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call for book chapters: women and activism in the digital age
by Carmit Wiesslitz, Ph.D 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

Call for Chapters (Apologies for cross-posting) Women and Activism in the Digital Age (temporary name, edited collection) Edited by Carmit Wiesslitz, PhD Deadline for Abstracts: March 31, 2020 The #MeToo movement has been mentioned in academic discourse as an effective online campaign that became widely spread and was covered extensively in the news media worldwide. When referring to this campaign, Internet researchers highlight the powerful role of social media platforms in activism in the digital age and many scholars talk about this campaign in this context. However, there is a very limited discourse about the fact that women are the leading figures behind this successful campaign or about their distinctive use of and related experience in the online public sphere. In fact, academic discourse has rarely put forward the topic of women activists and their use of social media. Why is it so important to place this issue at the focus of research? First of all, because the field of politics and extra-parliamentary politics is known as an extremely male-oriented/dominated sphere in which women are forced to struggle to successfully promote themselves and their agendas. Secondly, women’s organizations have unique features, specifically related to the way they run their organizations and operations, which often are more democratic and egalitarian. Thirdly, saliency and reliable representation in public discourse is a challenge, not only for women’s groups but also for all minority groups. The Internet may constitute an alternative, possibly more egalitarian, communications platform. This leads us to the following questions; Does the Internet provides women activists with a new platform to voice their agenda? Is the Internet perceived and used as a tool of empowerment? The contribution of research on these questions is related not only to the Internet and new digital platforms, but also to its focus on women, an important minority group, and its acknowledgement of women’s activism in the virtual world. This collection will hopefully open a window into the role and status of women’s groups that aspire to join forces to organize collective action using the Internet, and furthermore to gain an understanding of the discourse that women create on social media and other digital platforms. Hence, this book will present various case studies of women from around the world who use the Internet to facilitate social change on topics, including, but not limited to, the following: - Women’s groups and social change organizations and their on-going online operations. - Case studies of ad hoc campaigns and spontaneous viral collective action, such as the #MeToo campaign. - Distinct dimensions of Internet activism, from organizing offline/online protests and mobilizing for collective action, to producing and distributing memes, videos, and podcasts. - The Internet as a safe space: women’s discourse and online conversations of activists or non-activists (features, uses, and perceptions of value) The book is intended to be multidisciplinary volume that embraces a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, including, but not limited to, media studies, civil society and democracy, social movements, alternative media, feminisms, Marxism/neo-Marxism, globalization, structural/post-structural, and others. Furthermore, this book may offer empirical multidisciplinary perspectives and a wide array of methodologies for researching digital activism using various online platforms and apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, What's Up App, and others. Interested authors should send an abstract of 500 words, 3-5 references, and an up-to-date bio to Carmit Wiesslitz (<mailto:carmitwi@hac.ac.il><mailto:carmitwi@hac.ac.il>carmitwi(a)hac.ac.il<mailto:carmitwi@hac.ac.il>) no later than March 31, 2020, with “Women and activism in the digital age” in the subject line. Acceptance notices will be sent by May 31, 2020 Full papers of 6,000 to 8,000 words (including all references) will be due November 30, 2020. I intend to submit a proposal to Palgrave Macmillan (which already expressed its initial interest in this project and is awaiting the submission of a full proposal) after I have a confirmed table of contents and list of contributing authors. About the editor: Carmit Wiesslitz, PhD, is the author of Internet Democracy and Social Change: The Case of Israel <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498539784/Internet-Democracy-and-Social-Change-…> (2019), published by Lexington Books. Her research areas include civil society, democracy and the Internet, media and social change, alternative media, women's organizations and new media. She is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Communications at Hadassah Academic College, Israel. Best wishes, Carmit

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CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw (EASST panel D04)
by maxigas 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw EASST 2018, 25-28th July 2018, Lancaster University, UK Convenors: Johan Söderberg (Göteborg University) & Maxigas (Lancaster University) Deadline for submissions: February 14th 2018. Submit abstracts and contact the conveners at: https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6286 We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our panel at EASST 2018 The panel investigates innovation processes driven by antagonistic relations between actors on both sides of the law. We invite case studies of how mutual hostilities between actors are pursued through technological change, whereby each actor seeks to gain an edge against their adversary. Three empirical fields that exemplify this dynamic are the surge of legal highs, information security and crypto-currencies. More examples of the same thing can be found in other fields of empirical investigation and suit this panel. What we will examine under the label of "outlaw innovation" is how conflict breeds innovation. Related to this is an awareness of the tenuous relation between legislation and innovation. The "outlaw" is just another word for an innovator. Concurrently, however, capitalism strives relentlessly to subsume and integrate its own outside, turning this unknown into innovation and new markets. >From this observation follows that the purported outsider position ascribed to various grassroots innovators, users, etc., must be scrutinized. States, capital and academic actors work in conjunction with these outlawed/independent researchers to produce a shared language of common concerns around risks and opportunities inherent in technological innovation, such as in the Tor project. The legal grey zone thus emerges as an incubator of innovation for legal businesses. We encourage paper submissions utilizing diverse theoretical approaches and a wide range of case studies to explore the concept of the "outlaw innovator". -- Maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice Center for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University https://relay70.metatron.ai/ Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. ~ Yeats: Burnt Norton

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ICADIWT 2020
by ijwa＠dline.info 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

The Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information & Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2020) Thessaloniki, Greece November 09-11, 2020 https://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/ The Eleventh International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information & Web Technologies (ICADIWT) has travelled along 3 continents (America, Asia, Europe): from Bangalore (2019), Juarez City (2017), Keelung (2016), Hong Kong (2015), Chennai (2014), Stevens Point, WI (2011), Ayia Napa (2012), Istanbul (2010), London (2009) to Ostrava (2008).The 11th ICADIWT organization will take place at Thessaloniki, the second largest city of Greece. Research in Digital Information is a long lasting continuum of efforts in many directions, Web technologies being a mature field of profound impact. Notably, many researchers address application issues not necessarily limited to computing technologies in a narrow sense. ICADIWT’2020 is a forum for researchers to present innovative ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Applications of Digital Information & Web Technologies. ICADIWT’2020 will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers, focusing in the following topics (but not limited to): Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Intelligent Agent systems Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Vibration and noise control Smart cities and structures Control and Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through EasyChair. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer LNCS series. Author instructions along with LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available at Springer’s Information for LNCS Authors page (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submitted papers should not exceed 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references. Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights to Springer. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration Venue The venue is a 5* hotel, Grand Hotel Palace, https://www.grandhotelpalace.gr/en Important Dates 29 June 2020: Full papers submission 24 August 2020: Notification 7 September 2020: Camera ready and registration General Chairs Richard Chbeir, Univ Pau & Pays Adour,France Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Opole University, Poland Program Chairs Yannis Manolopoulos,Open University of Cyprus,Cyprus Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs., UK Workshop Chair Spyros Sioutas, University of Patras, Greece Publicity Chair Anastasios Gounaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Contact: icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk -----------------

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Tools/strategies to combat disinfo in person?
by Irene Pasquetto 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Hello all, I received a request for help from some youth development educators looking for ways to combat mis and disinformation (especially health and/or science misinformation) in person. *"Our audience is community-based educators who work in the fields of nutrition, agriculture, environment, and youth development. These educators often feel ill-equipped to respond to misinformation in person whether in one-on-one or classroom settings in ways that don't escalate into unproductive arguments."* Is there any research on this? Any resources or tools that you are aware of? Thank you! Irene Irene V. Pasquetto <https://irenepasquetto.com/>, Ph.D. +1 (617) 7754878 Chief Editor, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard Kennedy School

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Digital Activism Panel for AoIR 2020
by Mathias Klang 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Hi all, Nora Madison and I are putting together a panel submission on digital activism (which can include digital resistance) for AoIR 2020. We are organizing around the theme of power, justice, and inequality in digitally mediated lives. We are open to a wide exploration of the theme and are therefore interested in topics such as technological support of activism, online forms of protest, resistance to technology, anti-platform activism and much more. The ultimate goal is to engage with the multitude of ways in which technology supports or deters activism. If you are interested in this panel, please email Nora directly (noramadison(a)gmail.com <mailto:noramadison@gmail.com>) and send me a 200-250 word description of your project by February 14th. If invited we will ask you to submit an extended abstract (1200 words) by Feb 23. Looking forward to hearing from you! Mathias -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Mathias Klang Associate Professor & Associate Chair Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University Faculty Memorial Hall #438, Phone: 718-817-4870 http://klangable.com <http://klangable.com/> ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <https://www.postbox-inc.com>

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Professorships in “Digital Technology in Culture and Society” and “Critical Digital Practice” at King's College London
by Gray, Jonathan 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

The Department of Digital Humanities<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh> at King’s College London is looking for two full professors to join us. One opening is for “Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society” and the other is for “Professor of Critical Digital Practice”. They will contribute to developing research, teaching and collaborations to facilitate “critical inquiry with and about the digital”. We particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic candidates. The closing date is 3rd March 2020. Further details are available here<https://my.corehr.com/pls/kingrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_…> (Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society) and here<https://my.corehr.com/pls/kingrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_…> (Professor of Critical Digital Practice). Some further context can be found in this blog post: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/2020/01/30/new-professorships/ Please do share with those who might be interested in applying! Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society The post holder will deliver world-leading research, research-informed teaching, and research mentoring and supervision. Applicants will be able to demonstrate an international profile with an excellent publication record and a track record of achieving grant funding. The post holder will build and expand upon the Department’s research, extending into new directions and significant emergent areas. They will be expected to provide inspiring and innovative teaching and research that explores the social, cultural and intellectual role of computing within contemporary society, in ways that expand and enrich the digital humanities as more conventionally understood. They will teach across the Department’s existing range of options and create new modules of broad interest at both BA and MA level. Applications from all areas of the digital humanities and culture will be considered but we particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research provokes new thinking and crosses disciplinary and domain boundaries. The post holder will join a vibrant and energetic research community in which the Faculty is investing heavily. Job pack available here<https://my.corehr.com/pls/kingrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_…>. Professor of Critical Digital Practice The post holder will have a strong background as a critical practitioner in a field of the digital humanities, broadly defined. They will deliver world-leading research, including, where appropriate, practice-ed research, research-informed teaching, and research mentoring and supervision. Applicants will be able to demonstrate an international profile with an excellent publication record commensurate with their expertise, and a track record of achieving grant funding. The post holder will build and expand upon the Department’s research, extending into new directions and significant emergent areas. They will be expected to provide inspiring and innovative teaching and research grounded in a field of critical digital practice, such as coding, visualization, design or creative methods. They will offer teaching across the Department’s existing range of options, and create new modules of broad interest at both BA and MA level. They will seek out new and emerging student markets and contribute to the development of new programmes to meet student demand, including distance learning. They will also contribute significantly to the Department and College’s vision for practice-led PhD supervision. Applications from all areas of the digital humanities and culture will be considered but we particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research provokes new thinking and crosses disciplinary and domain boundaries, and which engages with practice-based research. The post holder will join a vibrant and energetic research community in which the Faculty is investing heavily. Job pack available here<https://my.corehr.com/pls/kingrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_…>. -- Jonathan Gray | jonathangray.org<http://jonathangray.org/> | @jwyg<http://twitter.com/jwyg> Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London Recent publications and projects: * Gray, J., Bounegru, L. & Venturini, T. (2020) ‘Fake news’ as infrastructural uncanny<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1461444819856912>. New Media & Society. * Gray, J. (2019). Data Witnessing: Attending to Injustice with Data in Amnesty International’s Decoders Project<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1573915>. Information, Communication & Society. * Gray, J. & Bounegru, L. (eds.) (forthcoming) The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice<http://bit.ly/ddjbook-aup-toc-preview>. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. * Gray, J., Gerlitz, C., & Bounegru, L. (2018) Data Infrastructure Literacy<https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718786316>. Big Data & Society. * Gray, J. (2018). Three Aspects of Data Worlds<http://krisis.eu/three-aspects-of-data-worlds>. Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy.

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WEBCAST TODAY: 7th Columbia University Digital Finance Summit – Decentralized Finance, Payments, and Financial Inclusion
by Joly MacFie 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

This is under way. Note updated hashtag #cudfs20 <https://bit.ly/cudfs20> ISOC Live posted: "On Friday February 7 2020 the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information DFSO hosts the 7th Digital Finance Summit at Columbia Business School in NYC. This conference brings together some of the world's leading experts and regulators to discuss the impact of" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dfsny20>On *Friday February 7 2020* the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information DFSO <https://dfsobservatory.com/>* hosts the *7th Digital Finance Summit <https://summit.dfsobservatory.com/>* at Columbia Business School in NYC. This conference brings together some of the world's leading experts and regulators to discuss the impact of blockchain technology,crypto-currencies, and fintech on payments, banking, and compliance. Fintech investors and innovators will provide insight into what they see as the trending focus areas. Expert panels will discuss the implications of new cybersecurity threats, the needs for new types of regulations, new identity systems, as well as emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence. The event will be webcast live via a partnership with the* Internet Society New York Chapter* <https://isoc-ny.org>. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dfsny20 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dfsny20>* *AGENDA: http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/agenda/ <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/agenda/>* *SPEAKERS: http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/speakers/ <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/speakers/>* *TWITTER: #cudfs20 <https://bit.ly/cudfs20> @ColumbiaDFSO* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11758/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Computer Security lectureship (assistant professor) at University of Strathclyde (permanent post)
by Daniel Thomas 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

The Computer & Information Sciences department of the University of Strathclyde is recruiting a lecturer (assistant professor) in computer security. Come join our growing cross departmental security group: https://www.strath.ac.uk/research/strathclydesecurityresearchgroup/ Our department includes both computer and information sciences researchers and we are enthusiastic about interdisciplinary work. Promising candidates from all areas of computer security including IoT, Fintech, Privacy and Anonymity, Machine Learning, Security Economics, and Robotics are encouraged to apply. For an informal chat about the post contact either myself (d.thomas(a)strath.ac.uk) Shishir Nagaraja (shishir.nagaraja(a)strath.ac.uk) group coordinator or Prof. Neil Ghani (neil.ghani(a)strath.ac.uk) head of department. Full details and application link here: https://strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+… Best wishes, Daniel -- Dr Daniel Thomas, Chancellor's Fellow (lecturer/assistant professor) Room LT14.03, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde. Tel: 0141-548-3524 Good University Guide Scottish University of the Year 2020 The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263.

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Survey on culture and identity documents
by Ketan Modh 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Hello all, My name is Ketan Modh. I am a PhD student at the University of Malta and part of the ESSENTIAL Project, funded under the EU's Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. (https://www.essentialresearch.eu/) As part of my research on digital identity management, I am conducting an anonymous survey on the link between differences in national culture and one's attitudes towards national identity documents. Please consider responding, and if possible, sharing the link. While there are no restrictions on who can participate, you must be 18 years or older. The survey is voluntary. It will take no more than 10-15 minutes/./ Please answer the questions to your comfort level. The results will be reported for the group of respondents as a whole. Please click HERE <https://maltapsycho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5iQm7kkKMTeDvM1> to view the survey. Alternately, copy the following link in your browser: https://maltapsycho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5iQm7kkKMTeDvM1 Thank you for your consideration! Best, Ketan -- Ketan Modh PhD Candidate, MSCA Grant No.722482 Marie Curie European Research Officer Department of Information Policy and Governance Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences Room 417 MaKS Building University of Malta Msida "The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."

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Webinar Invitation: "Researching socially shared regulation in learning", Prof. Sanna Järvelä on Feb 18, 2020
by Vitomir Kovanovic 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

[apologies for multiple copies] Hi all, I have a pleasure to invite you to SoLAR's Webinar with Professor Sanna Järvelä from University of Oulu, Finland, a world-renowned expert in Self-Regulated Learning and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning research. The title of Prof Järvelä's talk is "Researching socially shared regulation in learning." See the details of the talk below. To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/researching-socially-shared-regulation-in-l… Time and date: Thursday 18 February 2020, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm Central European Time (12:00 pm-1:00 pm US Eastern Time, 9:00 am-10:00 am US Pacific Time) Location: Zoom (meeting URL provided in the registration email) (Also, make sure you follow SoLAR's Eventbrite page<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/society-for-learning-analytics-research-sol…> to get updates for the future events). We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! Kind regards, Vita Researching socially shared regulation in learning Abstract: Advanced learning technologies have contributed to progress in learning sciences research. There is growing interest in methodological developments using technological tools and multimodal methods for understanding learning processes (e.g. physiological measures). My research group has been working on collecting multimodal and multichannel data for understanding the complex process of collaborative learning. We have been especially interested in how groups, and individuals in groups, can be supported to engage in, sustain, and productively regulate collaborative processes for better learning. In this presentation, I will introduce the theoretical progress in understanding socially shared regulation (SSRL) in learning and review how we have been collecting, analyzing and triangulating data about the regulation in collaborative learning. I will discuss the current methodological challenges and opportunities learning analytics has helped us trace and model SSRL processes. Biography: Sanna Järvelä is a professor in learning sciences and head of the Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET) and director of the LeaF research infrastructure in the University of Oulu, Finland. Her main research interests deal with self-regulated learning, computer-supported collaborative learning and on-line learning processes. Järvelä and her research group are internationally recognized in theoretical and methodological advancement of social aspects of self-regulated learning (socially shared regulation in learning) and processes oriented and multimodal research methods. She has published more than 150 scientific papers in international refereed journals and about 50 book chapters and three edited books, and her Google Scholar h-index is 55. She has been editor in many journals (e.g. Learning and Instruction) and currently Chief Editor in the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Järvelä is the member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, the past EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) president and invited member of the expert group of the OECD's PISA 2024 'Learning in the Digital World'.

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