple Revise & Resubmit cycles and will generally result in earlier publication of the accepted manuscript in the Journal. Papers could take approximately three months between submission and results of the first review cycle, and approximately two months in the subsequent review cycles, but the Journal Papers Chairs are working hard to speed the process up. Papers usually go through at least two review rounds. Upon an acceptance notice (status “Accept but incomplete”), the paper will go through production (including proof corrections) and only then will it be published on Springer Online First. To be considered for publication and presentation at ECSCW 2021, papers must reach the status “Accept but incomplete” by the 1st of April 2021. This status differs from a “Minor revisions” recommendation. The former refers to papers which require only minimal formatting amendments, while the latter refers to papers which still require some minor structural or conceptual changes. Early submission makes it more likely to receive reviews in a timely manner and speeds up the process of publication afterwards. If the paper does not reach the “Accept but incomplete” status by the 1st of April 2021, it will automatically be transferred to the batch of submissions for the subsequent ECSCW conference, unless the submission is withdrawn. With this approach, the authors will not have to restart the submission process. All work completed to this point will be considered for the next edition of the conference. This also means that authors may get their papers accepted shortly after the ECSCW 2021 conference. If this happens, the paper will be published as an Online First manuscript as soon as it goes through the production process; the authors will be invited to present their work at ECSCW 2022. Submission Format Paper submissions should be formatted following the CSCW Journal Instructions for Authors available at: https://www.springer.com/journal/10606/submission-guidelines. The length of the paper must correspond to the size of the contribution. We suggest the papers to be between 10000 and 15000 words (including tables and appendices, excluding references). Submission Process Manuscripts must be submitted via https://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu. When submitting, please select “ECSCW Contribution” as the Article Type and follow the submission steps until the final manuscript upload. For any queries, please, do not hesitate to contact the ECSCW 2021 Journal Papers Chairs at papers2021(a)ecscw.eusset.eu . Publication and Copyright information The accepted articles are published in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices – see https://www.springer.com/journal/10606/ for details. Authors will be asked, upon acceptance of the article, to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information under copyright laws. As soon as a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it will go to production, and when production has finished (including proof corrections), it will be published on Springer Online First, complete with DOI. Additionally, authors will have the option to make their versions of accepted Papers available with open access in the European Society for Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) digital library (http://www.eusset.eu/digital-library <http://www.eusset.eu/digital-library>), as an edited collection. The EUSSET digital library features all past ECSCW proceedings. Contact Journal Papers Chairs for ECSCW 2021: Adriana Vivacqua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Christine T Wolf, IBM Research - Almaden Michael Prilla, Clausthal University of Technology - Technische Universität Clausthal Email Address: papers2021(a)ecscw.eusset.eu Conference Chairs for ECSCW 2021: Gerhard Schwabe, University of Zurich - Universität Zürich Mateusz Dolata, University of Zurich - Universität Zürich Email Address: conference2021(a)ecscw.eusset.eu __________________ *Christine T. Wolf, JD, PhD* Researcher, Strategist, and Inventor chris.wolf(a)gmail.com

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Invitation for reviewers
by Hakikur Rahman 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Greetings! If you are looking forward to being active in the field of ICT and Human development, you are welcome to join the reviewers' team for the journal, International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD). You may submit your name, affiliation, a short bio and research interests directly by logging to the system of IGI (www.igi-global.com) and then click on the following link: https://www.igi-global.com/submission/journal-reviewers/?jid=1101 If you desire, you may send an email to ijicthd(a)igi-global.com Thanking you, Hakikur Rahman Chief Editor IJICTHD www.igi-global.com/ijicthd

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JoCTEC Extended CFP
by Plothe, Theo 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

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/) 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 Oct 1, 2020. References Andreson J., & Rainie, L. (2018). The future of well-being in a tech-saturated world. Pew Research Center. Retrieved from https://www.pewinternet.org/2018/04/17/the-future-of-well-being-in-a-tech-s… Chan, M. (2015). Mobile phones and the good life: Examining the relationships among mobile use, social capital and subjective well-being. New Media & Society, 17(1), 96-113. Chou, H. T. G., & Edge, N. (2012). “They are happier and having better lives than I am”: the impact of using Facebook on perceptions of others' lives. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15(2), 117-121. Goswami, H. (2012). Social relationships and children’s subjective well-being. Social Indicators Research, 107(3), 575-588. Hall, J. A., Kearney, M. W., & Xing, C. (2018). Two tests of social displacement through social media use. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18. Primack, B. A., Shensa, A., Escobar-Viera, C. G., Barrett, E. L., Sidani, J. E., Colditz, J. B., & James, A. E. (2017). Use of multiple social media platforms and symptoms of depression and anxiety: a nationally-representative study among US young adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 69, 1–9. Valkenburg, P. M., Peter, J., & Schouten, A. P. (2006). Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents' well-being and social self-esteem. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9(5), 584-590. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Editor, Journal of Communication Technology Division of Communication Technology, AEJMC

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Call for Book Chapters
by Hakikur Rahman 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Call for Book Chapters: Greetings! Due to the Coronavirus pandemic call for the book has been extended and this is the final call for book chapters, for the following book: *Human-Computer Interaction and Technology Integration in Modern Society.* The human condition is affected by numerous factors in modern society. At this modern time, technology is so integrated into culture and life that it has become necessary to perform even daily functions. *Human-Computer Interaction and Technology Integration in Modern Society* is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the widespread integration of technological innovations around the globe and examines how human-computer interaction affects various aspects of people’s lives. Featuring emergent research from theoretical perspectives and case studies, this book is ideally designed for professionals, students, practitioners, and academicians. *Topics Covered* - ICTs and citizen participation - ICTs and commerce - ICTs and culture - ICTs and education - ICTs and ethics - ICTs and gender equality - ICTs and governance - ICTs and health - ICTs and human empowerment - ICTs and human rights - ICTs and international cooperation - ICTs and political development - ICTs and poverty alleviation - ICTs and rural development - ICTs and social change - ICTs and social media - ICTs and social networks - ICTs and socio-economic development - ICTs and the environment - ICTs and urban development - Knowledge for human development - Policy making with regard to ICTs for development If you have a completed manuscript or a nearly completed manuscript and are looking forward to publishing in a book as a book chapter, you can take this opportunity to send your manuscript. Please send your full book chapter by September 15, 2020 for the review process. You may limit the word count to 10000 words for a full book chapter (but not more than 15000 words). If you need any extra time, also please let me know. The book will be published by the IGI Global, USA (www.igi-global.com) . For any other questions or queries, please contact me. Thanking you, Hakikur Rahman Editor, *Human-Computer Interaction and Technology Integration in Modern Society* IGI Global, USA*.* Email: email(a)hakik.org

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Book announcement - Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears About Technology Shape Children’s Lives by Sonia Livingstone & Alicia Blum-Ross (OUP 2020)
by Livingstone,S 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, we’re delighted to announce that our book is published, and available with a 30% discount at www.oup.com/academic<http://www.oup.com/academic> (order with promo code ASFLYQ6). Here’s the blurb “Parenting for a Digital Future” asks how parents manage digital devices, what they should expect of them, and why these questions are so contested within families, among policymakers and in the media. Based on rigorous and in-depth fieldwork with diverse families around London, we argue that ‘digital parenting’ is not only about technology, salient as this may seem. Indeed, family practices and values around technology have become a crucial means by which people explore pressing dilemmas over how to live, what constitutes wellbeing and what ‘good life’ to hope for. By inviting parents to look back to their own childhood and then forward to their children’s futures, we first position parenting in relation to the risk society before showing how digital technologies intensify families’ opportunities and risks in distinctive ways. We introduce three distinct genres for ‘digital parenting’ – embrace, balance and resist – and we explore how these play out in terms of screen time, social inequalities, geeky families, parents of children with disabilities, and more. The book reveals the pincer movement of parenting in the digital age, in which parents are, on the one hand, more burdened with responsibilities given the erosion of state support and an increasingly uncertain financial future and yet, on the other, charged with respecting and encouraging the agency of their child as they negotiate ‘the democratic family.’ Reviews “The best book yet written on the dilemmas of parenting in the digital age, a period of constant innovation and change for adults and children alike. Based on in-depth studies of family life, and giving close attention to inequality and deprivation, this work is an indispensable source both for academics and the lay reader.” –Anthony Giddens, House of Lords and King’s College, Cambridge “In this rare parents-eye view over the digital landscape, Livingstone and Blum-Ross cut through polarized debates and one-size-fits all solutions. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how digital technology intersects in unexpected and varied ways with the everyday lives of diverse families.” –Mimi Ito, Director of the Connected Learning Lab, University of California, Irvine “Parenting for a Digital Future offers readers a rich and deeply nuanced picture of how children’s digital technology use reflects the concerns and hopes parents have for bringing up balanced and successful children. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about children and families, including scholars, policy makers, advocates, educators and, most importantly, parents themselves.” –Amy Jordan, Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University Links ‘Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children’s lives’ is published in the US at https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/parenting-for-a-digital-future-97801908…<https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/parenting-for-a-digital-future-97801908…> Published in the UK on 7 Aug https://global.oup.com/academic/product/parenting-for-a-digital-future-9780…<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/parenting-for-a-digital-future-9780…> Review copies available from academic.reviews(a)oup.com<mailto:academic.reviews@oup.com%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank> On Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parenting-Digital-Future-Technology-Childrens/dp/0… US book launch is kindly hosted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Centre on Wednesday 29th July at http://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/parenting-for-a-digital-future/ See also: Interview and podcast for NPR with Sonia and Alicia at https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/893020810/when-it-comes-to-screens-kids-need… Sonia’s TED Talk about the book is at https://www.ted.com/talks/sonia_livingstone_parenting_in_the_digital_age Interview with Sonia in the Chronicle of Evidence-based Mentoring at https://www.evidencebasedmentoring.org/professor-sonia-livingstone-on-paren… Implications for media literacy - FOSI Briefs the Hill webinar at https://www.fosi.org/events/fosi-briefs-hill-misinformation-and-importance-… We’re blogging about the book and related work at www.parenting.digital<http://www.parenting.digital> Sonia Livingstone, LSE

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Localising Content Governance), Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
by Scott Rodgers 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

Please see job ad and full job pack here: https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-fellow-localising-cont… The Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (12 months, full-time). The postholder will contribute to a mixed-method study into the politics of content governance in neighbourhood Facebook Groups. At the local scale, social media users broadly occupy the same geographical turf, and may encounter or even know one another. Because of this, harmful language or behaviour can have higher stakes, and the risk of offline harm can become exacerbated. This project will explore these issues by studying neighbourhood Facebook Groups across Greater London and its surrounding commuter belt. The project is funded by Facebook Research through an unrestricted research grant. Its Project Team consists of Dr Scott Rodgers (Principal Investigator); Dr Susan Moore (Co-Investigator); and Dr Andrea Ballatore (Co-Investigator). You would join this Project Team and lead the qualitative data collection for the project, including: a preliminary overview of neighbourhood Facebook Groups; selecting and observing a subset of ~16 Groups; in-depth interviews with group administrators and/or moderators; and analysing and interpreting this data using as appropriate software platforms. Alongside the Project Team, you would help formulate and co-author ~2 refereed publications, and lead on designing and authoring a publicly accessible online resource. We aspire for this post to offer a career development opportunity for an emerging social/digital media scholar. You will be welcomed into a collegial and stimulating research environment, with opportunities to participate in events, develop networks, and further your research interests. Some limited teaching opportunities may also be negotiated. In order to be successful in this role, you will need a PhD (or equivalent) in a field relevant to the project, e.g. social media research, digital culture, media studies or digital geography. You will have knowledge of current research and conceptual debates spanning one or more of these fields and have direct knowledge and experience in qualitative research methods and techniques, specifically in relation to online/social/digital media. Proficiency in specialist research software applications and platforms (e.g. NVivo, CrowdTangle) is also desirable. You should also have basic statistical literacy, and some general familiarity with, if not direct experience in, quantitative approaches to social media (e.g. natural language processing, social network analysis) and their possible integration with qualitative approaches. Remuneration Grade 7 of the College's London Pay Scale which is £38,594 per annum. The salary quoted is on the College's London Pay Scale which includes a consolidated Weighting/Allowance which applies only to staff whose normal contractual place of work is in the Greater London area. Enquiries If you would like to know more about the role, please click on apply below or contact Dr Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk If you have technical issues or difficulties using the recruitment portal please contact jobs(a)bbk.ac.uk, providing your name and the job reference number of the position. While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered. Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of Central London. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award, membership of WISE, operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes. Closing date for applicants: 3rd September 2020 Interview date: 24th September 2020 Post start date: 1st November 2020

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Fully funded post-doc position in Roskilde; Denmark
by Jannie Møller Hartley 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

The Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, invites applications for a fully funded position as postdoc in datafication and journalism studies from November 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is limited to a period of 2 years. The postdoc is part of the research project DataPublics funded by the Velux Foundation Denmark. The project is located at Roskilde University, and the successful applicant will be associated with the research groups Journalism and Democracy and Audiences and Mediated Life at the Department of Communication and Arts. The successful applicant will work in close collaboration with the project leader Associate Professor Jannie Møller Hartley and the Velux-research group around the project DataPublics, assistant professor Mette Bengtsson and PhD student Morten Fisher Sivertsen. The research project Data Publics examines what the ever-increasing amount of data available in our society means to Journalism, and thus sheds light on the changes in the relations between the news media and the news users. In recent few years, big tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon have taken on an increasing role in news distribution, and their increased importance is changing not only the journalism as we know it today, but also the news media ecosystem itself. At the same time, news organizations have big data sets about the behavior of the news user, just as the news user can partly personalize his news consumption through filters and partly subject to filtering through various algorithms. In other words, the data affirmation has fundamentally changed the news journalism, and this project examines what it means and what consequences it has for the democratic conversation and public connection. The ideal candidate is an excellent media studies scholar, who has experience in digital infrastructure studies – particularly the new empirical and methodological developments in social and digital media. The candidate should be familiar with or have a strong interest in a transdisciplinary methodological approach, and experience with the field of media production studies. The ideal candidate will also have a strong interest and experience in audience studies and journalism studies. See more and apply here: https://job.aka.dk/resultat/postdoc-in-digital-infrastructures-330300826.as… Closing date September 15th Have a great day! Regards Jannie Møller Hartley | Lektor, Ph.d. Journalist | Journalistik | IKH | Roskilde Universitet Associate Professor, Ph.D. | PI of Velux-funded project DATAPUBLICS | Head of The Centre For Investigative Journalism (CUJ) | Vice-head of the interdisciplinary Centre for Big data CeBiDa | Department of Communication and Arts | Roskilde University 42.2.15 | Box 260 | 4000 Roskilde | Denmark  Phone: (+45) 46 74 37 53 Email: jath(a)ruc.dk<mailto:jath@ruc.dk> New articles out: Beyond the Informed Citizen? Narratives of news engagement and civic experiences among Danish news users<Beyond%20the%20Informed%20Citizen%3F%20Narratives%20of%20news%20engagement%20and%20civic%20experiences%20among%20Danish%20news%20users>, MedieKultur, 2019 // Framing gender justice<https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/nor/40/2/article-p19.xml> - A comparative analysis of the media coverage of #MeToo in Denmark and Sweden, Nordicom Review, 2019, vol 40, issue 2.

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Reg: Internet Research [Increasing Engagement in Virtual Interactions]
by Vignesh Raja 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

Dear Researchers, I am delighted to be part of this elite forum of International Researchers. receiving communication from seasoned researchers from across the world. I am Vignesh Raja, an Alumnus of BITS, Pilani and have 15+ years of Corporate / Industry experience in Business Research, Analytics and Consulting having worked across Services, Manufacturing and e-Commerce Domains. Over the last 2 years, I have been active in the teaching / training circuit, sharing my diverse experience in various Management & Industry forums. I am an empanelled trainer with Madras Management Association too. As I pursue my dream of being an International Professional Speaker, my areas of interests revolve around: "Business, Internet Research, Data & Insights". I am also a strong believer in purposeful networking, which has always been and will continue to remain a key life-skill among people of all walks of life. I am now working on creating modules around the below themes: *- Purposeful "Virtual" Networking / Purposeful Networking in Virtual World * *- Engaging effectively through Virtual Platforms* I would like to understand if there are any such themes where such papers are being accepted, where I can present my research? I am also open to collaborate with experts in this domain too. Please write back to me on this e-mail. I am a 'Business Researcher' and my linkedin profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vigneshraja Look forward to inputs & advise from across the world. Thanks, Regards, Vignesh Raja +91 9840881583

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