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The journal Global Media and China published the latest issue!
by Xiao Han 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Dear All, We are pleased to announce that our journal Global Media and China has just published its latest issue(Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020). And also we sincerely welcome your contribution to our journals. If you are interested and have the time, it is a great honour for us to receive your submission. Here is the submission portal: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac>. For more information about Global Media and China, please go to gch.sagepub.com <http://gch.sagepub.com/>, you can also find detailed submission guidelines there. You can freely read this new issue at: http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/gch/current <http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/gch/current> Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020 Research Articles Yiu-Wai Chu Introduction: Mediating borders: New boundaries for Hong Kong studies Yiu-Wai Chu Hong Kong (in China) studies: Hong Kong popular culture as example Matthew Ming-tak Chew Discovering the digital Stephen Chow: The transborder influence of Chow’s films on the Chinese Internet in the 2010s Helena Wu Sports as a lens: The contours of local and national belonging in post-handover Hong Kong Weng Kit Chan Beyond nationhood: Border and coming of age in Hong Kong cinema Original Articles Chen Yang How China’s image affects Chinese products in a partisan-motivated US market Xianwen Kuang, Hui Wang Framing international news in China: An analysis of trans-edited news in Chinese newspapers Book Reviews Min Jiang Book Review: Robert Hinck, Skye Cooley, & Randolph Kluver, Global Media and Strategic Narratives of Contested Democracy: Chinese, Russian, and Arabic Media Narratives of the US Presidential Election Saba Bebawi Book Review: Haiyan Wang, The Transformation of Investigative Journalism in China: From Journalists to Activists Yuan Ping Book Review: X Zhang, H Wasserman & W Mano (Eds.), China’s Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions and K Batchelor & X Zhang (Eds.), China-Africa Relations: Building Images Through Cultural Cooperation, Media Representation and Communication Dr HAN Xiao Research Assistant, Social Media Centre, Communication University of China (CUC) Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gch <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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hiring lecturer & assistants in Design / Digital Media - Amsterdam
by Gabriele Ferri 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

For the Master Digital Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, I have opened 3 positions: 1) a lecturer (equiv. asst. prof.) in Design Research (0.7fte, 3,5 days/week) https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1107273/Lecturer-in-Design-Research-(0,7-fte) ATTENTION: this lecturer must hold a PhD at the time of hiring. No remote working, unfortunately 2) a lab assistant with a Master's degree, who is well-versed in creative technologies and isn't afraid of diving head-first into experimental projects (0.2fte, 1 day/week) https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1113962/Lab-Assistant-(0,2-fte) No remote working, unfortunately 3) a studio assistant with a Master's degree, who is an empathetic "people-person" and can coach students in their design processes & team dynamics (0.4fte, 2 days/week) https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1107320/Studio-Assistant-(0,4-fte) No remote working, unfortunately --- --- --- POSITION 1: lecturer (equiv. asst. prof.) in Design Research (0.7fte, 3,5 days/week) We are seeking a Lecturer for the “Design Research” course. We look for an enthusiastic colleague who is comfortable with the research methods commonly used by creative industries, and with more open methodologies such as critical making or action research. At the end of the course, students should be ready to conduct design research / testing / validation in professional settings, and should also be aware of other critical, exploratory, and art-inspired methodologies for research through design. The candidate will also be responsible for pitching projects that students & lecturers of the M.Sc. Digital Design might conduct with researchers from the various research units (lectoraten) of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and/or other institutions. Currently, the M.Sc. Digital Design already employs an Industry Liaison officer who is responsible for developing projects together with private partners, and we envision that the Lecturer in Design Research will have a similar task but targeted to research entities. We are seeking a colleague with a Ph.D. degree in a field related to design (HCI, Digital Design, Product Design, Interaction Design, UX…) and an affinity to research methodologies applied to the design process. Due to the complexity of this position, we require candidates to have obtained their Ph.D. at the time of hiring. The selected candidate must be able to start at the beginning of Semester 2 (Feb. 1, 2021), but an earlier start date can be arranged if requested. DEADLINE: 15 August see the full ad: https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1107273/Lecturer-in-Design-Research-(0,7-fte) --- --- --- POSITION 2: lab assistant (0.2fte, 1 day/week) We are seeking a competent and proactive Lab Assistant to support our Lab Manager and lecturers in the activities taking place in the MDD Lab. The Lab Assistant that we are seeking is at ease with a variety of physical and digital creative technologies – including internet-of-things devices, web prototyping tools and javascript frameworks (e.g., Node Js, Angular, React). The Lab Assistant has an affinity for working with students (e.g., running teaching activities in the lab, under the Lab Manager’s guidance), and can judge their work. This position could be combined with other opportunities in our institution. DEADLINE: 17 August see the full ad: https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1113962/Lab-Assistant-(0,2-fte) --- --- --- POSITION 3: studio assistant (0.4fte, 2 days/week) We are seeking an enthusiastic Studio Assistant for the Master’s programme in Digital Design (MDD). The MDD is a studio-based education programme where students regularly work and learn in a shared space, the MDD studio. The Studio Assistant supports lecturers and students in their daily activities in the studio. S/he recently graduated from a Master’s programme in design and can create a positive, productive and creative environment in a design studio. S/he has a strong affinity for digital design, and s/he can facilitate group work in an international and multicultural setting. This position could be combined with other opportunities in our institution. DEADLINE: 15 August see the full ad: https://www.hva.nl/vacatures/1107320/Studio-Assistant-(0,4-fte) --- --- --- Contact Gabriele Ferri g.ferri AT hva.nl for further information Gabriele Ferri, Ph.D. Head of program, Master Digital Design Senior researcher, Play & Civic Media Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences www.gabrieleferri.com

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CfP 'Political Theory of the Digital Constellation' (ZPol)
by Daniel Staemmler 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Dear all, a special issue devoted to the relationship between politics and digitization from a theoretical perspective of the Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft <https://www.springer.com/journal/41358> (ZPol) will be published in autumn 2021 under the title "Political Theory of the Digital Constellation". The contributions will critically examine the relationship between political theory and digitalization in diachronic reconstruction, synchronous analysis and normative perspective, reflect on existing normative positions and integrate the findings of other disciplines – such as Science & Technology Studies or the philosophy of technology – into political science research in order to contribute to a Political Theory of the digital constellation. The detailed Call for Papers can be found here in German <https://digidem.weizenbaum-institut.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ZPol-Digi…> or English <https://digidem.weizenbaum-institut.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ZPol-Digi…>. For the special issue we are asking for contribution proposals in the form of extended abstracts of max. 800 words by 30 September 2020 (in German or English). Following a first selection within four weeks, the complete contributions are to be submitted by 30 January 2021. The contributions will then be subject to a double-blind peer review and in case of a successful review will be published online first in 2021. Please send your contribution proposals to zpol.digitheo(a)wzb.eu <mailto:zpol.digitheo@wzb.eu>. Best regards, Daniel Staemmler (FU Berlin), Sebastian Berg (JWI/WZB), Thorsten Thiel (JWI/WZB)

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new book! Sex and Social Media
by Katrin Tiidenberg 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Dearest AoIR colleagues, pardon the self-promotion, but we have a new book “Sex and Social Media" out with Emily van der Nagel and wanted to share the news, discount code, free chapter etc if you maybe want to read it or think you could teach with it. You can get 30% off with a code SOCIAL when buying via Emerald’s store https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Sex-and-Social-Media/?K=978183… <https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Sex-and-Social-Media/?K=978183…> There’s a free chapter available here: https://bit.ly/2CqTC1x <https://bit.ly/2CqTC1x> There is also an audio book (we are very excited about it), performed by Kelly Burke. It is available via audible https://www.audible.com/pd/1800433719 <https://www.audible.com/pd/1800433719> but also elsewhere, here is an audio snippet https://twitter.com/EmeraldSoc/status/1281906163970441220?s=20 <https://twitter.com/EmeraldSoc/status/1281906163970441220?s=20> Some of the early praise we’ve been very proud and fortunate to get is here: https://kkatot.tumblr.com/post/623693886649483264/my-new-book-co-authored-w… <https://kkatot.tumblr.com/post/623693886649483264/my-new-book-co-authored-w…> And we have our first book review here: https://coffeeandkink.me/2020/07/13/sex-and-social-media/ <https://coffeeandkink.me/2020/07/13/sex-and-social-media/> thank you and best regards, Kat and Emily Katrin Tiidenberg, PhD Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Social Media, Tallinn University, Estonia Secretary of AoIR Communications Exec of Estonian Young Academy of Sciences Books: Sex and Social Media // Selfies, why we love (and hate) them // Ihu ja hingega internetis, kuidas mõista sotsiaalmeediat. Just published: Tiidenberg, K. & Whelan, A. (2019). “Not like that, not for that, not by them”: social media affordances of critique, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2019.1624797 more info: http://kkatot.tumblr.com/

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Seeking non-Zoom platform recs for a workshop
by David Wolinsky 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Hi all, I'm gearing up to later this year co-teach a series of workshops that's a hybrid game-development / creative-writing workshop. We want to find a non-Zoom, possibly graphics-based solution that can help us meet and be in a digital space that existing in will help prime people to feel more receptive to exploring creative ideas together - we don't need video for this class. Maybe at most it would be great to find a platform that would let people share and present files or small video clips of their work, but that would be secondary. Does anyone have any recommendations for platforms that might fit this description? I'm building a short list of ones to consider but have found it surprisingly difficult to search and find new ones... Thanks! David

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CfP: Digitizing Valuation (Theme Issue of Valuation Studies)
by Malte Ziewitz 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

*Call for Papers: Digitizing Valuation* A Theme Issue of Valuation Studies https://valuationstudies.liu.se/Theme_Call_Digitizing_Valuation What happens when we “digitize” practices of valuation and what are the implications? What are the opportunities and limits of existing analytic tools for understanding new forms of digital valuation? What vistas and perspectives do emerge for research into valuation? This theme issue of *Valuation Studies* will explore novel, cross-cutting approaches to problematizing, analyzing, and examining the intersection of digitization and valuation in contemporary societies. Contributions are welcome from a number of approaches to the study of valuation practices, including sociological, anthropological, cultural, political, semiotic, historiographic, legal, institutional, critical, and organisational. Potential research themes include, but are not limited to: * Linkages between digitization, valuation, and accountability * The relationship between digital and other modes of valuation * Issues of bias, discrimination, and gaming in digital valuation * Innovative methodologies for studying digital valuation * The roles and relevance of automation in digital valuation * The relationship between digital valuation and new modes of governing * How different modes of sensing the world (digital or otherwise) are valued * How agency is redistributed by digital valuation systems * Questions of privacy, ownership, and control * Due process, recourse, and contestability * Historical analyses of digital valuation practices Expressions of interest should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (about 1,000 words). Selected authors will be invited to submit full papers for peer review. *Important dates* September 15, 2020: Extended abstracts due October 15, 2020: Notification of authors April 15, 2021: Full papers due *Full call for papers:* https://valuationstudies.liu.se/Theme_Call_Digitizing_Valuation *Questions and inquiries*: digitalization.valuation(a)gmail.com *Editors:* Francis Lee (Chalmers University of Technology); Andrea Mennicken (London School of Economics); Jacob Reilley (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg); Malte Ziewitz (Cornell University) -- Malte Ziewitz Assistant Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University Personal website <https://zwtz.org/> | Due Process Clinic <https://dueprocess.sts.cornell.edu/> | Office hours <https://ziewitz.youcanbook.me/>

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New article on algorithms in facilitating online deliberation
by Nardine.Alnemr 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Hi all, I hope you're staying safe and well. My article on algorithmic facilitation in online deliberation has been published in Contemporary Politics. In the article I survey some of theoretical and practical blind spots in replacing human facilitators with algorithms and artificial facilitators (chatbots) in democratic citizen deliberation. The main shortcoming is that none of the designs of these democratic processes is actually democratic. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569775.2020.1791306 Looking forward to knowing your thoughts Thanks Nardine [UC Logo]<http://www.canberra.edu.au> [Mid-year entry at the University of Canberra]<https://www.canberra.edu.au/study-uc> [UC Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfCanberra>[UC Twitter]<https://twitter.com/UniCanberra>[UC Instagram]<https://www.instagram.com/unicanberra/>[UC Linkedin]<https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-canberra/>[UC Youtube]<https://www.youtube.com/user/uniofcanberra> [University of Canberra] <http://www.canberra.edu.au> Australian Government Higher Education Registered Provider (CRICOS) #00212K The University of Canberra acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce Campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather. NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential or copyright materials and are for the attention of the addressee only. If you have received this email in error please notify us by email reply and delete it from your system. The University of Canberra accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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New book - Growing up on Facebook
by Brady Robards 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Hello AoIR, Sian Lincoln and I have recently had a new book come out that may be of interest - *Growing up on Facebook <https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408>*. It's in Peter Lang's Digital Formations series, edited by Steve Jones. It is the culmination of a project looking at how young(ish) people make sense of their own social media archives, those digital traces of personal histories inscribed on Facebook (and other platforms). We've shared bits and pieces at AoIR conferences over the years, and we've had very helpful and constructive feedback - thank you! The official blurb and our table of contents below. For the rest of July, Peter Lang is giving a 30% off discount. You/your libraries can get it by emailing order(a)peterlang.com, with "Robards" in the subject line, and mentioning the discount. A sales rep will take it from there. It's available as an ebook, paperback, or hardback. Still not cheap as an academic book, but a bit better with the discount: ~$30USD/$43AUD/€27 +p&h. Cheers, Brady -- *Growing up on Facebook* Brady Robards & Sian Lincoln https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408 Growing up in the era of social media isn’t easy. With Facebook now having existed for more than a decade and a half, young people who have grown up using social media can look back and see earlier versions of themselves staring back: nostalgic moments with friends from school, reminders of painful breakups, birthdays and graduations, posts that allude to drama with family, experiences of travel, and blurry drunken photos. How do we make sense of our own personal histories inscribed on and through social media? What are the implications for future careers, for public trust in social media companies, and for our own memories? Growing up on Facebook examines the role of Facebook, and other social media platforms that have emerged around Facebook, in mediating experiences of 'growing up' for young people. Based on interviews with the first generation of young people to grow up with social media, the book covers education and employment, love and relationships, family life, and leisure (drinking, travel, and music). It touches on processes of impression management, privacy, context collapse, and control, and raises critical questions about the standards we hold social media platforms to, as they become the guardians of our personal histories. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Is Facebook Still Cool? Was It Ever? 3. Sites and Spaces of Growing Up: Blurring the Digital and Physical 4. Scrolling Back through Facebook Timelines: Making Sense of Digital Traces 5. Shaping and Performing Professional Identities: From Education to Employment 6. Love, and Making It ‘Facebook Official’ 7. Mediating Family Life 8. Documenting Leisure: Partying, Travel, Music, and Hanging Out 9. Disconnections, Absences, Conclusions --- Dr Brady Robards Senior Research Fellow in Sociology School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University Publications <https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/brady-robards/publications/> *|* bradyrobards.com *|* LGBTIQ <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network> <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network>Ally Network <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network> *|* Monash Digital Cultures Research Group <https://arts.monash.edu/research/excellence/creative-practices-communicatio…> *> New Book: Growing up on Facebook <https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408> *

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Educators' Perception of Cultural Inclusivity in Online Teaching
by Nandita Gurjar 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

The University of Northern Iowa faculty is conducting a research study on educators' perceptions of cultural inclusivity in online learning. We invite educators to respond to a survey about their perception of cultural inclusivity in online teaching and learning. We seek responses from educators from different disciplines globally. The survey is confidential and voluntary. You will not be asked to disclose your email address or your name. The survey will take about 8-10 minutes to complete. You can choose to answer the questions you feel comfortable with. There are no direct benefits to you but we believe that the results of the study should be useful to the higher education field broadly. For full informed consent, please see the survey link below. https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8czyOPPSSqhhYd7 Nandita Gurjar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Literacy Education 107C Schindler Education Center Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls-50316 Ph: (319) 273-5695 nandita.gurjar(a)uni.edu

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Daniel Dennett
by Rachael Espinet 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Hi everyone, Anyone here using Daniel Dennett and Alan Watts as philosophers in your research? Best, Rachael Espinet

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