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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 190, Issue 10
by trena paulus 10 May '20

10 May '20

Take a look at our recent book on analyzing online conversations including social media: https://books.google.com/books/about/Looking_for_Insight_Transformation_and… > On May 9, 2020, at 7:04 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Literature on digital culture and online/virtual communities > (Chuan Clara Yu) > 2. Social Media and Methods (Ostertag, Stephen F) > 3. Re: Social Media and Methods (David Stodolsky) > 4. Re: Social Media and Methods (Shulman, Stu) > 5. Re: Social Media and Methods (Nastasia Griffioen) > 6. Re: Social Media and Methods (Greenhalgh, Spencer P.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 17:04:30 +1000 > From: Chuan Clara Yu <clarayu771(a)gmail.com> > To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Literature on digital culture and online/virtual > communities > Message-ID: <3B8F10D3-C260-4376-B3C1-404D84868C1A(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear colleagues, > > I?m looking for literature on two topics and wonder if there?s recommendations from the AoIR community. > > 1) Literature on digital culture, especially the key readings in this area and those on a digital culture in China. > > 2) Literature on online/virtual communities. > > Thank you! And have a nice weekend. > > Best, > Clara. > > -- > Clara Chuan Yu, PhD > Lecturer > > Translation and Interpreting Studies > Monash University, Australia > http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/translation-interpreting/ <http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/translation-interpreting/> > > E: chuan.yu(a)monash.edu <mailto:chuan.yu@monash.edu> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:43:19 +0000 > From: "Ostertag, Stephen F" <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Social Media and Methods > Message-ID: > <MN2PR03MB50568FD01DBBBF42BE06A7CBBEA30(a)MN2PR03MB5056.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone. > > Can anyone suggest a few solid readings on social media and methods? Something that touches on sampling, epistemologies, analysis and such. > > Thank you, > > Stephen Ostertag > > Stephen F. Ostertag, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Sociology > Department of Sociology > Tulane University > New Orleans, LA 70118 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 18:01:14 +0200 > From: David Stodolsky <dss(a)secureid.net> > To: "Ostertag, Stephen F" <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Media and Methods > Message-ID: <4DD45378-E025-438B-8DCE-B2616FA53D6D(a)secureid.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > >> On 9 May 2020, at 17:43, Ostertag, Stephen F <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> wrote: >> >> Can anyone suggest a few solid readings on social media and methods? Something that touches on sampling, epistemologies, analysis and such. > > Big Data is not only about data: The two cultures of modelling > > Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri > > Big Data & Society > January?June 2017: 1?6 > > DOI: 10.1177/2053951717703997 > > > > dss > > David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics > Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark > dss(a)socialinformatics.org Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:19:17 -0400 > From: "Shulman, Stu" <stu(a)texifter.com> > To: "Ostertag, Stephen F" <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Media and Methods > Message-ID: > <CAAtQ8JT9njxfRqew0N3wMRHmqF-0HrXjvewptM+yDrQZnHZTgA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Lots of innovative ideas, methods, and research questions in these studies: > > https://discovertext.com/publications/ > >> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:43 AM Ostertag, Stephen F <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> >> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone. >> >> Can anyone suggest a few solid readings on social media and methods? >> Something that touches on sampling, epistemologies, analysis and such. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Stephen Ostertag >> >> Stephen F. Ostertag, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor of Sociology >> Department of Sociology >> Tulane University >> New Orleans, LA 70118 >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > -- > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman > Founder and CEO, Texifter > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 19:07:08 +0200 > From: Nastasia Griffioen <nastasia.griffioen(a)gmail.com> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Media and Methods > Message-ID: <F39752E7-2DF2-436C-8762-34A05A0EEDB5(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Stephen (and others!), > > I?m not sure what sort of methods you are looking for (i.e., what the purpose of those methods would need to be), but you may find our recent paper interesting. > In it, we discuss how we developed a new, reliable way of assessing social media (and smartphone) use (as well as its qualitative aspects). > > A Stimulated Recall Method for the Improved Assessment of Quantity and Quality of Social?Media Use? <https://www.jmir.org/2020/1/e15529/> > > Best, > > Nastasia Griffioen > > PhD Candidate > Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab > Radboud University, the Netherlands > > > >> On 9 May 2020, at 18:19, Shulman, Stu <stu(a)texifter.com> wrote: >> >> Lots of innovative ideas, methods, and research questions in these studies: >> >> https://discovertext.com/publications/ >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:43 AM Ostertag, Stephen F <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest a few solid readings on social media and methods? >>> Something that touches on sampling, epistemologies, analysis and such. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Stephen Ostertag >>> >>> Stephen F. Ostertag, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor of Sociology >>> Department of Sociology >>> Tulane University >>> New Orleans, LA 70118 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Stuart W. Shulman >> Founder and CEO, Texifter >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 17:34:25 +0000 > From: "Greenhalgh, Spencer P." <spencer.greenhalgh(a)uky.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Media and Methods > Message-ID: <93DC17A7-7629-432A-AD79-F1BA7F15EE27(a)uky.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Stephen, > > It's a very high-level view, and it's aimed at educational technology research, but here's a pre-print of a chapter my colleagues and I recently finished that describes social media research in terms of "six broad, interconnected steps" and highlights considerations researchers need to make during each step: http://www.researchmerge.com/uploads/7/5/3/5/75356681/chapter_5_research_me… > > I'm also a big fan of the SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. > > Best, > > Spencer > > ------ > Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Science > College of Communication and Information > University of Kentucky > > spencergreenhalgh.com<http://spencergreenhalgh.com> > > > Le 9 mai 2020 ? 13h07, Nastasia Griffioen <nastasia.griffioen(a)gmail.com<mailto:nastasia.griffioen@gmail.com>> a ?crit : > > CAUTION: External Sender > > > Hi Stephen (and others!), > > I?m not sure what sort of methods you are looking for (i.e., what the purpose of those methods would need to be), but you may find our recent paper interesting. > In it, we discuss how we developed a new, reliable way of assessing social media (and smartphone) use (as well as its qualitative aspects). > > A Stimulated Recall Method for the Improved Assessment of Quantity and Quality of Social Media Use <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jmir.…> > > Best, > > Nastasia Griffioen > > PhD Candidate > Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab > Radboud University, the Netherlands > > > > On 9 May 2020, at 18:19, Shulman, Stu <stu(a)texifter.com<mailto:stu@texifter.com>> wrote: > > Lots of innovative ideas, methods, and research questions in these studies: > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovert… > > On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:43 AM Ostertag, Stephen F <sosterta(a)tulane.edu> > wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > Can anyone suggest a few solid readings on social media and methods? > Something that touches on sampling, epistemologies, analysis and such. > > Thank you, > > Stephen Ostertag > > Stephen F. Ostertag, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Sociology > Department of Sociology > Tulane University > New Orleans, LA 70118 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%2… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.o… > > > > -- > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman > Founder and CEO, Texifter > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%2… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.o… > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%2… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.o… > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 190, Issue 10 > **************************************

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Twitter & Surveys
by Muira McCammon 10 May '20

10 May '20

Hi, all, I have always appreciated the rich methodological discussions on the this listserv. I was curious to talk with folks to hear about what kinds of strategies have worked for them in reaching out to followers of Twitter accounts. I am particularly interested in hearing from anyone, who has ever conducted research that relied on tweeting a survey at specific Twitter users whose other contact information might otherwise unavailable (i.e. DMs are closed and limited personally identifiable info is disclosed in their profiles). Thank you for sharing any insights you might have on this matter in advance. Wishing you all health and reasonably good spirits, Muira *** *Muira McCammon* *Ph.D. candidate, Annenberg School for Communication * *M.L. candidate, University of Pennsylvania Law School* *Twitter: **@muira_mccammon * <https://twitter.com/muira_mccammon>

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Literature on digital culture and online/virtual communities
by Chuan Clara Yu 09 May '20

09 May '20

Dear colleagues, I’m looking for literature on two topics and wonder if there’s recommendations from the AoIR community. 1) Literature on digital culture, especially the key readings in this area and those on a digital culture in China. 2) Literature on online/virtual communities. Thank you! And have a nice weekend. Best, Clara. -- Clara Chuan Yu, PhD Lecturer Translation and Interpreting Studies Monash University, Australia http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/translation-interpreting/ <http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/translation-interpreting/> E: chuan.yu(a)monash.edu <mailto:chuan.yu@monash.edu>

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Book Recommendation
by Plothe, Theo 08 May '20

08 May '20

Dear AoIR-Hive Mind, First off, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. I am teaching an undergraduate special topics course this fall on Social Media PR, where I hope to do a lot of social media analytics. All of these students will be PR majors, but I want to give them a toolbox for real network analysis. It’s a upper level class, but our students have never done anything like this at all. So I’m conscious that there will be a steep learning curve before we get to tools like Gephi or NodeXL. Anyone have any suggestions for a textbook? I haven’t found one yet, and my deadline for course materials passed a few weeks ago. So I’ve sorta run out of time. I will take any and all suggestions! Thank you! Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University On May 7, 2020, at 4:40 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org> wrote: Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Question: Twitter follower count distribution (Jakob J?nger) 2. CFP "Digital Ethnography" at VANDA-Vienna Anthropology Days (Monika Palmberger) 3. [updated cfp] Histories of Computing in Asia workshop (Christopher Leslie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 22:48:40 +0200 From: Jakob J?nger <jakob.juenger(a)uni-greifswald.de> To: "Vergeer, M.R.M. (Maurice)" <m.vergeer(a)maw.ru.nl>, Aram Sinnreich <aram(a)american.edu>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Cc: Marie-Luise von Berg <marie-luise.vonberg(a)uni-greifswald.de> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Question: Twitter follower count distribution Message-ID: <397be647-2361-f238-a53c-44521c5dddb3(a)uni-greifswald.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks for the advice, may I follow up on this? My first thought was poisson, too. But poisson distributions (and gaussian) assume the events occur independently, as far as I know. And that should not be true for follower counts because, I guess, there is some kind of (nonlinear) preferential attachment process behind this (e.g. https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnetworksci…) Might be I missed something. Maybe someone knows studies that fit distributions of social media metrics? Am 06.05.2020 um 21:53 schrieb Vergeer, M.R.M. (Maurice): considering the number of followers is a count variable (non-negative discrete numbers), is is either a poisson, negative-binomial, or sero-inflated distribution log-transforming the distribution for further (statistical) analysis is not advised. best Maurice ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:17:39 +0200 From: Monika Palmberger <monika.palmberger(a)univie.ac.at> To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Cc: Philipp Budka <philipp.budka(a)univie.ac.at> Subject: [Air-L] CFP "Digital Ethnography" at VANDA-Vienna Anthropology Days Message-ID: <B0F3865B-1508-4F74-B201-17AB1C07D425(a)univie.ac.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear All, We are warmly inviting you to submit a paper proposal for our panel ?Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches? taking place at VANDA - Vienna Anthropology Days (https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvanda.uni… , Sept. 28 ? Oct. 1, 2020, University of Vienna, Austria). The deadline for submitting a paper abstract is June 1, 2020. Please find details on the call below. Best wishes, Monika and Philipp Conference Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA) 2020 Date & Venue 28 September - 1 October, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Panel Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches Organizers Philipp Budka (University of Vienna) Monika Palmberger (University of Vienna) Abstract Ethnographic research has the potential to dig deep into mediated personal relationships as well as into socio-technical relations in an increasingly digitized and digitalized world (e.g., Hjorth et al. 2017; Horst & Miller, 2012; Pink et al., 2016). In order to do so, ethnographers and anthropologists have engaged with a variety of digital and multimodal methods such as online ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation, digital storytelling, mobile and visual media elicitation, digital media biographies, and digital video re-enactments (e.g., Pink et al., 2016). Their research has opened up new knowledge horizons such as the changing emotional, normative or symbolic dimensions of complex social relations and cultural practices entangled with new digital media technologies. This session provides room for critical and ethical reflections on theory and methodology in the field of digital anthropology/ethnography, including, but not limited to, the following questions: Which theoretical concepts are particularly fruitful in the ethnographic and anthropological exploration of digital phenomena? How are such concepts entangled with methodological approaches and challenges, for example by reconsidering issues of collaboration, decolonization, confidentiality or intimacy? How can we do participant observation when communication and interaction are increasingly 'individualized' and veiled due to digital technologies, particularly the smartphone? Which forms of collecting, interpreting and representing empirical data do we aspire for? This session invites presenters to revisit previous discussions and critically reflect upon current relevant debates in anthropology and beyond. Papers may be empirically, methodologically or theoretically driven. Deadline & Submission Please submit your paper abstracts (max. 350 words) online via the conference system the latest by June 1, 2020: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvanda.uni… ----------- Dr. Monika Palmberger https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fksa.univi… https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkuleuven.… recent publications: Relational ambivalence: Exploring the social and discursive dimensions of ambivalence?The case of Turkish aging labor migrants. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2019. 2019: Why alternative memory and place-making practices in divided cities matter Space and Polity, 2019. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 22:01:05 +0800 From: Christopher Leslie <chrisleslienyc(a)hotmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org, Sigcis <members(a)sigcis.org> Subject: [Air-L] [updated cfp] Histories of Computing in Asia workshop Message-ID: <DM6PR13MB3609A311CF012E572EAF251EC2A50(a)DM6PR13MB3609.namprd13.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Colleagues, Even though the future is hard to predict, the consensus of IFIP Working Group 9.7 and the program committee is that we should go ahead with our December workshop. The initial interest in our workshop has been keen, and it seems that now more than ever we should maintain our commitment to international scholarship. Ultimately, I think the decision about the fate of the workshop should be made by the participants, based on the advice of our host. Thus, our program committee will start reviewing draft papers as we previously announced on June 1 and we will hope to have a roster of papers announced by September. At that time, we will confer with all parties involved to decide what is the best and safest way for everyone to proceed. It seems possible that some will be able to attend an in-person meeting, and other will prefer to make remote presentations. If in fact the group wishes to postpone the conference to 2021, we can consider that, too. If you would like to participate in the workshop, but you do not think you will be ready to submit your paper by June 1, please let me know. Additionally, if you have any concerns about the workshop in advance of submitting a draft paper, please reach out. These are trying times, and I appreciate everyone?s patience and support. With that lengthy preamble, I am pasting an abbreviated CFP below. More information, including a form to upload your draft paper, is available at https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fifipwg97.o… Sincerely, Chris Leslie Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing Lecturer, South China University of Technology Final Call for Papers HISTORIES OF COMPUTING IN ASIA SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY GUANGZHOU ? DECEMBER 2020 Draft papers are now being accepted for the next meeting of IFIP?s Working Group 9.7, which we hope will be held from 4 to 8 December 2020. Hosted by the South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Guangzhou, China, our proposed workshop will bring together international and Chinese academic researchers, public historians, and industry professionals who are interested in the history of computing. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created many uncertainties. Because our workshop is not scheduled until the end of the year, we have decided to proceed with the review of papers as planned, and we will confer with the authors of accepted papers about their ability to travel in the fall. We hope it will be possible to hold the conference in person, but we recognize that for some participants, this may be impossible or uncomfortable. We will discuss alternative arrangements, such as allowing remote presentations or postponing the workshop, in September with the authors of the accepted papers. THEMES The theme of the workshop is histories of computing in Asia, with a particular emphasis on contextualizing China?s success in computing. The program committee will consider any paper in line with this theme, but we are particularly interested in topics such as: China, Asia, and Beyond. The rapid rise of Chinese computing Internationalism. Frameworks that foster multinational cooperation and innovation Science and Technology Studies. History and philosophy of technology, from east to west Pedagogy. Teaching the history of computing in or about Asia Public History and Imagination. Remembering and presenting histories of computing More details about the CFP, guidelines for papers, and a form to upload your draft paper for consideration is available at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fifipwg97.o… <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fifipwg97.o…> REVIEW PROCESS Academic and amateur historians, computing and informatics professionals, archivists, and museum curators are welcome to submit papers to be considered for this workshop. Following our typical practice, we will ask for full papers for anonymous peer review by a program committee. Accepted papers must be revised according to the comments of the peer reviewers. In order to provide for a lively discussion at the workshop, we will distribute draft papers to participants in advance. After the workshop, authors will have the chance to incorporate feedback from the audience before preparing their final versions. These will be considered for inclusion in the volume of edited, selected papers, which will be published by Springer-Nature in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series. The official language of the workshop and the printed proceedings is English. IMPORTANT DATES 1 May to 1 June 2020: Draft papers accepted for consideration by the Program Committee 1 September 2020: Comments from Program Committee, decisions, and invitations sent to authors 4 November 2020: Collection of papers, revised based on reviewer comments and using Springer template, for distribution to workshop participants 4 December 2020: Participants arrive in Guangzhou, China 13 January 2021: Revised papers due for consideration in proceedings volume, which will be published by Springer Enquires in advance of your submission may be addressed to the conference chair, Christopher Leslie, at <hca2020workshop(a)outlook.com <mailto:hca2020workshop@outlook.com>>. ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org%2… Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.o… ------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 190, Issue 8 *************************************

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ONLY one week away - IEEE Globecom 2020 - Social Networks Selected Areas in Communication Track
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 08 May '20

08 May '20

****Apologies for multiple postings. The 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) will be held physically in Taipei as scheduled from 7 to 11, December 2020. The organizing team is closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 situation. In case of travel restrictions that prohibit physical appearance, video presentation will be accepted as an alternative of presentation. Welcome to visit the picturesque city of Taipei in December. CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2020 - Social Networks Selected Areas in Communication Track 7-11 December 2020 Taipei, Taiwan *********************** Important Dates Paper Submission: 15 May 2020 (EXTENDED) Notification: 15 August 2020 Camera Ready: 1 September 2020 *********************** Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27072&track=100637 *********************** Scope and Motivation Social networks, which target the development of social relations among people with common interest through web-based services, have contributed a large portion of Internet traffic nowadays and become dominant forms of social interaction on the Internet. This recent development brings significant research interests on the interplay between mobile communications networks, mobile computing and social networks. Due to its increasing prevalence and interdisciplinary nature, social networks have also attracted research attentions to a number of related technical areas, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data analytics, data mining, information security and privacy protection. This track aims to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia, industry, and government to present their cutting-edge innovations in all aspects of the field. Papers on practical applications and R&D results from industry and academic/industrial collaborations are encouraged. Topics of interest for the Social Networks Selected Areas in Communication Track include, but are not limited to: * Artificial Intelligence for social networks and applications * Blockchain-based social networks, decentralized social content, and cryptocurrency through social networks * Knowledge discovery with big mobile data analytics and information dissemination and propagation in social networks * New applications of large social network analysis and relational structure of social networks to design advanced wireless communication networks, and interplay with network science areas such as physics and biology * Social network modeling, analysis, measurements, and experiments using big data and data mining for better understanding of social network influence, reputation, recommendation, community structure, and advertisement etc. * Convergence and interplay between social networks and the underlying communications platforms, including characterization of social interactions in mobile communication networks and analysis of social network from communication theory perspective * Influence of social networks on communications networks design and operation as well as subsequent development of new paradigms of future communications networks * Numerical and analytical techniques as a foundation to enable social networks of massive networked (big) data (e.g., belief and message propagation, computational intelligence and machine learning, game and economical analysis, graph theoretical analysis etc.) * Trusted networking, privacy and security, user behaviors and dynamics, and digital right management for big data from social networks * System architecture, protocols, middleware and software engineering, terminal technology, user experience and interface technology, deployment and operations, and standards for social networks * Social networks applications and services to mobile Internet, multimedia networks, mobile-commerce, cyber-physical systems, and their potential social, economic, and cultural impacts ********* Symposium Chair Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE>

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[updated cfp] Histories of Computing in Asia workshop
by Christopher Leslie 07 May '20

07 May '20

Dear Colleagues, Even though the future is hard to predict, the consensus of IFIP Working Group 9.7 and the program committee is that we should go ahead with our December workshop. The initial interest in our workshop has been keen, and it seems that now more than ever we should maintain our commitment to international scholarship. Ultimately, I think the decision about the fate of the workshop should be made by the participants, based on the advice of our host. Thus, our program committee will start reviewing draft papers as we previously announced on June 1 and we will hope to have a roster of papers announced by September. At that time, we will confer with all parties involved to decide what is the best and safest way for everyone to proceed. It seems possible that some will be able to attend an in-person meeting, and other will prefer to make remote presentations. If in fact the group wishes to postpone the conference to 2021, we can consider that, too. If you would like to participate in the workshop, but you do not think you will be ready to submit your paper by June 1, please let me know. Additionally, if you have any concerns about the workshop in advance of submitting a draft paper, please reach out. These are trying times, and I appreciate everyone’s patience and support. With that lengthy preamble, I am pasting an abbreviated CFP below. More information, including a form to upload your draft paper, is available at http://ifipwg97.org/ Sincerely, Chris Leslie Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing Lecturer, South China University of Technology Final Call for Papers HISTORIES OF COMPUTING IN ASIA SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY GUANGZHOU • DECEMBER 2020 Draft papers are now being accepted for the next meeting of IFIP’s Working Group 9.7, which we hope will be held from 4 to 8 December 2020. Hosted by the South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Guangzhou, China, our proposed workshop will bring together international and Chinese academic researchers, public historians, and industry professionals who are interested in the history of computing. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created many uncertainties. Because our workshop is not scheduled until the end of the year, we have decided to proceed with the review of papers as planned, and we will confer with the authors of accepted papers about their ability to travel in the fall. We hope it will be possible to hold the conference in person, but we recognize that for some participants, this may be impossible or uncomfortable. We will discuss alternative arrangements, such as allowing remote presentations or postponing the workshop, in September with the authors of the accepted papers. THEMES The theme of the workshop is histories of computing in Asia, with a particular emphasis on contextualizing China’s success in computing. The program committee will consider any paper in line with this theme, but we are particularly interested in topics such as: China, Asia, and Beyond. The rapid rise of Chinese computing Internationalism. Frameworks that foster multinational cooperation and innovation Science and Technology Studies. History and philosophy of technology, from east to west Pedagogy. Teaching the history of computing in or about Asia Public History and Imagination. Remembering and presenting histories of computing More details about the CFP, guidelines for papers, and a form to upload your draft paper for consideration is available at: http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/ <http://ifipwg97.org/workshops/hca2020/> REVIEW PROCESS Academic and amateur historians, computing and informatics professionals, archivists, and museum curators are welcome to submit papers to be considered for this workshop. Following our typical practice, we will ask for full papers for anonymous peer review by a program committee. Accepted papers must be revised according to the comments of the peer reviewers. In order to provide for a lively discussion at the workshop, we will distribute draft papers to participants in advance. After the workshop, authors will have the chance to incorporate feedback from the audience before preparing their final versions. These will be considered for inclusion in the volume of edited, selected papers, which will be published by Springer-Nature in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series. The official language of the workshop and the printed proceedings is English. IMPORTANT DATES 1 May to 1 June 2020: Draft papers accepted for consideration by the Program Committee 1 September 2020: Comments from Program Committee, decisions, and invitations sent to authors 4 November 2020: Collection of papers, revised based on reviewer comments and using Springer template, for distribution to workshop participants 4 December 2020: Participants arrive in Guangzhou, China 13 January 2021: Revised papers due for consideration in proceedings volume, which will be published by Springer Enquires in advance of your submission may be addressed to the conference chair, Christopher Leslie, at <hca2020workshop(a)outlook.com <mailto:hca2020workshop@outlook.com>>.

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CFP "Digital Ethnography" at VANDA-Vienna Anthropology Days
by Monika Palmberger 07 May '20

07 May '20

Dear All, We are warmly inviting you to submit a paper proposal for our panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches” taking place at VANDA - Vienna Anthropology Days (https://vanda.univie.ac.at/ , Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2020, University of Vienna, Austria). The deadline for submitting a paper abstract is June 1, 2020. Please find details on the call below. Best wishes, Monika and Philipp Conference Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA) 2020 Date & Venue 28 September - 1 October, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Panel Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches Organizers Philipp Budka (University of Vienna) Monika Palmberger (University of Vienna) Abstract Ethnographic research has the potential to dig deep into mediated personal relationships as well as into socio-technical relations in an increasingly digitized and digitalized world (e.g., Hjorth et al. 2017; Horst & Miller, 2012; Pink et al., 2016). In order to do so, ethnographers and anthropologists have engaged with a variety of digital and multimodal methods such as online ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation, digital storytelling, mobile and visual media elicitation, digital media biographies, and digital video re-enactments (e.g., Pink et al., 2016). Their research has opened up new knowledge horizons such as the changing emotional, normative or symbolic dimensions of complex social relations and cultural practices entangled with new digital media technologies. This session provides room for critical and ethical reflections on theory and methodology in the field of digital anthropology/ethnography, including, but not limited to, the following questions: Which theoretical concepts are particularly fruitful in the ethnographic and anthropological exploration of digital phenomena? How are such concepts entangled with methodological approaches and challenges, for example by reconsidering issues of collaboration, decolonization, confidentiality or intimacy? How can we do participant observation when communication and interaction are increasingly 'individualized' and veiled due to digital technologies, particularly the smartphone? Which forms of collecting, interpreting and representing empirical data do we aspire for? This session invites presenters to revisit previous discussions and critically reflect upon current relevant debates in anthropology and beyond. Papers may be empirically, methodologically or theoretically driven. Deadline & Submission Please submit your paper abstracts (max. 350 words) online via the conference system the latest by June 1, 2020: https://vanda.univie.ac.at/call-for-papers/ ----------- Dr. Monika Palmberger https://ksa.univie.ac.at/palmberger-monika https://kuleuven.academia.edu/MonikaPalmberger recent publications: Relational ambivalence: Exploring the social and discursive dimensions of ambivalence—The case of Turkish aging labor migrants. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2019. 2019: Why alternative memory and place-making practices in divided cities matter Space and Polity, 2019.

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Question: Twitter follower count distribution
by Aram Sinnreich 06 May '20

06 May '20

Hey Fellow AoIRistas, Quick question: Do you know of any top-down measures of the distribution of follower numbers for Twitter accounts? I'm sure the curve overall looks like a standard power law distribution, but I'm interested to know whether there are emergent tiers (e.g. <250; 251-2,500; 2501-10,000; 10,001+) or something along those lines. Thanks! Aram -- *Aram Sinnreich <http://www.sinnreich.com>* Associate Professor Chair, Communication Studies American University <http://www.american.edu/soc/> School of Communication <http://www.american.edu/soc/> Author <http://j.mp/sinnreich>| Musician <http://sinnreich.com/music/> (he/him/his)

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Postdoc opportunity at University of Michigan School of Information on privacy/ethics/emotion recognition
by Nazanin Andalibi 06 May '20

06 May '20

Hi, I have an opening for a postdoc position for an NSF-funded project around ethics/privacy/emotion recognition technologies. This links includes more information about the position and how to apply: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/186457/postdoctoral_research_fellow Best, Nazanin Andalibi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Michigan School of Information 3372 North Quad Website: https://www.nazaninandalibi.net/ Pronouns: She/Her *Affiliate faculty:* Digital Studies Institute Center for Social Media Responsibility Center for Ethics, Computing and Society

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Digital Modern Languages Call for Doctoral Research Presentations - Deadline 15 May 2020
by Naomi Wells 06 May '20

06 May '20

Digital Modern Languages Seminar Series: Call for Doctoral Research Presentations The Digital Modern Languages (https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/) convenors are planning a series of virtual events to bring together research and teaching in Modern Languages which engages with digital culture, media and technologies. For our first event, we would like to showcase the new and exciting research currently undertaken by PhD students across Modern Languages and related departments. The aim is also to provide a forum for doctoral researchers to present and receive feedback on their work in a supportive environment, particularly at a time when such opportunities may be more limited than in normal circumstances. As a result, we are planning to host a virtual seminar from 3-5pm (GMT) on Wednesday 3 June 2020, including four 15-minute presentations from doctoral researchers, followed by a Q & A session with all presenters. To ensure a supportive virtual environment, the seminar will only be open to those who register in advance and presenters will be able to choose whether they would like their presentation recorded/shared more widely after the event. We will also support presenters in advance to ensure they are comfortable and familiar with the virtual seminar format. If you’re interested in contributing to the seminar, please submit a title and brief abstract of around 150 words (200 max) on your proposed presentation, with your name, institution and year of PhD study/completion. Presenters should be either current or recently completed PhD students (within 1 year of their viva) from a languages or closely related department. In line with the series’ aim, we will adopt an inclusive approach, both thematically and in terms of the languages of specialism of seminar speakers. Areas of potential but not exclusive interest include: digital cultural studies, digital archives and databases, digital ethnography, digital discourse analysis, language teaching and digital technologies, translation technologies and digital/computational approaches to the study of language and text (all with a primary focus on languages other than English). Proposals should be submitted by email by Friday 15 May (midnight GMT) to naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk and paul.spence(a)kcl.ac.uk. Please also contact us if you have any questions about contributing to the seminar. If you’re currently supervising digital research in Modern Languages, please also share this opportunity with any of your own PhD students who might be interested in contributing. Dr Naomi Wells Early Career Researcher in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study | University of London Room 238 | Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/

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