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Call for Papers: CySoc Workshop on Cyber Social Threats @ICWSM 2020
by Ugur Kursuncu 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

Call for Papers: CySoc 2020 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats @ICWSM 2020 Deadline: April 8, 2020 Website: CySoc.aiisc.ai The International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats, CySoc 2020, will be held in conjunction with the 14th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2020) on June 8, 2020, in Atlanta, USA. This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in computer and social sciences from both academia and industry to exchange ideas on understanding the multi-faceted social, psychological, cultural, emotional, communicative, and linguistic aspects of harmful content while leading the discussion on building novel computational methods to reliably detect, derive meaning, interpret, understand and counter them. We welcome papers for consideration, employing quantitative and/or qualitative, analytical, theoretical approaches examining a diverse range of issues related to online harmful communications. Papers on resources/data and tools will also be welcome either for demos or for short/regular talks. The authors of the best paper will be invited for the Special Issue on Cyber-Social Health: Promoting Good and Countering Harm on Social Media <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/ic/call-for-papers-speci…> . Topics for research and discussions include (but not limited to): - Online extremism - Harassment and cyberbullying - Hate speech - Gender-based violence, - Human trafficking, - Illicit drug trafficking, - Mental health implications of social media, - Ethical considerations on privacy-preserving social media analytics, - Emotional and psychological support, - Trust relationship and community dynamics, - Relationship of the social web and mainstream news media, - Cultural implications of social web usage, - Influencer identification and community detection for movements - Misinformation and disinformation (e.g., epidemics of fake news, images and videos, during a disaster, health issues and elections). For any questions, please contact kursuncu(a)mailbox.sc.edu. Co-organizers: Ugur Kursuncu, AI Institute, University of South Carolina, SC, USA. Yelena Mejova, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy. Jeremy Blackburn, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA Amit Sheth, AI Institute, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.

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Cyber security & risky behavior paper openly available until 23 April at Computers in Human Behavior
by Andrew Gillam 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

Greetings, air-l members. A latent thanks to those who contributed responses to my survey last year ((Jan-Feb of 2019); the related work explored tech threat avoidance factors as predictors of risky cyber security behavior for workers in the U.S., and comprised my dissertation research. One of the resultant pubs is now openly available until 23 April at the Elsevier journal Computers in Human Behavior: https://lnkd.in/epdABnS Gillam, A.R., Foster, W.T. (in press). Factors affecting risky cybersecurity behaviors by U.S. workers: An exploratory study. Computers in Human Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2020.106319 Repeated thanks to those of you who so graciously contributed your time and energy last year. I’ve followed your fine examples since, and will continue to do so for others transiting the same phase of their respective journeys. Best regards, Andy Gillam

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CFA: Postdoc digital governance / government at the Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance in Berlin, Germany
by Maïté Kersaint 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER DIGITAL GOVERNANCE / GOVERNMENT<https://hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs/242/postdoctoral-researc…> AT THE HERTIE SCHOOL CENTRE FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE<https://www.hertie-school.org/centre-for-digital-governance/> IN BERLIN, GERMANY The Hertie School´s recently founded Centre for Digital Governance<https://www.hertie-school.org/en/centre-for-digital-governance/> is looking for a postdoctoral researcher (f/m/div) on a full-time (40 hours/week) basis. The contract gives an independent candidate initially three years of postdoctoral funding in any area that complements the research of the Centre staff<https://www.hertie-school.org/en/digital-governance/people/>. It shall commence as of September 1, 2020 (or later in the year). Tasks: § Your main tasks at the Hertie School will be to further develop your own independent research programme with relevance for the Centre. This includes a clear research focus on digital transformation and topics such as the intersection of policy, information technology, government, and the public; governance/regulation of digital technologies and their providers; information and data control; ethical issues of digital technologies; government transformation (policy making and service delivery) via digital technology. § This should be an opportunity for establishing a prominent individual research career, whilst at the same time facilitating the establishment and visibility of this new Centre. § You will also have an opportunity to contribute towards core activities of the Centre for Digital Governance, such as supporting grant-writing activities or helping with the organisation of the Centre´s research colloquium and smaller workshops or events. Teaching and other career development activities are also available. Successful grant applications could lead to a lengthier tenure with the Centre. Profile: § You will have a strong record of academic research with good ideas for taking your research forward or extending it into the area of digital transformation and digital governance. § You will have or be very close to having a PhD (or equivalent) in the social sciences or in a related field with a record of publications or other academic contributions. § You will be self-motivated, yet keen and willing to collaborate with colleagues in the centre, whether in academic discussion or full scale research. § Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Proficiency in German is useful but not obligatory. We offer: A stimulating international and diverse environment in multiple areas of social science, high-quality teaching and public policy. The Hertie School is a vibrant academic community that emphasizes excellence in research and teaching as well as an interdisciplinary perspective. Our school has been certified as a family friendly work environment in higher education and an equal opportunity employer (www.hertie-school.org for further information). Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Please find further information on how to apply here: https://hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs/242/postdoctoral-researc… Dr. Maïté Kersaint Manager ∙ Centre for Digital Governance Hertie School The University of Governance in Berlin Friedrichstraße 194 10117 Berlin ∙ Germany Phone +49 (0)30 / 259 219 170 kersaint(a)hertie-school.org<mailto:kersaint@hertie-school.org> ∙ www.hertie-school.org/centre-for-digital-governance/<http://www.hertie-school.org/centre-for-digital-governance/> Hertie School gemeinnützige GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Bernd Knobloch Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums: Frank Mattern Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Henrik Enderlein, Dr. Axel Baisch Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 97018 B Hertie School – gegründet und gefördert von der Gemeinnützigen Hertie-Stiftung

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New edited book: Disability, Media, and Representations: Other Bodies
by Jacob Johanssen 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

We are pleased to announce the publication of the edited book: *Disability, Media, and Representations: Other Bodies* Edited by Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary's University) and Diana Garrisi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University) Routledge Research in Disability and Media Studies (Series Editor: Professor Katie Ellis) https://www.routledge.com/Disability-Media-and-Representations-Other-Bodies… Bringing together scholars from around the world to research the intersection between media and disability, this edited collection aims to offer an interdisciplinary exploration and critique of print, broadcast and online representations of physical and mental impairments. Drawing on a wide range of case studies addressing how people can be ‘othered’ in contemporary media, the chapters focus on analyses of hateful discourses about disability on Reddit, news coverage of disability and education, media access of individuals with disabilities, the logic of memes and brain tumour on Twitter, celebrity and Down Syndrome on Instagram, disability in TV drama, the metaphor of disability for the nation; as well as an autoethnography of treatment of breast cancer. Providing a much-needed global perspective, Disability, Media, and Representations examines the relationship between self-representation and representations in either reinforcing or debunking myths around disability, and ways in which academic discourse can be differently articulated to study the relationship between media and disability. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of disability studies and media studies as well as activists and readers engaged in debates on diversity, inclusivity and the media. *Table of Contents:* 1. Introduction - Diana Garrisi and Jacob Johanssen 2. ‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Representations of Disability on the Online Bulletin Board Reddit - Leah Burch 3.Madeline Stuart as Disability Advocate and Brand: Exploring the Affective Economies of Social Media - Maria Bee Christensen-Strynø and Camilla Bruun Eriksen 4. Losing Someone Like Us: Memetic Logics and Coping with Brain Tumours on Social Media - Samira Rajabi 5. Inscribing Comedy in the Breast Cancer Narrative. Disease, Autoethnography and Black Humour - Rachel Velody 6. Knowing North Korea through Photographs of Abled/Disabled Bodies in Western News - Micky Lee 7. Disabled Heroines: Representations of Female Disability in Japanese Television Dramas - Anne-Lise Mithout 8. The Education of Children with Disabilities in South African Online News Reports - Elizabeth Walton and Judith McKenzie 9. Mass Media Use by Individuals with Disabilities in Germany Compared to the United Kingdom - Ingo Bosse and Annegret Haage

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WEBCAST 3/24: SHLB Webinar - ANCHORING STATE BROADBAND EFFORTS
by Joly MacFie 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

Save the date! Read the report <https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2020/02/how-stat…>! Note that we only get a one month window to show these webinars up before they disappear behind the SHLB paywall ($250). While this is USA-oriented, there should be good content for anyone dealing with state-sponsored connectivity. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday March 24 2020 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast a SHLB Coalition webinar 'Anchoring State Broadband Efforts'. A new report from the Broadband Research Initiative at Pew Charitable Trusts explores nine s" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/statebroadband>On *Tuesday March 24 2020* at *1pm EDT* (17:00 UTC) the* Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://isoc.live>* will webcast a* SHLB Coalition <https://shlb.org/>* webinar '*Anchoring State Broadband Efforts*'. A new *report* <https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2020/02/how-stat…> from the *Broadband Research Initiative at Pew Charitable Trust*s <https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/broadband-research-initiative> explores nine states exemplifying “promising practices” in their broadband programs. Community anchor institutions (CAIs) are essential partners in closing the digital divide, on both a state and local level. 'Anchoring State Broadband Efforts' will zero in on three case studies highlighted in Pew’s report that demonstrate the various roles CAIs play in shaping and executing state broadband initiatives. Speakers include: *Crystal Ivey*, Broadband Director, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development; and *Anthony Neal-Graves*, Executive Director, Colorado Broadband Office, and Chief Operations Officer, Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology. Moderator: *Anna Read*, Officer, Broadband Research Initiative, Pew Charitable Trusts. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/statebroadband <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/statebroadband>* *PARTICIPATE: http://bit.ly/2TCCo7R <http://bit.ly/2TCCo7R>* *TWITTER: #broadband + @SHLBCoalition <https://bit.ly/2F9kzpj> | #PewBroadband <https://bit.ly/pewbb>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11904/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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LIVE STREAMS this week: Diakopoulos on Algorithms and the News // Costanza-Chock on Design Justice
by Christian Sandvig 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

Dear AIR Colleagues, ESC has two very AIR-relevant live streams this week. In a little less than two hours we'll live stream a talk from Prof. Nick Diakopoulos at Northwestern. Nick is well known for his work on algorithm auditing and the use of computers in the news. He also might reference his recently-published book, "Automating The News" (Harvard University Press, 2019). Then this Wednesday at 12pm Eastern Time we will stream Prof. Sasha Constanza-Chock (MIT) talking about their new book "Design Justice: Community-led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need." Since these are live streams and hopefully recordings later, please feel free to circulate this email if you know of an appropriate audience for these two talks! I've concatenated the two relevant emails below so the formatting is a little messy. Just keep scrolling! Alternately, here are two links: Algorithms and the News: http://esc.umich.edu/event/nicholas-diakopoulos-algorithms-and-the-news/ Design Justice: http://esc.umich.edu/event/sasha-costanza-chock-design-justice-community-le… Both of them might also be on this mailing list. Not sure. If so: Hello! Christian ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig(a)umich.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 10:32 AM Subject: TODAY: Nicholas Diakopoulos: Algorithms and the News (3:30pm, 340 West Hall) To: ESC Center <esc-center(a)umich.edu> --- DAY/TIME March 9, 2020 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Times are shown in Eastern Time LOCATION 340 West Hall 1085 S University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS Video from this talk will be streamed LIVE. To access the live stream, click: https://midas.umich.edu/seminar-stream/ during the event time. TITLE The Role of Algorithmic Intermediaries in Shaping Attention to News ABSTRACT As people seek news information online, platforms like Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and other news aggregators mediate and influence a huge portion of human attention, acting as algorithmic gatekeepers and curators. But as private platforms, there are few public details about how the algorithms of these information intermediaries serve to drive public exposure and salience of news information. What types and sources of news are made available and prioritized, what’s the quality of that information, and are there diverse perspectives represented in the algorithmic curation of major platforms? This talk will address these questions by presenting the results of several audit studies of algorithmic news intermediaries. These studies begin to shed light on the role such intermediaries play in impacting human attention towards the news. Implications for platform power, governance, and the economic health and competitiveness in the larger news ecosystem will be discussed. SPEAKER BIO Nicholas Diakopoulos (http://www.nickdiakopoulos.com/) is an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies and Computer Science (by courtesy) at Northwestern University where he directs the Computational Journalism Lab. He is also a Tow Fellow at Columbia University School of Journalism as well as Associate Professor II at the University of Bergen Department of Information Science and Media Studies. His research focuses on computational journalism, including aspects of automation and algorithms in news production, algorithmic accountability and transparency, and social media in news contexts. He is the author of Automating the News: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Media, published by Harvard University Press in 2019. Recently he was a resident researcher in the Computational Political Journalism Lab at the Washington Post. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his Sc.B. degree in Computer Engineering from Brown University. This event is organized by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and co-sponsored by ESC. --- See this event listing on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/nicholas-diakopoulos-algorithms-and-the-news/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig(a)umich.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 1:32 PM Subject: Wednesday, noon: "Design Justice" with Sasha Constanza-Chock (+ live stream, book signing) To: ESC Center <esc-center(a)umich.edu> --- Design Justice DATE/TIME/LOCATION *March 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST* Koessler Room, Michigan League 911 North University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States A light lunch will be provided. For Remote Participants Video from this talk *will be streamed LIVE. *Please find the link to the youtube video stream *here. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_-NznZ5c24&feature=youtu.be>* Abstract In this talk, Dr. Costanza-Chock presents an overview of their new book, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, published by the MIT Press in 2020. The book is an exploration of how we might re-imagine design to be led by marginalized communities as a tool to help dismantle structural inequality, advance collective liberation, and support ecological survival. More information about the book can be found at https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/design-justice. Speaker Bio Sasha Costanza-Chock (pronouns: they/them or she/her) is a researcher, designer, educator, and media-maker whose work focuses on networked social movements, transformative media organizing, and design justice. They are currently Associate Professor of Civic Media at MIT and Faculty Associate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Their new book, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/design-justice>, was published by the MIT Press in 2020. Sasha is a board member of Allied Media Projects ( alliedmedia.org) and a Steering Committee member of the Design Justice Network (designjustice.org) The talk will be followed by a *Book Signing* with Dr. Sasha Constanza-Chock: 1:30 - 2:15pm Conference Room C Michigan League Books have been pre-ordered for purchase with UM Union Barnes & Noble. Books can be purchased in store before the event and at the event. Please note that book purchases at the event can only be made via cash or check. --- See this event listing on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/sasha-costanza-chock-design-justice-community-le… More information about ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing: http://esc.umich.edu/ <http://esc.umich.edu/> Please note our other exciting events remaining this term: Mar 9: Nicholas Diakopoulos: Algorithms and the News (*) Mar 11: Sasha Costanza-Chock: Design Justice (*) Mar 13: ESC POD: Graduate Student Mixer Mar 31: Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Apr 3: ESC POD: Faculty Mixer Apr 9-10: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State Apr 17: How to Do Feminist Robotics (*) (*) - We will live stream and record whenever possible. An asterisk means we plan to live stream. -------- ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication & Media in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.

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Mail list
by oliviahe24 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

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mail list
by oliviahe24 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

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Global Disinformation Index - Call for Researchers
by Lucas Wright 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

The Global Disinformation Index (disinformationindex.org) is looking for two researchers to join a project on a fixed-term consultancy. Researchers would be involved in content analysis of articles from US news domains. See the following link for more information: https://disinformationindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TOR-CountryRevie… Contact Santhosh Srivivasan if interested: santhosh.srinivasan(a)disinformationindex.org

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New book On Video Games Industry: A Precarious Game: The Illusion of Dream Jobs in the Video Game Industry
by Ergin 09 Mar '20

09 Mar '20

Dear colleagues, My apologies for cross-listing. I am happy to announce the publication of my book, which might be a useful resource for scholars studying the political economy and cultural politics of video games, critical media industry studies, digital labor, gender studies, and cultural theory. The price is reduced 30% if you use the code below. *A Precarious Game: **The Illusion of Dream Jobs in the Video Game Industry* By Ergin Bulut Available from Cornell University Press: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501746536/a-precarious-game/#… *30% discount with code: 09FLYER* Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Precarious-Game-Illusion-Dream-Industry/dp/150174653… *About the book* *A Precarious Game* is an ethnographic examination of video game production. The developers that Ergin Bulut researched for almost three years in a medium-sized studio in the U.S. loved making video games that millions play. Only some, however, can enjoy this dream job, which can be precarious and alienating for many others. That is, the passion of a predominantly white-male labor force relies on material inequalities involving the sacrificial labor of their families, unacknowledged work of precarious testers, and thousands of racialized and gendered workers in the Global South. *A Precarious Game* explores the politics of doing what one loves. In the context of work, passion and love imply freedom, participation, and choice, but in fact they accelerate self-exploitation and can impose emotional toxicity on other workers by forcing them to work endless hours. Bulut argues that such ludic discourses in the game industry disguise the racialized and gendered inequalities on which a profitable transnational industry thrives. Within capitalism, work is not just an economic matter, and the political nature of employment and love can still be undemocratic even when based on mutual consent. As Bulut demonstrates, rather than considering work simply as a matter of economics based on trade-offs in the workplace, we should consider the question of work and love as one of democracy rooted in politics. *Contents* Introduction: For Whom the Love Works in Video Game Production 1.The Unequal Ludopolitical Regime of Game Production: Who Can Play, Who Has to Work? 2.The End of the Garage Studio as a Technomasculine Space: Financial Security, Streamlined Creativity, and Signs of Friction 3.Gaming the City: How a Game Studio Revitalized a Downtown Space in the Silicon Praire 4.The Production of Communicative Developers in the Affective Game Studio 5.Reproducing Technomasculinity: Spouses’ Classed Femininities and Domestic Labor 6.Game Testers as Precarious Second-Class Citizens: Degradation of Fun, Instrumentalization of Play 7.Production Error: Layoffs Hit the Core Creatives Conclusion: Reimagining Labor and Love in and beyond Game Production Pages: 222 *Early praise for A Precarious Game* "I know of no other work that chronicles the life cycle and death of a creative industry, and in doing so, potentially tempers the rhetoric celebrating the entrepreneur because it shows that failure is endemic to trying new things." *Vicki Mayer, Tulane University, author of Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans* "Since the crash of 2008, the power relations that structure digital capitalism have been further extended and systematized. In this provocative, wide-ranging study, Bulut details how social inequalities and exploitative labor practices carry forward in today's digital workshops." *Dan Schiller, Author of Digital Depression: Information Technology and Economic Crisis* "*A Precarious Game* is an original work that deftly combines a political economy critique of the inequities and hidden violence of the digital economy with critical Feminist analysis of labor and social reproduction." *Paula Chakravartty, New York University, author of Media Policy and Globalization* *About the author* *Ergin Bulut* Faculty Fellow at Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Media and Visual Arts Department at Koç University, Istanbul.

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