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Christian Fuchs - new book: Nationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News
by Christian Fuchs 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Christian Fuchs. 2020. Nationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News. New York: Routledge. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/nationalism-on-the-internet/ (including reading sample/introduction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25je5XtUcQ In this timely book, critical theorist Christian Fuchs asks: What is nationalism and what is the role of social media in the communication of nationalist ideology? Advancing an applied Marxist theory of nationalism, Fuchs explores nationalist discourse in the world of contemporary digital capitalism that is shaped by social media, big data, fake news, targeted advertising, bots, algorithmic politics, and a high-speed online attention economy. The book develops a critical theory of nationalism that is grounded in the works of Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, and Eric J. Hobsbawm.

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New Book: China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
by Iginio Gagliardone 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

New Book: *China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet* By: Iginio Gagliardone https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/china-africa-and-the-future-of-the-inter… China is transforming Africa's information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV/CGTN Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments to expand access to the internet and mobile phones, with rapid and large-scale success. While Western countries have ambiguously linked the need to fight security threats with restrictions of the information space, China has been vocal in asserting the need to control communication to ensure stability and development. Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting the weaknesses of Western approaches to Africa, which remain trapped between an emphasis on stability and service delivery, on the one hand, and the desire to advocate human rights and freedom of expression on the other. Arguing no state can be understood without attention to its information structure, the book provides the first assessment of China’s new model for the media strategies of developing states, and the consequences of policing Africa’s information space for geopolitics, security and citizenship. ————————— 'Impressive and rigorous, *China, Africa and the Future of the Internet* respects different schools of thought regarding the internet and development, whilst providing a critique that is schooled and convincing. Gagliardone takes an issue of great importance and brings fresh and penetrating analysis to it.' Monroe E. Price, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 'A very original, rigorous and well-cited contribution to the wider field of China-Africa studies and the current global conversation on internet governance. China, Africa and the Future of the Internet provides a useful counter-perspective to the dominant discourse around internet governance which tends to focus on the global north, excluding the notable developments in internet governance taking place in the global south.' Cobus van Staden, Co-host of the China in Africa Podcast —————————— ZED Publishers is offering this book at a *discounted price* until 24th October 2019 It can be purchased in paperback, epub, and Kindle versions at half of the price (£ 9.50) https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/china-africa-and-the-future-of-the-inter…

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[CFP] 2020 SMSociety Conference in Chicago (July 22-24): Promises and Perils of Social Media For Diversity
by Anatoliy Gruzd 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

CFP: International Conference on Social Media and Society (#SMSociety)2020 Theme – “Diverse Voices: Promises and Perils of Social Media For Diversity” Join us on July 22–24, 2020 for the 11th annual International Conference on Social Media and Society (#SMSociety) <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…>. The conference is an interdisciplinary gathering of leading social media researchers, practitioners, and analysts from around the world. The 2020 conference is hosted by the College of Communication <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> , Studio Chi <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> and the College of Computing and Digital Media <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> at DePaul University <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> in Chicago, USA. Until a decade and a half ago, large media companies and governments lorded over an oligopoly controlling the means for communicating with the masses. That oligopoly was (temporarily?) broken by the introduction of social media with its revolutionary promise to democratize civil discourse and civil society. It has offered diverse groups the opportunity to connect to one another and form communities of practice that ultimately can serve to strengthen their voice. However, in recent years, we have also discovered that connecting the world via social media leads to new challenges. When so many diverse voices are brought together on a massive scale, conflict is common. Interpretation of this conflict is itself diverse: do we see a rise of incivility or freedom from moral policing? Extremism or idealism? Distrust or critique? The very same digital tools that amplify voices of the marginalized can also be used to silence diverse voices online through online harassment, doxing, trolling, and other measures. In this context, the *International Conference on Social Media & Society* <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> invites scholarly and original submissions that explore key questions and central issues related (but not limited) to the 2020 theme of “*Diverse Voices: Promises and Perils of Social Media For Diversity**.*” We welcome research from a wide range of methodological perspectives employing established quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods as well as innovative approaches that cross disciplinary boundaries and expand our understanding of the current and future trends in social media research, especially research that seeks to explore questions such as: - Can human society handle the connection of diverse and divergent (often conflicting) voices on social media? Is empowering every voice via social media a net good? - Under what conditions can social media build bridges across difference? When does social media reinforce division? - What social media affordances are good or bad in terms of supporting diversity, including but not limited to: race, class, gender, sexual, cultural, political and linguistic diversity? - What is the role of government regulation? Should social media be limited to activities that help to build strong societies? - Is it naive to think that giving everyone a voice will result in increased democracy? - And what is the role of social media in all of these? And how can social media platforms be used to empower marginalized voices? - Can AI and other automated tools help social media consumers and producers to overcome these challenges and provide online spaces for engagement with diverse voices? If so, how? *IMPORTANT DATES* - *Full papers** (6-10 pages) Due: *Jan. 27, 2020* - *WIP papers* (1000-word extended abstract) Due: *Jan. 27, 2020* - *Panels, Workshops, & Posters* Due: *Mar. 16, 2020* *Full papers presented at the Conference will be published in the conference proceedings by *ACM International Conference Proceeding Series* (ICPS) <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. *SUBMISSION DETAILS*: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submit/ <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> *ABOUT THE CONFERENCE* The International Conference on Social Media & Society <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> (#SMsociety) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects society. Organized by the Social Media Lab <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> at Ted Rogers School of Management <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…> at Ryerson University <https://socialmediaandsociety.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b32270f9582…>, #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, and network with peers. The conference’s intensive three-day program features hands-on workshops, full papers, work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters. The wide-ranging topics in social media showcase research from scholars working in many fields including Communication, Computer Science, Education, Journalism, Information Science, Management, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. *TOPICS OF INTEREST (Not Exhaustive)* SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON SOCIETY - Privacy - Trust & credibility - Political mobilization & engagement - Extremism & terrorism - Dis/Mis/Mal-information, aka…”Fake news” - Politics of hate and oppression - Health and well-being SOCIAL MEDIA & BUSINESS - Brand communities - Influencers and consumer engagement - Consumer behavior & social media marketing - Public & customer relations - Cybervetting and HR SOCIAL MEDIA & PUBLIC SECTOR - Government regulations of social media - Government social media management - Adoption, use, strategies and policies - Citizens’ engagement - Citizens’ privacy & security concerns - Public opinions on environmental issues SOCIAL MEDIA & ACADEMIA - Alternative metrics - Learning analytics - Teaching with social media - University branding - Knowledge Translation/management ONLINE/OFFLINE COMMUNITIES - Online community detection - Influential user detection - Identity and anonymity - Case studies THEORIES & METHODS - Qualitative approaches - Quantitative approaches - Mixed methods - Opinion mining & sentiment analysis - Social network analysis - Theoretical models BIG & SMALL DATA - Value of small data - Data mining and analytics - Sampling issues - Visualization - Scalability issues - Ethics - Data Access/Scraping - Data Biases *ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* - Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University, Canada – Conference Chair - Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Canada – Conference Chair - Raquel Recuero, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil – Full Paper Chair - Ángel Hernández-García, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain – Full Paper Chair - Chei Sian Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore – WIP Chair - James Cook, University of Maine at Augusta, USA – WIP Chair - Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University, Canada – Poster Chair *HOST COMMITTEE at DePaul University* - Bree McEwan, Communication Studies, Communication & Technology - Jill Hopke, Journalism - Hamed Qahri Saremi, Management Information Systems - Juan Mundel, Advertising - Paul Booth, Digital Communication & Media Arts - Enid Montague, Human Computer Interaction - Samantha Close, Digital Communication & Media Arts - Nur Uysal, Public Relations

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DCOSS 2020 - 16th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems - deadline January 18, 2020 - Los Angeles
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

============================================================= The 16th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2020) Los Angeles, California, USA May 25 - 27, 2020 www.dcoss.org ============================================================= DCOSS 2020 is the 16th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems to be hosted in Los Angeles, California, USA, in June 25-27, 2020. In the last few years, we have witnessed a significant growth in the use of IoT and distributed sensor systems in a number of application areas, ranging from smart transport, energy and buildings, to factory automation, smart healthcare and environmental monitoring. In order for smart sensor systems to truly become useful and pervasive, we need to address a number of research challenges, including the tight integration of sensing and machine intelligence, reliable and efficient networking, interoperability and scalability, the need for dependable autonomy, interaction with humans, and important aspects of security, privacy and trust. DCOSS focuses on issues arising in the entire IoT and networked sensor systems stack: covering aspects of high-level abstractions, models and languages, novel algorithms and applications, system design approaches and architectures, as well as tools for simulated and real deployments. Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Edge and fog computing: distributed computing models from sensor to cloud - Energy harvesting models and optimization - Machine intelligence in distributed sensor systems and real time analytics - Communication and networking primitives and protocols - Autonomy: closing the loop between sensing and actuation - Task allocation, reprogramming, and reconfiguration - Robustness, resilience and dependability - Security and privacy issues - Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation - Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability - Mobile and human-centered sensing - Interoperability, heterogeneity and scalability - Crowd sensing and social sensing techniques, applications, and systems - Complex systems comprising wearable, robotic and/or fixed sensor systems - Novel and compelling applications - IoT systems for emerging and developing economies - Green and environmentally-friendly IoT Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on distributed sensor systems related to DCOSS topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on the link below: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All submissions should be written in English and submitted as a full or work-in-progress paper. Full papers should have a maximum of eight (8) printed pages including figures and references. Full papers are expected to describe fully developed ideas with a thorough evaluation. Work-in-progress papers should have a maximum of four (4) printed pages including figures and references. Work-in-progress papers are expected to describe new and interesting ideas that have not yet reached full maturity. Note that DCOSS does not follow the double-blind review policy. The names and affiliations of all the authors must be present in the submitted manuscript. Please visit DCOSS website at www.dcoss.org for more information Main Organizers General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas (University of Patras and CTI, Greece) Technical Program Committee Chairs: Omprakash Gnawali (University of Houston, USA) Jie Gao (Stony Brook University, USA) Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and RISE, Sweden) ******** Collocated Events ******** DCOSS 2020 will collocate with several thematic Workshops and Special Sessions on emerging topics and technologies. The event will also feature a poster and demo session Important Dates: Abstract Registration Deadline: January 11th, 2020 Paper Submission Deadline: January 18th, 2020 Acceptance Notification: March 8th, 2020 Camera Ready Deadline: March 29th, 2020 Early Registration Deadline: April 15th, 2020 Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2020

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virtual reading group with Lilly Irani - next Friday - 1-2 EST
by Ilana Gershon 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Dear Colleagues, In a week, CaMP anthropology will be hosting a virtual reading group meeting with Lilly Irani. We will be discussing her new book /Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in India./ / / The meeting will be 1-2 pm EST on Friday, October 25th and can be reached by clicking on this Zoom link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/600280670 **** * * An interview with Lilly can be found here: https://campanthropology.org/2019/05/15/lilly-irani-chasing-innovation/ <https://campanthropology.org/2019/03/04/eitan-wilf-creativity-on-demand/> We are reading chapter 4, which can be found here: <https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6hwwufn6qk1hlc/Wilf%20-creativity%20on%20demand.…> https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq37ia1clbjpjtn/irani.chasing.innovation.ch.4.pdf… <https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq37ia1clbjpjtn/irani.chasing.innovation.ch.4.pdf…> <https://iu.zoom.us/j/600280670> Looking forward to seeing you all virtually, Ilana The press blurb for the book: Can entrepreneurs develop a nation, serve the poor, and pursue creative freedom, all while generating economic value? In /Chasing Innovation/, Lilly Irani shows the contradictions that arise as designers, engineers, and businesspeople frame development and governance as opportunities to innovate. Irani documents the rise of "entrepreneurial citizenship" in India over the past seventy years, demonstrating how a global ethos of development through design has come to shape state policy, economic investment, and the middle class in one of the world’s fastest-growing nations. Drawing on her own professional experience as a Silicon Valley designer and nearly a decade of fieldwork following a Delhi design studio, Irani vividly chronicles the practices and mindsets that hold up professional design as the answer to the challenges of a country of more than one billion people, most of whom are poor. While discussions of entrepreneurial citizenship promise that Indian children can grow up to lead a nation aspiring to uplift the poor, in reality, social, economic, and political structures constrain whose enterprise, which hopes, and which needs can be seen as worthy of investment. In the process, Irani warns, powerful investors, philanthropies, and companies exploit citizens' social relations, empathy, and political hope in the quest to generate economic value. Irani argues that the move to recast social change as innovation, with innovators as heroes, frames others*—*craftspeople, workers, and activists*—*as of lower value, or even dangers to entrepreneurial forms of development. With meticulous historical context and compelling stories, /Chasing Innovation/ lays bare how long-standing power hierarchies such as class, caste, language, and colonialism continue to shape opportunity in a world where good ideas supposedly rule all.

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Upcoming CFP Deadline (Oct 25): Governing the Algorithmic Distribution of News
by James Meese 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Just a reminder about the upcoming CFP deadline for our edited collection. Editors: Sara Bannerman (McMaster University) and James Meese (University of Technology Sydney) In January 2018, Facebook declared that it would no longer prioritise news content in its NewsFeed. Instead, it would surface posts from 'friends and family', with the goal of bringing 'people closer together' (Mosseri, 2018). Facebook had stopped promoting particular forms of news before (like clickbait headlines) but they had always retained a broad commitment to distributing news content. However, the change in 2018 represented a major pivot for a platform that had increasingly become a central intermediary for online news distribution. In response, digital-first publications, who had staked their business model on Facebook's ability to surface news to audiences, started to lay off staff in significant numbers. These new disruptive news enterprises (like Buzzfeed and Mic) were supposed to usher in a new future for news. However, it appeared that their business models were as unstable as those of their print predecessors. These recent developments have not gone unnoticed by governments. Policymakers and politicians across the world are starting to examine the role that platforms and algorithms play in the distribution of news. Inquiries in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere have explored the consequences of the algorithmic distribution of news. Alongside these national inquiries, a broader international discussion has focused on the apparent rise in disinformation and the increasingly partisan nature of political discourse. This discussion has intensified recently, leading to the formation of an International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy composed of elected officials from governments around the world. This edited collection will respond to this international policy moment and examine the challenges posed by the algorithmic distribution of news. It will critically assess recent media policy developments in this space and explore the broader economic, political and industrial transformations associated with algorithmic distribution. In doing so, we aim to offer a comprehensive account of this moment of institutional change, which has significantly altered the distribution and consumption of news (see Nielsen 2018). The book will be split into two sections. The first section will consist of thematic chapters (5 - 6,000 words) and the second section will feature shorter case studies (3 - 4,000 words) describing and analysing recent policy developments related to algorithmic distribution in particular countries. We are currently in discussions with interested publishers and seeking contributions for both sections. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): - International governance of the algorithmic distribution of news, including the formation and operation of the International Grand Committee; - Measures to support media diversity in light of algorithmic distribution, including measures to support local, Indigenous, alternative, independent, ethnic, women's and minority news media; - Case studies of countries (for section two): how have particular countries approached regulatory problems in light of the algorithmic distribution of news? - Subsidies and tax exemptions that respond to the algorithmic distribution of news; - Discussions of regulations intended to ensure the objectivity and/or transparency of search and recommendation algorithms; - Regulatory measures that respond to layoffs and closures of news outlets; - Intersections between copyright law and news aggregation (such as the EU's Article 11, the 'Google News tax;' - The relationship between news, platforms, and competition law; - Regulation of targeted advertising in relation to news; - Histories of early forays into online (or social) news distribution; - Analyses of innovative forms of news distribution; - Civic risks associated with algorithmic distribution (or online engagement);and - Detailed analyses of relevant inquiries or reform proposals. If you are interested in contributing to either section, please send a short chapter or case study proposal (of about 400 words) and a biography (150 words) by the 25th of October 2019 to james.meese(a)uts.edu.au and banners(a)mcmaster.ca Apologies for cross-posting - James Meese Senior Lecturer Digital and Social Media School of Communication Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences T. +61 (02) 9514 2955 PO Box 123. Broadway NSW 2007 Australia UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. 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CFP Media Ecology Association Convention 2020
by Adriana Braga 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Call for Papers The Twenty-First AnnualConvention of the Media Ecology Association “Communication Choicesand Challenges” June 18–21, 2020AdelphiUniversity, Garden City, New York The Media Ecology Associationinvites proposal of papers, thematic panels, roundtable discussion panels,creative projects and performance sessions for presentation at its 21th AnnualConvention, taking place on 18-21 June 2020 in New York. Deadline for submission paper abstractand panel proposals, in English: November 1, 2019 Please see the complete call forpapers in the following link:https://media-ecology.wildapricot.org/2020-Convention CFP (pdf) https://media-ecology.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2020_MEA_CFP.pdf You can find more informationabout MEA and related issues on the website: www.media-ecolgy.org Adriana BragaAssociate Professor of Communication StudiesPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CNPq Research FellowCoordinator of the Digital Media Lab - LabMiD

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Reminder CFP: The American Behavioral Scientist Special Issue on Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives (Deadline December 1, 2019)
by Wayne (Weiai Xu) 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces Guest Editors: K. Hazel Kwon (Arizona State University), khkwon(a)asu.edu W. Wayne Xu (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), weiaixu(a)umass.edu Barry Wellman (NetLab Network),wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Description: The American Behavioral Scientist (ABS, Impact Factor: 1.79, https://journals.sagepub.com/home/abs) invites submissions for a special issue on Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces. Democratic potentials of social technologies have been under threat in recent years, along with an expanding spread of manipulative and extreme digital activities. Examples of such activities vary from self-motivated sharing of radicalized content to coordinated propagation of disinformation. Many countries have been struggling with the rise of these activities within their own sociopolitical contexts, attesting to the globally shared awareness of the lack of accountability and transparency in the current digital environment. This special issue calls for conceptual and empirical understandings of social platform accountability in global perspectives. This issue broadly defines a social platform as a digital social space where online users interact with content and share their opinions or their own content with other users. Examples of social platforms may include mainstream social network sites, discussion forums like Reddit, online comment sections in news sites, anonymous communities like 8chan, and sites hosted in the dark web. Conceptualizing social platform accountability requires understanding the roles of various stakeholders (e.g., users, the tech industry, activists, government, policymakers, etc.) as well as multifaceted related issues (e.g., user responsibility, content moderation mechanisms, political economic motivations underlying digital manipulation, ethical tensions between responsible control and censorship, etc.). Furthermore, sociopolitical contexts where society is situated may complicate the process of rationalizing and normalizing discourses surrounding social platform accountability within society. Submission Topics: This special issue invites scholarship that examines the causes and conditions that compromise or strengthen the accountability of social platforms. The special issue also seeks submissions from global scholars whose work may promote a comparative understanding of the topic. It welcomes various methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, computational, etc.) and theoretical perspectives (empirical, legal/ethical, historical, etc.). Possible topics, but not limited to, may include: 1) a case study of media manipulation or extreme content sharing, which addresses causes and conditions that deteriorate the accountability of social platforms; 2) an international case study focusing on the national context that influences the politics of social platform accountability; 3) a theoretical discussion and/or historical review of social platform accountability; 4) a systematic assessment of content moderation mechanisms (algorithmic filtering, harnessing human labors, etc.) in digital social platforms; 5) a discussion of legal, ethical, and/or regulatory frameworks pertinent with social platform accountability; 6) a discussion of roles and/or interrelationships of different stakeholders (e.g., individual users, the tech industry, government, civil society, etc.) in making social platforms more accountable. Submission Guidelines: Submitted manuscripts must be in MS Word (.doc) format with a separate a title page that includes the title of the paper, full names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, complete addresses, and biographical sketches of all authors. Please send your submission via email to Hazel Kwon (khkwon(a)asu.edu) The main texts should remove any indicator of authorship, and thus be ready for a blind, peer-reviewed process. Manuscripts must adhere to the APA (6th ed.) style and should contain between 5,000 and 7,000 words, including a 250-word abstract with 5-6 key words, all references, and notes. Manuscripts must contain original material that has not been previously published elsewhere or is not currently under consideration by another journal. Submission Date: The manuscript should be submitted by December 1, 2019. The first round of peer-reviews and decisions will be sent out by March 1, 2020, and the revision (if needed) and a final decision will be made by August 1, 2020. This special issue is expected to be published online in October/November 2020, with hard copy published by the end of 2020. Contact: If you have any question, please contact Hazel Kwon: khkwon(a)asu.edu -- Weiai Xu (Wayne), Ph.D. curiositybits.cc (Social data analytics) Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Computational Social Science Institute University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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IEEE Cyber Security 2020 | Dublin City University | Call For Papers
by hanan＠c-mric.org 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email) **** IEEE Cyber Security 2020, June 15-17, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland **** Theme: Advancing a multidisciplinary approach to Cyber Security. -------------------- DESCRIPTION -------------------------------- IEEE is the Technical Co-Sponsor (TCS) of the International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2020), an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of Cyber Security, information security, network security, application security and business transformation of digital services, and the protection of public digital services, especially high value bearing online services. The aim of the Cyber Security 2020 is to encourage participation and promotion of collaborative scientific, industrial and academic inter-workings among individual researchers, practitioners, members of existing associations, academia, standardisation bodies, and including government departments and agencies. The purpose is to build bridges between academia and industry and to encourage interplay of different culture. Cyber Security 2020 invites researchers and industry practitioners to submit papers that encompass principles, analysis, design, methods and applications. All submitted papers are independently peer-reviewed. The conference proceedings will be submittedfor consideration for publishing and listing on the following bibliographic indexes: IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, DBLP Computer Science, Scopus, CiteSeerX, Computer Science Index, EI Compendex, Academic Search Complete, CiteULike, Google Scholar & Microsoft Academic Search. The organisers will accept registration of up to 5 IEEE UK&I Student and YP Members at 75% discounted rate, and will offer up to 20% registration discounts for all IEEE, BCS, IET & IISP members. -------------------- DETAILS -------------------------------- Cyber Security 2020, in conjunction with the International Workshop on Secure Software Engineering in DevOps and Agile Development (SecSE 2020), is co-located with other conferences as part of Cyber Science 2020. Workshop on Secure Software Engineering in DevOps and Agile Development (SecSE 2020) will be presented at the conference. Posters & Presentations will be presented at the conference. Industry track is available for discussing and publishing pilot and proof of concepts. Work in Progress track is available for preliminary work. Research Ideas track is available for ideas in early stages assessment. PhD Seminar track is available for discussing and publishing early PhD thesis research. -------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS -------------------------------- * Dr Mona Ghassemian, IEEE UK & Ireland Vice Chair * Dr Jason Nurse, Assistant Professor, Cyber Security, University of Kent, UK * Paul C Dwyer, CEO - Cyber Risk International * TBA * TBA * TBA -------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------- The deadline for all paper submissions, that is, both full papers and extended abstracts for Poster, WIP, PoC, Research Idea and PhD Seminar presentations was 26th January 2020. All Industry track, Work in Progress track, Research Ideas track and PhD Seminar track will be published in the conference proceedings. Interested participants, please submit your proposal using the online submission system hosted by Easychair Conference Portal. Full paper submission should be via Easychair Conference Portal. -------------------- TOPICS of INTEREST -------------------------------- Original papers are invited on recent advances in Incident Detection and Mitigation. The topics in Cyber Security 2020 include but not limited to: **Cyber Security** · Information Security · Computer Network Security · Application Security · Web Services Security · Mobile Security · Protective Security · Software Security · Wireless & Sensor Network Security · Software Coding Security · Barcode Scanner Security · Security in Middleware, Interface and Interaction · Security Services in Authentication, Authorisation, Accountability, Automation, Availability, Integrity and Nonrepudiation · Security Management · Security Operations · Digital Trust and Reputation · Geographical Location (IP Geolocation) and Cyber Travel · Geospatial Intelligence Networks (Centralised, Distributed & Hybrid) · Policy, Legal, Legislation & Compliance · Security Standardisation · Law, Legal and Ethics **Digital Services** · Web Services · Internet Banking · E-Booking · Cloud Computing · E-Government · Electronic Commerce · Citizens Public Online Services · Mobile Commerce · E-Postal Services · E-Health · Online & Virtual Education · E-Learning · Web Chats · Secure Protocols, Coding and Development · Security Principles, Theory and Analysis · Security Policy, Standards and Procedures · Security in Business Processes · Security Enforcing Function (SEF) Gateways · Intrusion Detection Systems · Intrusion Prevention Systems · Firewalls · Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware Gateways · Data Loss Prevention · Encryption Services **Protection of Digital Services** · Protection of Business Information Systems · Protection of Online Services · Public Online Services · Internet Banking · Security, Trust, Privacy · Security in Online Gaming Systems · Security in e-Government and Electoral Systems · Content Security · Protection of Public Online Content Distribution Systems · Secure practices, processes and procedures in Public Online Services · Cryptography - PKI, HSMs, Symmetric and Asymmetric Crypto, Crypto Custodian & Crypto **Standards and Practices** · Digital Forensics and Investigations · HoneyPots and Honey Nets · Critical National Infrastructures (CNIs) · Critical Network Systems (CNS) -------------------------------- BEST PAPERS -------------------------------- The best paper of each section will be selected and their author(s) will receive a corresponding Award Certificate. Authors of the Best 20%-25% papers presented at the ·conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in one of the special issues peer-reviewed journals -------------------- ---------SOCIAL MEDIA -------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmricorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CMRiCCyberScience/ Best regards, Hanan Hindy ---------------------------------- Hanan Yousry Hindy CyberScience 2020 Publicity Co-Chair PhD Student School of Design and Informatics Abertay University Dundee, Scotland

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ICA 2020 "Digital Cultures of South Asia" Preconference
by Sangeet 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Call For Papers *International Communication Association 2020 Preconference* Gold Coast, Australia ***Digital Cultures of South Asia: Inequalities, Infrastructures, Informatization*** Link to online CFP: Preconference Digital South Asia <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4L5Ii3z1FHwkbPUdAigkcAwNmXOcXSl/view?usp=…> *Date & Time*: 9:00 am to 5.00 pm, Thursday, May 21, 2020 *Location*: Onsite, 2020 ICA Main Conference Venue, Gold Coast, Australia Organizers: Radhika Parameswaran (rparames(a)indiana.edu, Indiana University), Sangeet Kumar (kumars(a)denison.edu, Denison University), Kalyani Chadha (kchadha(a)umd.edu, University of Maryland), Adrian Athique ( a.athique(a)uq.edu.au, University of Queensland) and Pradip Thomas ( pradip.thomas(a)uq.edu.au, University of Queensland). Conference Coordinator: Roshni Susana Verghese, roshnisusana(a)gmail.com ICA Division Affiliations: Global Communication and Social Change, Popular Communication, Intercultural Communication, Ethnicity & Race in Communication, and the South Asian Communication Association (SACA). Institutional Sponsors: The Media School, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; The Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Department of Communication, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA; School of Communication and Arts and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland, Australia. *Preconference Description* Characterized by a mobile phone led connectivity boom and the cheapest data prices in the world (McCarthy 2019), South Asia has emerged as a region with the greatest potential for the future growth of Internet users. Indeed, as such, the area is not only central to any attempts at imagining the future of digital media globally, but it also constitutes a fertile territorial and cultural space for scholarly inquiry into the various dimensions of expanding digital life in the region. Consequently, this preconference focuses on exploring digital developments and their political, economic, social and cultural implications in the context of postcolonial South Asia and its global diaspora. The preconference draws inspiration from scholars who have sought to de-westernize digital media studies through their granular and interdisciplinary accounts of varied aspects of digital life in non-western countries. It is also grounded in the notion that the historical, political and social specificities of postcolonial South Asia necessitate the production of knowledge on digital culture— both conceptual and empirical— that explores the heterogeneities and complexities of the diverse nations that constitute the region. We envisage this preconference to be a forum for illuminating the varied dialectical forces that are at play in South Asia in shaping digital culture in ways that are similar to but also quite different from other parts of the world. In pursuit of these objectives, we invite submissions that cover a broad range of topics set in South Asia, including, but not limited to scholarly areas such as: • Issues of digital access, connectivity and inequality (social asymmetries of caste, gender, sexuality, religion, language, and class) • Online mobilization by activist communities to protest inequities and advocate for social change • Nature and implications for sovereignty of governance and infrastructure regimes emerging across the region, particularly as they relate to data collection and commodification, security and privacy • The political economy of digital media and the impact of digital technologies on the mainstream media landscape in entertainment and news media • Rise of new genres of informational and artistic representation— including parody, satire, and humor—in online spaces such as YouTube • Role of digital and social media in the transformation of contemporary politics, including campaigns and elections • Transformations in the business and content of journalism, the rise of fake news, misinformation as well as hate and extreme speech • Vernacular community formation in local, national and transnational/diasporic South Asian digital spaces • New transnational digital circuits of cultural production and consumption—fueled by affinities of caste, gender, class and sexuality—within and beyond South Asia The preconference aims to bring together ICA participants as well as scholars from around the world who are interested in digital culture in the Global South, with a particular focus on South Asia. Presentations and conversations at the preconference will be geared to achieve the following broad goals: build theory sensitive to the nuances of the region, strengthen analytical frameworks, foster interdisciplinarity, encourage critical thinking, and address empirical gaps in research. ** Keynote speakers to be determined and announced in Spring 2020. ** *Submission and participation details* *Extended abstract due*: Monday, January 20th, 2020 *Final decisions on acceptance*: Friday, February 14th, 2020 At this time we invite authors to submit extended abstracts (700 to 1,000 words) that describe the main thesis and arguments, research goals, theoretical influences/frameworks, and to the extent possible, the methodological background and findings of their papers. The preconference organizers welcome diverse theoretical and methodological approaches and varied modes of analyses. Please make sure you include a title for your abstract. We request you to anonymize your document by removing all identifying information from it. Very poorly written abstracts as well as those that do not relate to South Asia will be automatically rejected. Abstract submissions will be reviewed and final decisions communicated by February 14th, 2020. *Please submit your extended abstracts to conference coordinator Dr. Roshni Susana Verghese at roshnisusana(a)gmail.com <roshnisusana(a)gmail.com>*. Based on the volume and the quality of submissions, we intend to explore a potential thematic publication of preconference materials as a special issue in a journal or as an edited volume. *Registration fees*: With financial support from institutional sponsors and ICA Divisions, the registration fees for the preconference will be under $20. The registration fees will cover refreshments for two breaks and lunch. This is a flat fee for anyone who wishes to present at or simply attend the preconference (without a presentation), including all ICA student and faculty members. There are no prerequisites for submitting abstracts, registering for and participating in the preconference. All attendees will need to create an ICA profile to register. Finally, we expect all presenters will attend the preconference event for the full day. If you are traveling from overseas, we advise you to arrive on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, and make appropriate accommodation arrangements for that night. Sangeet Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Communication Denison University, USA https://denison.edu/people/sangeet-kumar

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