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ACM Guide to best practices for virtual conferences
by Joly MacFie 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

(via Benjamin C. Pierce / Dave Farber) *[TL;DR: Please help circulate a new guide for organizers of virtual conferences.]* Dear colleagues, The Association for Computing Machinery recently chartered a Presidential Task Force to gather and disseminate guidance on best practices for virtual conferences, aimed at the many conference organizers moving their events online right now. The task force report, *Virtual Conferences: A Guide to Best Practices <https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences>, *is now available on the ACM web site <https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences> It offers a comprehensive survey of issues, organizational strategies, and technology platforms for successful virtual meetings. We hope that you (and your colleagues) will find this report useful. If you do, we would love to hear about it! And naturally if you have any suggestions for improvement, we would love to hear those too. (The PDF document linked above includes a pointer to a live Google Doc where you can leave suggestions and comments if you like.) If you have recently organized a virtual conference or are organizing one now, we would especially like to include your experiences (how you organized it, how it went, what people thought, a summary of any post-conference survey results, your advice for future conferences, etc.) and add it (or better yet a pointer to it) to the appendix that we’ve provided for such experience reports. Finally, can you please help us make sure this guide reaches the people that need it by forwarding this announcement within your networks (especially, of course, to current conference organizers)? Many thanks! Benjamin Pierce Task force executive editor …on behalf of the entire task force: Crista Videira Lopes <https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/>, University of California, Irvine, USA (Task Force Co-chair) Jeanna Matthews <https://people.clarkson.edu/~jmatthew/>, Clarkson University, USA (Task Force Co-chair, member of ACM Council, Former SGB Chair) Benjamin Pierce <https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/>, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Task Force Executive Editor, SIGPLAN Vice Chair, chair of SIGPLAN ad hoc committee on climate change <https://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Climate/>) Blair MacIntyre <https://blairmacintyre.me/>, Georgia Tech, USA (Chaired IEEE VR 2020) Gary Olson <https://garymolson.com/>, University of California, Irvine, USA (Former SIGCHI Treasurer; Chair of CSCW Steering Committee, chaired CHI, CSCW, DIS, and many non-ACM conferences) Rob Lindeman <https://researchprofile.canterbury.ac.nz/Researcher.aspx?researcherid=44474…>, University of Canterbury, NZ (Chaired IEEE VR 2010) Francois Guimbretiere <https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~francois/>, Cornell University, USA (Chaired UIST 2019) Srinivasan Keshav <https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-srinivasan-keshav>, University of Cambridge, UK (Former SIGCOMM Chair) Ex-officio members: Vicki Hanson <https://vickihanson.org/> (ACM CEO, Former ACM President) Pat Ryan (ACM COO) Donna Cappo (ACM Director of SIG Services) -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST SAMEDI: ISOC Bénin « Comment Identifier les Fake News pour ne pas être un relais »
by Joly MacFie 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

.Suivi de l'ISOC Bénin au webinaire de l'ISOC Rural SIG <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews2> en début de semaine ISOC Live posted: "Le samedi 11 Avril 2020 de 15h à 17h WAT (14h à 16h UTC ) le Chapitre Bénin de l’Internet Society présentera un Webinaire Formation sur le thème : « Comment Identifier les Fake news pour ne pas être un relais ». La Crise sanitaire du Covid-19 frappe malhe" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3>Le *samedi 11 Avril 2020* de *15h à 17h WAT* (14h à 16h UTC ) le *Chapitre Bénin de l’Internet Society <https://isoc.bj>* présentera un Webinaire Formation sur le thème : « *Comment Identifier les Fake news pour ne pas être un relais <https://isoc.bj/membreforce/>* ». La Crise sanitaire du Covid-19 frappe malheureusement le monde entier. Malheureusement il n’est pas rare que de fausses informations caractérisées de « Fake News » soient diffusées à une vitesse impressionnante et incontrôlée sur Internet à travers les canaux comme les Réseaux Sociaux, semant ainsi une psychose au sein de la population, transformant les internautes en relais privilégiés de ces fausses informations. Nos conférenciers *Mathias HOUNGBO*, President IGB@NET, et *Franck KOUYAMI*, Past President FGI Bénin, vous expliqueront les méthodes et techniques pour reconnaitre et vérifier une information. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3>* *FACEBOOK SIMULCAST: https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/>* *PARTICIPER: https://isoc.bj/membreforce/ <https://isoc.bj/membreforce/>* *TWITTER: #membreforce <http://bit.ly/membreforce>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11953/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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2 academic vacancies in the School of International Communications at the University of Nottingham's China campus
by Andrew White 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

The University of Nottingham's China campus has the following 2 vacancies in the School of International Communications *Assistant/Associate Professor in Digital Humanities [181025]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-humanities <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-…> * *Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Mobile Studies [181028]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-studies <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-st…> * Closing date: 10 May 2020 *Join a unique British University in China**.* The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign University to open its doors in China. This award-winning campus offering a UK style education has grown to establish a student body of over 8,000 in just 15 years. A pioneer in Sino-foreign tertiary education, UNNC is rapidly expanding as part of the University of Nottingham’s Global University. The institution seeks ambitious, talented academics with a flair for research and a passion for teaching to join its team of experts, offering unique teaching and research opportunities in a highly dynamic economy. The School of International Communications is the largest school in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and is affiliated to the Department of Culture, Media and Visual Studies at the Nottingham UK campus. Our BA (Hons) in International Communications is a provincial level accredited degree which includes a dedicated programme of study for a European or East Asian language. Its sister programme, BA (Hons) in International Communications with Chinese, has proved successful in attracting high quality international students to the school. We currently run an MA programme in International Communications and also have one of the most successful PhD programmes in the university. The post-holders will be expected to teach across the full range of our programmes, undertake supervision of BA and MA dissertation students and PGR students, and conduct research and external engagement in the school’s main research areas. More details of the school and its teaching and research activities can be found here: *https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-school.aspx <https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-scho…>* These posts are expected to begin from 1 September 2020 and will initially be offered on a fixed-term contract with the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for a period of up to five years. This contract may be extended on an indefinite basis by mutual agreement, subject to revised terms and conditions. All applicants are required to formally apply online for these positions. An attractive package, including accommodation allowance, flights and insurance, will be provided to all successfully appointed candidates. All posts will be based in Ningbo and contracts will be with the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Filippo GILARDI, head of School of International Communications email: Filippo.Gilardi(a)nottingham.edu.cn. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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2 academic jobs in the School of International Communications at the University of Nottingham's China campus
by Andrew White 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

The University of Nottingham's China campus has the following 2 vacancies in the School of International Communications *Assistant/Associate Professor in Digital Humanities [181025]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-humanities <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-…> * *Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Mobile Studies [181028]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-studies <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-st…> * Closing date: 10 May 2020 *Join a unique British University in China**.* The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign University to open its doors in China. This award-winning campus offering a UK style education has grown to establish a student body of over 8,000 in just 15 years. A pioneer in Sino-foreign tertiary education, UNNC is rapidly expanding as part of the University of Nottingham’s Global University. The institution seeks ambitious, talented academics with a flair for research and a passion for teaching to join its team of experts, offering unique teaching and research opportunities in a highly dynamic economy. The School of International Communications is the largest school in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and is affiliated to the Department of Culture, Media and Visual Studies at the Nottingham UK campus. Our BA (Hons) in International Communications is a provincial level accredited degree which includes a dedicated programme of study for a European or East Asian language. Its sister programme, BA (Hons) in International Communications with Chinese, has proved successful in attracting high quality international students to the school. We currently run an MA programme in International Communications and also have one of the most successful PhD programmes in the university. The post-holders will be expected to teach across the full range of our programmes, undertake supervision of BA and MA dissertation students and PGR students, and conduct research and external engagement in the school’s main research areas. More details of the school and its teaching and research activities can be found here: *https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-school.aspx <https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-scho…>* These posts are expected to begin from 1 September 2020 and will initially be offered on a fixed-term contract with the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for a period of up to five years. This contract may be extended on an indefinite basis by mutual agreement, subject to revised terms and conditions. All applicants are required to formally apply online for these positions. An attractive package, including accommodation allowance, flights and insurance, will be provided to all successfully appointed candidates. All posts will be based in Ningbo and contracts will be with the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Filippo GILARDI, head of School of International Communications email: Filippo.Gilardi(a)nottingham.edu.cn. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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Re: [Air-L] Definition of technology?
by Neal Thomas 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hi Ana; Here are some more suggestions to help you develop a general position towards technology in your work. Best, Neal ___________ Neal Thomas CAS Instructor | Dept. of Communication Studies Laurier University | Waterloo, ON Canada Out in 2018 with Routledge: Becoming-Social in a Networked Age Twitter: @lathemason Culture and Technology: A Primer Jennifer Daryl Slack, John Macgregor Wise The social shaping of technology Donald A. MacKenzie, Judy Wajcman Shaping Technology/building Society Studies in Sociotechnical Change Wiebe E. Bijker, John Law The Social Construction of Technological Systems New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas Parke Hughes, Trevor J. Pinch Philosophy of Technology The Technological Condition - An Anthology Robert C. Scharff, Val Dusek Questioning Technology Andrew Feenberg Technosystem Andrew Feenberg Meaning in Technology Arnold Pacey Technics and Civilization Lewis Mumford Technics and Time: The fault of Epimetheus Bernard Stiegler Technics and Time: Disorientation Bernard Stiegler, Stephen Barker The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology Langdon Winner Materialist Media Theory: An Introduction Grant Bollmer Exceptional Technologies A Continental Philosophy of Technology Dominic Smith Gilbert Simondon Information, Technology and Media Simon Mills Control: Digitality as Cultural Logic Seb Franklin Reassembling the Social An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Bruno Latour Human-Machine Reconfigurations Plans and Situated Actions Lucy Suchman Bodies in Technology Don Ihde Transforming Technology A Critical Theory Revisited Andrew Feenberg How We Became Posthuman Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics N. Katherine Hayles We Have Never Been Modern Bruno Latour Technology and the lifeworld: from garden to earth Don Ihde Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry Albert Borgmann Autonomous Technology Technics-out-of-control as a Theme in Political Thought Langdon Winner Dear AoIRs, I am a migration and border studies scholar researching how technologies (from mobile phones to drones to databases) affect migration journeys. I am not familiar with STS scholarship and I was hoping you could help by pointing me to some (seminal?) works that might help me formulate an all-encompassing definition of technology (or a theoretical approach to it), beyond ICTs?i.e. one that includes biometrics, information exchange databases, but also material objects like drones, and/or one that addresses both technology ?used by? as well as technology ?used on.? Many thanks in advance, Ana

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WEBCAST TODAY 11:00 UTC: Kids, the Internet & COVID-19: How to keep our children safe online
by Joly MacFie 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

This is today. The main presentation will be by *Aftab Siddiqui*, ISOC's Technical Engagement Manager. There will be an extra 30 mins for Q&A. There will be closed captions on zoom, open captions on the livestreams. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 9 April at 16:30 IST (11:00 UTC) the Internet Society Asia Pacific Regional Bureau presents a webinar -'Kids, the Internet & COVID-19: How to keep our children safe online'. With self-isolation measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, chi" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/onlinesafety>On *Thursday 9 April* at *16:30 IST* (11:00 UTC) the *Internet Society Asia Pacific Regional Bureau <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/asia-pacific/>* presents a webinar -'*Kids, the Internet & COVID-19: How to keep our children safe online <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/kids-the-internet-covid-19-how-to-ke…>* '. With self-isolation measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, children are spending more time than ever online. This 30 minute webinar will cover: - How kids are using the Internet during self-isolation - Risks and threats for children online - Easy ways and tools to help keep your kids safe online *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/onlinesafety <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/onlinesafety>* *FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live/>* *REAL TIME TEXT**: **https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC>* *PARTICIPATE: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/425349234 <https://isoc.zoom.us/j/425349234>* *TWITTER: #onlinesafety <https://bit.ly/3e39rtY> | @ISOCapac <https://twitter.com/ISOCapac>* Comment <https://isoc.live/11948/#respond> See all comments <https://isoc.live/11948/#comments> *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11948/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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NYT: The Virus Changed the Way We Internet
by Joly MacFie 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Lots of charts! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-inter… -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New open access book - Dark Side of Digital Platforms
by Philippa Smith 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hi Everyone In the spirit of keeping the academic work moving along, even in the midst of the challenges we are facing with most of us in some for of lock down - I'd like to let you know about this open access book just published which I co-edited with Darja Fiser from the University of Ljubljana. Please see below and feel free to circulate. The Dark Side of Digital Platforms: Linguistic Investigations of Socially Unacceptable Online Discourse Practices Intolerant, abusive and hateful speech online has received a lot of attention by researchers in social, media and communication studies, yet its linguistic aspects also require thorough investigation. This book just published - The Dark Side of Digital Platforms - showcases how a linguistic perspective has much to offer in unravelling exactly what is occurring in online environments. With a common goal to interrogate the linguistic aspects of negative online behaviours, which are prevalent on different social media platforms, the book’s authors approach this phenomenon from a range of methodological frameworks. Alongside their efforts to identify, describe and understand various forms of digital discourse, they are motivated by a common belief that their work can inform efforts to contain or mitigate the impact of negative online behaviours. Each chapter interrogates a different communicative practice in a specific modality on a range of online platforms and offers insights into different quantitative and qualitative approaches when it comes to the complexities of the linguistic analysis of negative online behaviours. The range of methodological frameworks and theoretical approaches utilized in the explorations into online discourses of racism, misogyny, homophobia/LGBQT+ rights and islamophobia/anti-immigrant discourses presented in this book contribute a comprehensive understanding of the linguistic landscape of online hate. The studies presented analyse data across three very different countries, cultures and languages – Cyprus, Japan and Slovenia – demonstrating that negative online behaviours are a global problem that should not be ignored. Therefore, the findings of these studies have much wider implications. The e-book available in English is freely available in open access: https://e-knjige.ff.uni-lj.si/znanstvena-zalozba/catalog/book/191 Darja Fišer (University of Ljubljana and Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Philippa Smith (Auckland University of Technology, NZ) Editors * * * * * Take care and keep safe. Philippa Smith Senior Lecturer - English and New Media School of Language & Culture Auckland University of Technology New Zealand

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AoIR2020 reviews due
by Kylie Jarrett 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Hi all, This is your AoIR 2020 conference Programme Chair to remind you that reviews are due in by the end of the coming weekend. We really appreciate you taking the time to do these reviews, especially as we are all dealing with added burdens due to the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic. A special thanks to those of you who have already submitted. Thanks, Dr. Kylie Jarrett Head of Department/Associate Professor Department of Media Studies Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland Author: Feminism, Labour, and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife Co-author: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media Google and the Culture of Search

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Definition of technology?
by Ana Visan 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Dear AoIRs, I am a migration and border studies scholar researching how technologies (from mobile phones to drones to databases) affect migration journeys. I am not familiar with STS scholarship and I was hoping you could help by pointing me to some (seminal?) works that might help me formulate an all-encompassing definition of technology (or a theoretical approach to it), beyond ICTs—i.e. one that includes biometrics, information exchange databases, but also material objects like drones, and/or one that addresses both technology “used by” as well as technology “used on.” Many thanks in advance, Ana +1 519 502 3310

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