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Call for Paper proposals: ECPR Panel on 'Social Movements and Digital Organizing'
by Anastasia Kavada 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

**Apologies for Cross-posting ** Dear all, Please see below for the Call for Paper proposals for a panel on 'Social Movements and Digital Organizing' which will take place at the next ECPR conference in Innsbruck (26-28 August 2020) as part of the section on "Current Research and Challenges on Political Participation and Mobilization". Please send me your paper proposals (up to 500 words) to A.Kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:A.Kavada@westminster.ac.uk> by 10 February 2020. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Many thanks, Anastasia Kavada Reader in Media and Politics Course Leader of the MA in Media, Campaigning and Social Change<https://www.westminster.ac.uk/journalism-and-mass-communication-courses/201…> Co-Leader of the Arts, Communication and Culture Research Community School of Media and Communication University of Westminster Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Innsbruck, 26-28 August 2020 Panel Title: Social Movements and Digital Organizing Chair: Anastasia Kavada (Reader in Media and Politics, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster) Discussant: Alice Mattoni (Associate Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences University of Bologna) Abstract: Internet use is thought to have changed the organizational dynamics of social movements. This panel will take stock of changes and continuities in social movement organizing and coordination through both a historical analysis, looking back at 20 years of digital organizing, and a focus on emerging platforms and trends. The panel invites papers that critically examine the relationship between digital media and different organizing models, posing important questions around the politics and ideology that informs the use of such media and their technical design. Research in this area has investigated whether and how the use of digital media fosters more decentralized and horizontal forms of organizing. It has also questioned the meaning of the term 'organization', asking whether it needs to be expanded to encompass more informal and unofficial practices of organizing that happen without social movement organizations or other institutions of collective action. It has also explored how digital communication practices can produce new organizations from below, as well as hidden hierarchies and power asymmetries that belie the purported drive towards horizontality. A key issue in this respect is how the values, goals, knowledge and experience of different collective actors affect practices of digital organizing. The panel welcomes papers that focus on the role of digital media in mobilizing audiences and in creating communities of hope and indignation. Apart from Twitter and Facebook, that have received significant academic attention in recent years, the panel warmly invites papers that also investigate more private channels of communication, including internal email lists and instant messaging platforms like Telegram and Whatsaapp. It also encourages papers that look at the communication ecology of social movements or that may focus on one platform but locate its use within this ecology. Yet beyond the functions and practices of digital media, this panel also asks critical questions around the significance of these changes (and continuities) in social movement organizing. Why do such changes matter? Research has investigated whether digital media use is facilitating the prefigurative politics of certain movements, helping activists to enact in the present the more democratic forms of organizing that they would like to see in the future. Other research has looked at the impact of such media practices on the mobilizing potential of social movements, on the speed of action and its impact on public opinion and policy makers, as well as on its potential to escape the restrictions of more authoritarian regimes. The panel invites papers that advance our understanding of why and how digital organizing matters for collective action, aiming to make a critical contribution to this field of research. Please send your proposed paper title, keywords (max. 8) and a 500 word abstract to A.Kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:A.Kavada@westminster.ac.uk> by 10 February 2020. The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Sixth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

*** Sixth Call for Papers *** 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020) Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020 Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier) SCOPE AND TOPICS RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense, including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning, automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to: Information Systems and their Engineering · Requirements Engineering · Software Testing · Information Security and Risk · Method Engineering User-Oriented Approaches · Social Computing and Social Network Analysis · User-Centred Design · Collaborative Computing · Human Factors in Information Systems Data and Information Management · Databases and Information · Information Search and Discovery · Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Business Process Management · Business Process Engineering and Reengineering · Process Mining · Enterprise Engineering Domain-specific IS Engineering · E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ... · Industry 4.0 · Web-Based Applications and Services · Smart Cities Data Science · Big Data & Business Analytics · Decision Information Systems · Knowledge Management · Knowledge Discovery from Data Information Infrastructures · Cyber-Physical Systems · Web Information Systems · Grid Computing and Cloud Computing · Internet of Things · Pervasive and Mobile Computing Reflective Research and Practice · Research Methodologies in Information Science · Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual · Lifecycle Models · Design Science and Rationale Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main conference. SUBMISSION PROCESS Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the following categories: Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them in follow-up research. Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer) thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice, elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and explain the lessons learned. Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a preliminary evaluation of a technique. Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, appendices, etc. The submission site is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020. SPECIAL ISSUE A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS'20, chosen by a dedicated committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering) The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores and arguments, and the potential for extension. IMPORTANT DATES · Regular paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Conference: May 20-22, 2020 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES Steering Committee · Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France · Marko Bajec,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia · Pericles Loucopoulos, Manchester University, University Kingdom · Haralambos Moratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France · Oscar Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain · Jolita Ralyté, CUI, University of Geneva, Suisse · Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden · Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom · Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands Tutorial Chairs · Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium · Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain Posters & Demos Chairs · Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France · Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

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Fully-funded PhDs at American University SOC
by Aram Sinnreich 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

Greetings, felicitations, and happy new year, fellow internet researchers. Please share the news widely: American University’s School of Communication in Washington, DC has several fully-funded PhD lines for our program in Media, Technology & Democracy, for the Fall 2020 semester. Applications are open through January 20th. https://www.american.edu/soc/admissions/graduate-apply.cfm Send us your best and brightest masters students, so they can come work with me, Pat Aufderheide, Laura DeNardis, Saif Shahin, Andy Phelps, and other members of the AoIR community. Many thanks, Aram — Aram Sinnreich<https://sinnreich.com/> Associate Professor Chair, Communication Studies American University<https://www.american.edu/soc/><https://www.american.edu/soc/> School of Communication<https://www.american.edu/soc/> Author<https://sinnreich.com/books> | Musician<https://sinnreich.com/music>

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12 Streams #7- Internet Society Chapterthon 2019 - Connecting the Unconnected
by Joly MacFie 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

2020 could well be the year of the community network. These videos give a glimpse of some of the many efforts around the globe to make it so. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday January 1 2020, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the 7th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature all 28 projects in the Internet Society 2019 Chapterthon. The Chapterthon is a global" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chapterthon2019>Today, *Wednesday January 1 2020*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC) in the 7th installment of the *Internet Society Livestreaming* <https://isoc.live/>‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/tag/12-streams/>*‘ annual highlights, we feature all *28 projects <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/chapterthon/2019/projects/>* in the *Internet Society 2019 Chapterthon <https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/chapterthon/2019/>*. The Chapterthon is a global Internet Society Chapters marathon, where all Internet Society Chapters can participate by developing a project within a timeline and budget to achieve a common goal for the development of the Internet. The Internet Society 2019 Chapterthon's common goal was '*Connecting the Unconnected*' - finding innovative solutions to connecting the half of the population who remain unconnected, these projects will go a long way to helping some of the most remote corners of the world get online. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chapterthon2019 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chapterthon2019>* *ORIGINAL PLAYLIST: http://bit.ly/chapterthon2019 <http://bit.ly/chapterthon2019>* *TWITTER: #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J> #Chapterthon2019* *@ISOC_Community @ISOCBNet @ISOC_Foundation #InternetForEveryone #switchiton* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11658/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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12 Streams #6 – The Birth of the ARPANET w/Steve Crocker, Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn, Bill Duvall, Len Kleinrock and Charles Kline
by Joly MacFie 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

As these Internet 50 year celebrations got underway, one pedantic party pooper pointed out that the original message sent on October 29 1969 was, in fact, between two computers, not two networks. That would come a little later. Nevertheless it was a great leap forward and, in these sessions, we hear from some of the people who made it possible. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday December 31 2019, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the sixth installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature three streams that celebrated the 50th anniversary of first message sent across the" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet>Today, *Tuesday December 31 2019*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC) in the sixth installment of the *Internet Society Livestreaming*‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/tag/12-streams/>*‘ annual highlights, we feature three streams that celebrated the 50th anniversary of first message sent across the ARPANET, precursor to the Internet, featuring engineers, and *Internet Hall of Fame <https://www.internethalloffame.org/>* inductees, *Steve Crocker*, *Vint Cerf*, *Bob Kahn*, *Bill Duvall*, *Len Kleinrock* and *Charles Kline* in various combinations. The first stream is the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington DC '*Celebrating 50 Years Since “LO”*' in February 2019. The second is a session '*Before the Beginning*' from the UCLA 50th Anniversary of the Internet Celebration event in Los Angeles in October 2019. The third is a LACNIC webinar '*50 Years Later, Looking Back at the Internet’s Birth*' from November 2019. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet>* *ORIGINAL STREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet50 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet50>* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/internet50 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/internet50>* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internet50lacnic <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internet50lacnic>* *TWITTER: #12STREAMS <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J> #ARPANET #Internet50* *@vgcerf @kleinrock @bobkahn_brand @LACNIC @UCLA* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11641/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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12 Streams #5 – The Road to AfPIF 10 / Le chemin vers AfPIF-10 – Karen Rose and Michuki Mwangi #AfPIF2019 @ISOC_Africa @michukis @KarenRose360
by Joly MacFie 30 Dec '19

30 Dec '19

In case it's not clear below, the french interpretation stream will immediately follow the English. Each presentation lasts 1 hour. Dans le cas où ce n'est pas clair ci-dessous, le stream d'interprétation en français suivra immédiatement l'anglais. Chaque présentation dure 1 heure. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Monday December 30 2019, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the fifth installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature The Road to AfPIF 10 - a keynote at the 10th African Peering and Interconnection For" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif10>Today, *Monday December 30 2019*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC) in the fifth installment of the* Internet Society Livestreaming <https://isoc.live/>*‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams*‘ annual highlights, we feature *The Road to AfPIF 10* - a keynote at the *10th African Peering and Interconnection Forum <https://www.afpif.org/>* (AfPIF) - Bataclava, Mauritius on August 20 2019. Presenters *Karen Rose*, former Senior Director of Strategic Development and Business Planning at the Internet Society, and *Michuki Mwangi*, Regional Development Manager for Africa at the Internet Society provide a snapshot history of the growth of this event that addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent. Aujourd'hui, *lundi 30 décembre 2019*, à *20 h HNE* (01 h 00 UTC), dans le cinquième épisode des faits saillants annuels `` *12 jours de streams* '' de l'*Internet Society <https://isoc.live/>*, nous présentons* Le chemin vers AfPIF-10* - une allocution à la* 10e édition de la conférence africaine Forum de Peering et d'Interconnexion <https://www.afpif.org/>* (AfPIF) - Bataclava, Maurice le 20 août 2019. Les présentateurs *Karen Rose*, ancienne directrice principale du développement stratégique et de la planification des affaires à l'Internet Society, et *Michuki Mwangi*, directeur du développement régional pour l'Afrique à l'Internet Society, fournissent un un aperçu de la croissance de cet événement qui aborde les principales opportunités et défis d'interconnexion, de peering et d'échange de trafic sur le continent. * VIEW / VUE LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif10 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif10>* *SLIDES: https://isoc.live/afpif10/1-2a_Keynote_Presentation-The_Road_to_AfPIF-10.pdf <https://isoc.live/afpif10/1-2a_Keynote_Presentation-The_Road_to_AfPIF-10.pdf>* *PROMO VIDEO: https://isoc.live/afpif10/1-2b_The_Road_to_AfPIF-10.mp4 <https://isoc.live/afpif10/1-2b_The_Road_to_AfPIF-10.mp4>* *ORIGINAL STREAMS: ENGLISH <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2019> | FRANCAIS <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpif2019>:* *YOUTUBE: ENGLISH <https://youtu.be/OQpnNzOJfRw> | FRANCAIS <https://youtu.be/ZlxXY9KKk5E>:* *TWITTER: #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J> #AfPIF2019 <https://bit.ly/afpif2019> @ISOC_Africa @michukis @KarenRose360* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11633/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Deadline extended: CFP | Media and the Night: An International Conference | Colloque international: Les médias et la nuit
by Jhessica Reia 30 Dec '19

30 Dec '19

*Media and the Night: An International Conference* April 29 and 30, 2020 McGill University, Montreal Organized by Jhessica Reia, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University Will Straw, James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University Over the last decade, the study of the night has emerged as an international, interdisciplinary field of scholarly research. Historians, archaeologists, geographers, urbanists, economists and scholars of culture and literature have analyzed the night time of communities large and small, across a wide range of historical periods. The study of the night has expanded in tandem with new attention to the night on the part of city administrations, organizers of cultural events (like *nuits** blanches* and museum nights) and activists fighting gentrification, systems of control and practices of harassment and exclusion which limit the “right to the night” of various populations. In this context of this new attention to the night, we invite proposals for an international conference, in English and French, on relationships between media and the night. We are open to papers focussing on old and new media, from any disciplinary perspective, and dealing with any historical period or geographical area. Possible topics may include (but are not limited to) the following: - The place of media consumption and circulation within the 24-hour cycle; - Formal and stylistic features of media treatments of the night; - Media constructions of the transgressive, marginal or identitarian night; - Specialized media directed at (or produced by) communities of the night; - The role of media forms (or platforms) in tracing itineraries of night-time activity; - Media tools to enhance the safety and accessibility of the night; - “Intermedial” dimensions of media’s relationship to the night (e.g., electric lighting and photography; late-night television and classic cinema, etc.); - The challenge of imagining “night” genres for 24-hour streaming services; - Archiving the night; - Pre-digital or digital practices of mapping the night; - Night, social media and data visualization; - Games, apps and night modes; - Night media and energy infrastructures. Proposals (with title) should be approximately 350 words, in French or English, and submitted by email to jhessica.reia(a)mcgill.ca by *January 10, 2020*. Please note that, while the organizers are unable to cover the travel and accommodation costs of participants, we will and will not charge a registration fee. https://theurbannight.com/ *** *Colloque international « Les médias et la nuit »* 29 et 30 avril 2020 Université McGill, Montréal Sous la direction de : Jhessica Reia, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Histoire de l'art et communication, Université McGill Will Straw, James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies, Histoire de l'art et communication, Université McGill Au cours de la dernière décennie, la nuit est devenue un objet d’études à part entière autour duquel s’est constitué un domaine international et interdisciplinaire de recherche universitaire. Des historien.nes, des archéologues, des géographes, des urbanistes, des économistes et des spécialistes de la culture et de la littérature ont analysé les activités et les imaginaires nocturnes de grandes et de petites communautés, à travers un large éventail de périodes historiques. Parallèlement au développement de ces études, la nuit fit l’objet d’une nouvelle attention de la part des administrations municipales, des organisateurs d’événements culturels (auxquels on doit par exemple les nuits blanches et les soirées des musées), ainsi que de la part d’activistes luttant contre la gentrification et les dispositifs de contrôle des activités nocturnes, ou encore dénonçant les pratiques de harcèlement et d’exclusion qui limitent le « droit à la nuit » de divers groupes minoritaires. C’est dans le contexte de cette nouvelle attention portée à la nuit que nous lançons un appel à communications pour un colloque international en français et anglais sur les relations entre les médias et la nuit. Nous sommes ouverts aux propositions portant sur les anciens comme sur les nouveaux médias, à toutes les perspectives disciplinaires, ainsi qu’à toutes les périodes historiques ou zones géographiques. Voici la liste indicative non restrictive des thèmes suggérés : - La consommation et la diffusion des médias dans le cycle de 24 heures ; - Les caractéristiques formelles et stylistiques des différents traitements médiatiques de la nuit ; - Les constructions médiatiques des transgressions, des marginalités ou des identités nocturnes ; - Les médias spécialisés destinés aux communautés de la nuit, ou produits par elles ; - Le rôle des types de médias (ou des plateformes) dans la traçabilité des itinéraires de l’activité nocturne ; - Les outils médiatiques œuvrant à l’amélioration de la sécurité et de l'accessibilité de la nuit ; - Les aspects intermédiaux de la relation média/nuit (par exemple, le lien entre l’éclairage électrique et la photographie, les programmes télévisuels de fin de soirée et le cinéma classique, etc.) ; - Les défis de la programmation « nocturne » pour les services de streaming 24 h/24 ; - Archiver la nuit ; - Les pratiques pré-numériques ou numériques de cartographie de la nuit ; - La nuit, les médias sociaux et la visualisation des données ; - Les jeux vidéo, les applications et les modes nuits ("night modes") ; - Les médias nocturnes et les infrastructures énergétiques. Les propositions d’environ 350 mots (plus le titre), en français ou en anglais, doivent être envoyées par courrier électronique à jhessica.reia(a)mcgill.ca avant le *10 janvier **2020*. Le colloque est gratuit et ouvert au public. En revanche, les frais de voyage et d’hébergement des participants ne seront pas pris en charge. https://theurbannight.com/ Jhessica Reia Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University, Montreal @jhereia <https://twitter.com/jhereia> | jhessica.reia(a)mcgill.ca

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12 STREAMS #2: Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin – Dr. Sunduzwayo Mandise
by Joly MacFie 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

It's not so often you get the Dean of a Law School giving a crypto presentation, and especially not one as cogent and precise as this one. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Friday December 27 2019, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC, in the second installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming's '12 Days of Streams', we feature ‘Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin‘ – a presentation by Dr. Sunduzwayo Mandise at the Malawi IGF in Lilo" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crypto>Today, *Friday December 27 2019*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC, in the second installment of the* Internet Society Livestreaming <https://isoc.live>*'s '*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/tag/12-streams/>*', we feature ‘*Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin*‘ – a presentation by *Dr. Sunduzwayo Mandise* at the Malawi IGF in Lilongwe on 17 December 2019. Dr. Mandise is the Dean of Law at the University of Malawi, and has done *extensive research <https://www.researchgate.net/project/Regulation-of-Mobile-Money>* in to the evolution of monetary practices. Here, with regulation in mind, he provides a concise briefing of the state of cryptocurrency. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crypto <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crypto>* *ORIGINAL STREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/mwigf19 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/mwigf19>* *TWITTER: #12Streams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #mwigf19 http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11617/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Book Announcement: Digital Social Research. Polity, 2019
by Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri 27 Dec '19

27 Dec '19

Digital Social Research. Polity, 2019 More info: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509529308 Preview of the ToC: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332863568_Digital_Social_Research Reviews ‘We need more books like this. With his far-reaching and accessible overview of the field, Giuseppe A.Veltri makes a very welcome contribution.’ Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, and President of the Association of Internet Researchers ‘Giuseppe A.Veltri’s innovative approach locates digital methods within the established canon of social research methodology, without the hyperbole that often surrounds such discussion. Students will learn about the essential principles of social scientific research and where new methods sit in relation to traditional methods.’ Nick Allum, Professor of Research Methodology, University of Essex ‘This is a timely and important book. Its real strength is that it moves beyond the “how to” to explain the “why”. This is achieved with clear language that makes the book of value to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates alike.’ Scott Wright, Associate Professor of Digital Media and Political Communication, University of Melbourne Short description To analyse social and behavioral phenomena in our digitalized world, it’s necessary to understand the main research opportunities and challenges specific to online and digital social research. This book presents an overview of the many techniques that are part of the fundamental toolbox of the digital social scientist. Placing online methods within the wider tradition of social research methods, Giuseppe Veltri discusses the methodological principles and related frameworks that underlie each technique of digital research. This useful guide covers methodological issues such as different digital data types, sampling for big data, construct validity, and representativeness. It looks at different forms of unobtrusive data collection methods (web scraping, social media mining) as well as obtrusive methods (qualitative methods, web surveys, and experiments). Special attention is given to three key analytical approaches, explored in more detail: computational approaches to statistical analysis, text mining, and network analysis. Digital Social Research Methods will be a welcome and essential resource for students and researchers across the social sciences and humanities carrying out digital research or interested in the future of social research. …………………… Giuseppe A. Veltri, PhD Associate Professor in Research Methodology & Cognitive Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Research University of Trento via Verdi, 26 I-38122 Trento, Italy Tel: +39 0461 281415 email: giuseppe.veltri(a)unitn.it Personal Webpage #Find out more about my research at ResearchGate #New book: Digital Social Research, Polity. October 2019. All the other books

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Call for Chapter Contributions
by Stella 23 Dec '19

23 Dec '19

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to call for chapter contributions to the book *Global Perspectives on the Impact of Mass Media on Electoral Processes *to be published by IGI. I heartily encourage you to send a manuscript. Kindly see the link here: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/4499. Have the merriest Christmas ever. Dr Stella Aririguzoh Department of Mass Communication Covenant Universit <s.aririguzoh(a)gmail.com>y, Nigeria email: s.aririguzoh(a)gmail.com <s.aririguzoh(a)gmail.com> *MAY GOD BLESS YOU ESPECIALLY TODAY, IN JESUS NAME!*

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