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CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: UNISA HETL Conference
by Dr. Patrick Blessinger 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference is hosted jointly by the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) and the University of South Africa, from 10 to 13 August 2020 in South Africa. *CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 16, 2020* To submit a presentation proposal, see https://www.hetl.org/the-2020-international-higher-education-teaching-and-l… For conference details, see https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/News-&-Media/Calendar-&-eve… -- Patrick Blessinger <http://www.patrickblessinger.com/> The HETL Association <https://www.hetl.org/> University World News <http://www.universityworldnews.com/search.php?query=blessinger&type=all&mod…> UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab <http://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/users/patrick-blessinger> St. John's University, New York City <https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-blessinger-edd> Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education <http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jar…> Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning <https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/series-detail/Innovations-in-Higher-E…>

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Senior Researcher Position Media Studies & Computational Social Science in Hamburg, Germany
by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

** Apologies for cross-posting ** Dear list members, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute in Hamburg, Germany, is hiring a Senior Researcher in Computational Social Science. We are looking for people with completed PhD and a proven track record in the field of communication and media research as well as computational social sciences. You can find the full job posting here; deadline for applications is January 15th, 2020: https://leibniz-hbi.de/en/news/senior-researcher-computational-social-scien… Best, Jan -- ---- Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt Senior Researcher für Digitale Interaktive Medien und Politische Kommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg 0049-(0)40-450217-83 https://www.leibniz-hbi.de/de/mitarbeiter/jan-hinrik-schmidt http://www.schmidtmitdete.de

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Publication of Rethinking Ethics Through Hypertext
by Dominic Garcia 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Dear Sir, Good evening. First of all I wish to congratulate you for providing me with this useful listserv as this is vital for my research. On the 11th of December I sent you an email to notify the publication of my book "Rethinking Ethics Through Hypertext". However I cannot see this post myself. I was wondering of you could give me an understanding for why this has occurred please? Kind regards Dr. Dominic Garcia PhD

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Christian Fuchs - Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Christian Fuchs. 2020. Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies. New York: Routledge. 296 pages. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/marxism-karl-marxs-fifteen-key-concepts-for-cultu… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dsG-Na7FY This book is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx’s ideas in media, communication, and cultural studies. Karl Marx’s ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this book, Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing 15 of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in twenty-first century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Table of Contents: 1 Introduction 1 2 The Dialectic 4 3 Materialism: The Base/Superstructure Problem 19 4 Commodities, Capital, Capitalism 38 5 Labour and Surplus-Value 77 6 The Working Class 105 7 Alienation 127 8 Means of Communication and the General Intellect 147 9 Ideology 178 10 Socialism and Communism 205 11 Class Struggles 247 Index 280

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Call for papers: Robots, recommenders and responsibility: where should the media go with AI?
by Drunen, Max van 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Call for papers: Robots, recommenders and responsibility: where should the media go with AI? AI-driven tools play an increasingly important role on many levels of the process of making and distributing news. In the field of journalism, this ranges from smart tools that assist journalists in producing their stories to the fully automated production of news stories (robot journalism), and from audience analytics that inform editorial board decisions to the AI-driven recommendation of which contents and users to match. As such, AI-driven tools are more than simple tools. They are part of a more structural transformation of what it means to make news, to engage with the audience, and to be an informed citizen. The integration of AI-driven tools into the journalistic process raises not only a host of challenging professional, technical and organizational questions. Intense debates about filter bubbles, privacy, shifting power dynamics, gatekeeping, editorial independence and the metrification of journalistic values and fundamental rights also touch upon the legal, ethical, societal and democratic implications that the use of AI in the media can have. So far, much of the discussion has centered around social media platforms. But what are the implications of the introduction of AI-driven tools for the legacy media and its role of informing, being a critical watchdog and providing a forum for public debate? What are the implications of the ongoing trend to automatisation for the realisation of public values and fundamental rights? How do new legal frameworks, such as the GDPR or the plans of the EC to regulate AI affect the media? And are the existing journalistic codes and professional principles useful to guide journalists and editors in an age of AI? Symposium The goal of this symposium on 24-25 June 2020 in Amsterdam is to discuss the societal and democratic role of AI-driven tools in the media, the fundamental rights at stake, and the ethical, legal and technological (design) conditions need to ensure that algorithms and AI create opportunities, and not threats for our democracy. This cannot be done from the perspective of one or two disciplines alone. We therefore hope to bring together a community of scholars from journalism and media studies, communication and computer science, law, STS, economics and whoever has an interest to contribute, despite his or her disciplinary affiliations. Together, such a group of scholars could have a true impact on how algorithms and AI can make a difference for the better in media and democracy – for academia and society. We invite papers on, for example: - How journalists, editors and media corporations use AI and algorithms to contribute to, and expand on their editorial mission, for example through news recommenders and robot journalism; - On how the introduction of digital technologies changes our very idea of news, and what it means to be an informed citizen; - Investigations into the shifts of powers, roles and responsibilities, and new gatekeeper positions as a result of the introduction of AI in the journalistic process; - Studies into the way how the use of AI and algorithms in the media affect the ability of citizens to benefit from their right to freedom of expression, to form and hold opinions, and make informed political choices; - How journalistic and public values such as diversity, objectivity, relevance, etc. can be translated and preserved in algorithmic design and routines; - Governance of the use of data, AI and algorithms in the news media; - Proposals on the maintenance of accountability and public oversight over editorial AI, including the roles and responsibilities of different regulatory authorities, but also the role of public institutions in supporting and stimulating technological innovation in the newsmedia; - The influence of different national, cultural and societal contexts for the assessment of above questions. We invite specifically young scholars to send in their work, and also encourage work in progress. Please send in an abstract of 500 words to personews(a)ivir.nl. Important dates: - Deadline for abstracts: 3 February 2020. - Notification of acceptance around 21st of February. - Deadline for the final papers (or advanced draft): 25th of May. - The conference: 24 and 25 of June 2020. We explore the possibility to facilitate the publication of a selection of articles in a (leading) journal. We have deliberately chosen for a small-scale event, with maximal time for discussion and engagement. A selected number of papers will be presented and commented on by one or two commentators, followed by a plenary discussion. Next to presenters and commentators, a limited number of places is available for non-active participants. We have limited travel funds available for those who lack the means to pay for travel to attend the symposium. Please only apply for a travel grant if there is no other way for you to attend the conference. Priority will be given to speakers and commenters. To apply for (partial) refunds of your travel costs, please send a brief justification of the need for financial support, the estimated costs and a declaration that the applicant will not be able to attend without financial support from some source external to their own institution. This symposium is made possible with the help of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and an ERC grant for the PersoNews project – an ERC-funded project that looks into the implications of AI and algorithms for the democratic role of the digital media, user rights and public information policy. For further questions and information, please contact: Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger at n.helberger(a)uva.nl. See also https://www.ivir.nl/call-for-abstracts-personews/.

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Some questions by a student
by Gohar F. Khan 15 Dec '19

15 Dec '19

Greetings, A student asked me to provide my opinion on the following questions. Some of these questions are easy to answer but others require independent research inquiry (and data) to answer it. I will appreciate your thoughts and possible responses to these questions, if possible. Or perhaps share some articles which may have answered some of your questions. 1. What is the ‘definition’ of a viral trend? 2. What qualities define a social media (viral) trend? 3. How are social media trends usually started? 4. How do social media trends become global trends? 5. What social media platforms display most of these trends? 6. How long do social media trends usually last for? Why? 7. What causes a trend to lose popularity? 8. What have been some of the most significant viral trends in the past decade? 9. What were the more popular social media platforms in the beginning of the 2010’s? 10. Are there any viral trends that have caused big changes socially, either positively or negatively, in the past decade? If so, what trend was it and what was the effect? 11. What viral trends do you know of from the past decade? 12. What are the current most popular social media platforms? Thanks, Gohar -- Dr. Gohar Khan | Senior Lecturer of Digital Business | Undergraduate and Graduate Convenor for Digital Business | School of Management & Marketing | Faculty of Management | University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 | Hamilton 3240 | New Zealand | +64 7 838 4233 | gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz | office: MSB.2.32D / Web: gfkhan.wordpress.com Check out my books on social media analytics and digital marketing analytics

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2020 Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship
by Rybas, Natalia 15 Dec '19

15 Dec '19

The Feminist Scholarship Division of International Communication Association seeks: (1) nominees for the Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship; and (2) volunteers willing to serve on the Teresa Awards Committee to help choose among the nominees. Those wishing to serve on the committee should hold a doctoral degree and have a depth of familiarity with feminist communication scholarship. Service on the committee requires a minimal commitment of time in March after the nominations are in. Please indicate your interest in serving on the Teresa Award Committee by sending an email to the co-chairs of the Teresa Award Committee, Carolyn Byerly (cbyerly(a)earthlink.net<mailto:cbyerly@earthlink.net>) and Natalia Rybas (natrybas(a)gmail.com) Those interested in nominating a feminist scholar for the award should inform co-chairs of the Teresa Award Committee about their intent. The nominating materials should be submitted to the co-chairs no later than March 1, 2020 (EST). The Teresa Award recognizes work from established feminist scholars who have made significant contributions to the development, reach and influence of feminist scholarship in communication and/or media studies. While the FSD awards committee favors research that consists of multiple projects and publications that have made a clear, coherent and sustained contribution to the advancement of feminist scholarship over time, single works and/or activities which have been highly influential in the field of feminist communication scholarship may also qualify someone for nomination. The strongest nominees for this award will have accomplished one or more of the following: (1) opened up new theoretical and/or methodological territory in feminist research; (2) made other important contributions to the advancement of feminist scholarship; and (3) engaged in feminist activism within academia that advanced feminist scholarship. Any scholar who has made significant contributions to shaping the field of feminist communication and media studies may be nominated. They do not have be a member of Feminist Scholarship Division. We encourage self-nominations as well as the nomination by others. In most instances, members of the Teresa Award Committee may not submit nominees for consideration. Nominations should include the following: (1) One letter of nomination, not to exceed two pages. Letters must: (a) provide full name and affiliation of the person being nominated, (b) specify the relevant body of work and/or other contributions made; (c) address the work's and/or activity's contributions to feminist scholarship (in the case of research, this will involve theoretical and methodological assessments); and (d) make a case for its influence and impact on the advancement of feminist scholarship. (2) Current CV of the scholar being nominated. (3) Three representative examples of the work cited, where appropriate. If the example is book length, only the title page, copyright page, table of contents, and one chapter should be sent for that work. Nomination packets should be submitted electronically to the co-chairs of the Teresa Award Committee, Carolyn Byerly and Natalia Rybas at cbyerly(a)earthlink.net<mailto:cbyerly@earthlink.net> and natrybas(a)gmail.com by Thursday, March 1, 2020 (EST). The Teresa Award was established in 2007 through an endowed fund created by Dr. Yoo Jae Song of Ewha Women's University in Korea to honor her mother, Dr. Teresa Kyuguen Cho, a Korean American and a pediatrician, who passed away in Philadelphia in 2006 at the age of 83. ?Natalia Rybas, Ph.D. Director of Graduate Programs, IU East Associate Professor, Communication Studies Coordinator, Bachelor of General Studies program School of Humanities & Social Sciences Indiana University East

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PhD position in Biometrics from existential perspectives
by Charles M. Ess 15 Dec '19

15 Dec '19

Dear AoIR-ists, With the usual apologies for cross-posting - On behalf of Amanda Lagerkvist (Uppsala University), I'm very pleased to call your attention to the newly advertised 4/5 year fully funded PhD position in the BioMe project, situated in the Media and Communication Department in affiliation with the Informatics and Media Department, Uppsala University: : <https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:303291/> (In the name of full disclosure, I am (proudly) affiliated with the BioMe Project as ethics advisor and consultant in the development of an existential virtue ethics of care.) The PhD student, who will begin in August 2020, will be recruited to study the limits of biometrics, and will also be part of the WASP-HS graduate school, funded by the Wallenberg Foundations: <https://wasp-hs.org/about-wasp-hs/> As a brief introduction to the BioMe project: the project is rooted in the frameworks of existential media studies and its central aim is to investigate the experiential range of encounters with these technologies with a focus on both possibilities as well as challenges and vulnerabilities, in order to scrutinize the pressing ethical imperatives they pose for networked humanity. (See: <https://www.im.uu.se/research/hub-for-digtal-existence/#anchor-811040>) This section from the PhD position description is a good first taste of the obligations and possibilities of the PhD project: == Within the framework of BioMe the hired doctoral candidate is expected to contribute to new knowledge about both the limits of biometric technologies, and of strategies of living against facial recognition and other technologies that turn bodies into data, through machine-based measurement and statistical analysis of people's unique physical characteristics. In addition to offering knowledge about consequences of AI, in line with the aims of WASP-HS, this PhD project will discern potential alternatives to the developments at hand. This dissertation will add to the project an in-depth interrogation of various existential strategies for challenging and evading biometrics, thereby also highlighting those ethical issues and potential resolves discernible at the limits of biometrics. == I can further add that on the basis of considerable experience in these parts, I would consider the possibility of living and working in Uppsala to be an unparalleled opportunity more broadly. Please share this call within your networks and especially those colleagues whose interests and abilities might be well matched to the position. Many thanks in advance, - charles ess -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Co-chair & Editor, Internet Research Ethics 3.0 <https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> 3rd edition of Digital Media Ethics out soon! <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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2019 conference schedule?
by Charles M. Ess 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Dear AoIR-ists, I'm certain I'm missing something obvious - but I'm trying to find a detailed schedule for the 2019 Brisbane conference, in hopes of identifying papers on ethics for possible cultivation and inclusion in some upcoming issues of the Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society (JICES) - and coming up with zilch / nada / zip / nothing. Nothing left on the website. Nothing in my emails - not even an indication of the conference app ... and thanks to a major phone crash a few weeks ago, my phone had to have everything freshly re-installed: oddly, Google Play Store does not have a record of an conference app ... Any tips, tricks, and suggestions for a befuddled old guy? Many thanks in advance, - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Co-chair & Editor, Internet Research Ethics 3.0 <https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> 3rd edition of Digital Media Ethics out soon! <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Deadline Extended: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research
by Mel Stanfill 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

*DEADLINE EXTENDED: APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL JANUARY 3, 2020* Understanding Digital Culture: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research, an NEH-funded Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities to be held June 1-5, 2020 at the University of Central Florida, seeks applications. Understanding Digital Culture aims to increase the number of humanities scholars using digital tools for data collection and analysis in internet research. Drawing on the expertise of an interdisciplinary community of humanities scholars spanning digital humanities, information studies, American studies, fan studies, cultural studies, media studies, and games studies, Understanding Digital Culture will enable sharing ideas and methods for using digital technologies to advance humanities research and teaching. Specifically, we will provide resources, training, and a community of collaborators to engage both computational network and data analysis tools and the ethics and best practices of using the web as a site of research. No previous experience in digital humanities is required to apply, and the workshop sessions are structured to assume no prior knowledge of either the technology or theory in order to allow for the broadest range of participation. Graduate students and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply, as are faculty and staff at institutions such as HBCUs,Tribal Colleges, and community colleges. All who are selected to participate will receive a stipend of $1,250 to support their attendance at the Institute. 25 places are available. For more information, visit: http://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu To apply, submit a CV and a brief statement (no more than 2 single-spaced pages) addressing your internet-driven research project concept and your goals for participating in the workshop to: https://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu/how-to-apply/ Applications are due JANUARY 3, 2020. Review will be anonymous and conducted by the committee of workshop instructors, coordinated by the co-directors (Anastasia Salter and Mel Stanfill). Instructors will be asked to consider the potential impact and reach of proposed work when reviewing participant applications. Questions? Contact Co-directors Anastasia Salter (anastasia(a)ucf.edu) or Mel Stanfill (mel.stanfill(a)ucf.edu) Mel Stanfill, PhD Assistant Professor Texts & Technology / Games and Interactive Media University of Central Florida http://www.melstanfill.com

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