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Extended CFP to April 15: Materializing Activism, workshop at ECSCW 2019, June 9 in Salzburg, Austria.
by Karin Hansson 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

Extended call for proposals Materializing Activism: A workshop at ECSCW 2019, June 9 in Salzburg, Austria. Net activism shows how easily available tools allow the organization of social movements to be scaled up and extended globally. These media ecologies enable new forms of power. This one-day workshop gathers researchers focusing on the collaborative efforts within social movements, looking into the socio-technical systems; the organization of activism; the relations between traditional and social media; and the complex network of systems, information, people, values, theories, histories, ideologies and aesthetics underlying various types of activism. The workshop consists of presentations and brainstorming sessions where we materialize the intangible and develop our theories and ideas further through a collaborative design process. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2019. The maximum length of a paper is 2,000 words. The papers should follow the ECSCW formatting guidelines. Submissions and inquiries shall be sent to the following email address: khansson(a)dsv.su.se<mailto:khansson@dsv.su.se> For more information about the workshop and suggested topics visit the web page: https://materializingactivism.blogs.dsv.su.se<https://materializingactivism.blogs.dsv.su.se/>

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Machine Learning + Image-making
by Abi Muñoz 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

Hello all, My name is Abi Muñoz and I am a graduate student at ITP NYU Tisch. My program focuses on the intersection of art and technology. My art practice focuses on image-making using both analog (photography and film) and more recently I have incorporated machine learning. I am wondering if anyone else is doing similar work or knew of any similar projects. I am based in New York and really hope to continue pursing this research over the summer and over my final year of the program. Any and all information is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Best, Abi Muñoz abimunoz.com abimunor(a)gmail.com abimunoz(a)nyu,.edu

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feminist & care ethics in internet research?
by Charles M. Ess 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

Hi all, As some of you know, this week aline shakti franzke is a guest researcher with us here in Oslo, with a primary focus on pushing forward our work on the Internet Research Ethics 3.0 documents. Aline is working specifically on a module on feminist ethics and care ethics as ethical frameworks and their application in IRE. While I have a small bibliography of examples going back to the early 2000s, I'm wondering if / hoping that I can take advantage of the AoIR community and simply ask: can you forward bibliographic information regarding articles, chapters, etc. that include explicitly feminist and/ or care ethics approaches in application to specific ethical challenges and difficulties in IRE? In the spirit of recent threads, it would likely be quite interesting and beneficent to simply reply to the list with your suggestions. The resulting bibliography will be included as a resource in the IRE 3.0 documents; we will happily acknowledge individuals for your suggestions and contributions. Many thanks in advance for any contributions and suggestions you may be able to offer. best regards, - 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> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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NEW ISSUE: Surveillance & Society--"Platform Surveillance"
by Monahan, Torin 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Colleagues, Some of you may be interested in Surveillance & Society’s latest issue on “Platform Surveillance.” https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/issue/vie… This issue critically assesses the surveillance dimensions and politics of large-scale digital platforms. The issue includes an editorial introduction to the topic and its implications, dozens of articles on specific platforms or platform trends, three book reviews of Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and an interview with Zuboff about her work. Enjoy reading, and please spread the word! Sincerely, Torin Torin Monahan, Ph.D. Professor Department of Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.torinmonahan.com<http://www.torinmonahan.com/> Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network<http://www.surveillance-studies.net/> Co-Editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society<http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/> Recent Publications: Monahan, T., & Murakami Wood, D. (eds.) 2018. Surveillance Studies: A Reader<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/surveillance-studies-9780190297824?…>. Monahan, T. 2018. Algorithmic Fetishism<http://publicsurveillance.com/papers/Algorithmic_fetishism.pdf>.

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RFID book announcement
by Jordan Frith 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Hi all, I'm happy to announce the publication of my new book on *MIT Press. *The book is called *A Billion Little Pieces: RFID and Infrastructures of Identification, *and in it I analyze the infrastructures of the Internet of Things and makes the argument that our world is already filled with communicative objects; it’s just that many of them are more mundane than we were led to expect. In particular, I’m interested in exploring just where so much of the data that shapes the world comes from. I think of it like an extended form of documentation that looks at how often invisible technologies of identification shape our world. Hopefully it’s relevant to some of the great tech comm work you all are doing. Oh, and it covers a lot of ground, so there's everything from suway cards to human microchips to the Mark of the Beast. I made the first chapter available for free <https://www.jordanfrith.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Frith_RFIDchapter1.p…> on my website, so I hope some of you check it out! If you have any questions for me or just want to talk about research, don’t hesitate to reach out. Oh, and here's a link to the Amazon page for the full book. <https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Little-Pieces-Infrastructures-Identification…> Thank you! -- Jordan Frith, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of the Digital Media Studies Certificate University of North Texas Department of Technical Communication

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AoIR Executive Elections: Candidate Discussion Now Open
by Axel Bruns 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Dear AoIR members, As you know, this year the members of the Association of Internet Researchers elect a new Executive Committee. We are very grateful to the candidates who have nominated for the various positions on the AoIR Executive. They are listed at the bottom of this email. AoIR routinely holds a period before voting for you to ask questions of the candidates. To see their statements and to ask them questions, please log in to the AoIR membership system at members.aoir.org. If you're not a member, now would be a great time to join, so that you can participate in discussions with the candidates and vote in the election. To log in, you need to know the email address that you used to register as a member, and your password. Log on to https://members.aoir.org. (If you've forgotten your password, you can follow the on-screen instructions to have a new one emailed to you. If you've forgotten the email you used to register, please contact Association Coordinator Michelle Gardner at ac [at] aoir [dot] org.) Once you've logged in, you'll find the candidate statements under Members -> Elections -> Candidate Statements, and you'll see a link there for the discussions as well. Each discussion includes a Reply function that enables you to participate. Log in and get to know the candidates, and please vote! Voting will open on 22 April 2019, and close on 1 May 2019. We use an online voting system, and will send out information about how to vote when the voting period opens. My sincere thanks to all the candidates for their willingness to serve, and their desire to make AoIR even better. Many thanks in advance also to all of our AoIR members (and soon-to-be-members!) for your participation in the election process. Axel Bruns President, AoIR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominees: Vice-President Andrew Herman (Wilfrid Laurier University) Tama Leaver (Curtin University) Graham Meikle (University of Westminster) Raquel Recuero (Universidade Federal de Pelotas) Treasurer Kelly Quinn (University of Illinois at Chicago) Secretary Katrin Tiidenberg (Aarhus University) Jacqueline Ryan Vickery (University of North Texas) Graduate Student Representative Zoe Glatt (London School of Economics) Ragan Glover (North Carolina State University) Gabriel Pereira (Aarhus University) Jarrod Walczer (Queensland University of Technology) Heather Walker (University of Illinois at Chicago) Open Seat(s) Crystal Abidin (Jönköping University/Curtin University) Fabio Giglietto (Università di Urbino Carlo Bo) Jeff Hemsley (Syracuse University) Nicholas John (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Erika Pearson (Massey University) Theo Plothe (Savannah State University) Cindy Tekobbe (University of Alabama) -- Prof. Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info ARC Future Fellow, 2014-18 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ Creative Industries Faculty, Z6-503, KG http://snurb.info/ Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Media, Communications or Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham’s China campus
by Andrew White 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

The University of Nottingham's China campus has the following vacancy in the School of International Communications *Assistant Professor in Media, Communications or Cultural Studies* Closing date: *11:59pm (Beijing time) 3 May 2019* https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BRI129/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-media-com… The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, a pioneer in Sino-foreign tertiary education, is rapidly expanding. It is looking for ambitious, talented academics with a passion for teaching as well as research flair to join its team. UNNC is part of the University of Nottingham’s Global University, and offers unique teaching and research opportunities in a highly dynamic economy. The University of Nottingham Ningbo China is currently ranked in the world top 300 for the discipline of Communication as measured by the Shanghai ARWU: http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/communicati… The recruitment of a research-active media, communications or cultural studies scholar will contribute to the maintenance and/or improvement of The University of Nottingham Ningbo China’s ranking. Our BA (Hons) in International Communications is a provincial level accredited degree which includes a dedicated programme of study for a European or East Asian language. Its sister programme, BA (Hons) in International Communications with Chinese, has proved successful in attracting high quality international students to our school. We currently run an MA programme in International Communications and also have one of the most successful PhD programmes in the university. We have been graduating students for more than ten years and our alumni have continued their education in some of the world’s leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, as well as working for companies like the Bank of China, L’Oreal, Ogilvy & Mather and the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The post-holder will be expected to teach across the full range of our programmes, undertake supervision of BA and MA dissertation students and PGR students, and conduct research and external engagement in the school’s main research areas. More details of the school and its teaching and research activities can be found here: *https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/index.aspx <https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/index.aspx>* Candidates will need to have a PhD in a discipline relevant to the post and a demonstrable ability to teach media and communication studies, or cultural studies. Some experience of teaching/tutorial work in relevant subjects at undergraduate or postgraduate level in an international English-speaking institution, as well as evidence of peer-reviewed research outputs in media and communication studies or cultural studies are also essential requirements of this post. Salary will be within the range of £36,261 – £48,677 per annum depending on skills and experience (salary progression beyond these scales is subject to performance). In addition, an attractive package including accommodation allowance, travel allowance and insurance will be provided for international appointments. This post is available from 2 September 2019 or thereafter and will initially be offered on a fixed-term contract with the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for a period of up to five years. This contract may be extended on an indefinite basis by mutual agreement, subject to revised terms and conditions. ALL applicants are required to formally apply online for the position: https://hrms.nottingham.edu.cn/psc/PRDHCM/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_… Informal enquires may be addressed to Professor Andrew White, Head of School of International Communications, email: andrew.white(a)nottingham.edu.cn. Please note that applications sent directly to this address will not be accepted. *Please be advised that your references will be contacted prior to interview. Interviews will take place in Ningbo, China, towards the middle or end of June.* If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, Tel: 86 574 8818 0000, Ext.8966, Email: job(a)nottingham.edu.cn *Please quote ref: 180620 Closing date: 11:59pm (Beijing time) 3 May 2019*

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CFP Special Issue Information Communication and Society - CFP Sexuality, Gender, Media. Identity articulations in the contemporary media landscape
by Marco Scarcelli 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

CFP Sexuality, Gender, Media. Identity articulations in the contemporary media landscape Call for Papers: Special Issue of Information Communication and society to be published in 2020 (online); 2021 (print) edited by Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Tonny Krijnen and Paul G. Nixon >From Trump’s discourses to the everyday life performances in digital platforms, from representation of LGBTQ+ in TV programs to pornography, the relation between gender, sexuality and media is ubiquitous and strongly embedded in everyday life. The definitions of gender and sexuality are in constant flux with the media playing a key role in shaping, articulating, representing and performing these definitions. The current, general openness and debate on gender and sexuality is built upon the struggles of many groups and individuals to bring these issues into the mainstream. Issues that have important influences on the ways in which we live our lives and view those of others. Because of political and cultural changes, questions connected to sexual identity and gender are constantly under attack, whilst opposite tendencies of reconfirming patriarchal scripts and resisting challenging, and redefining these paradigms are simultaneously present. Considering gender and sexuality as social and cultural construction, this special issue of Information Communication and society aims to explore issues able to focus on the contemporary social changes that are connected to gender and sexuality in and through media. The articles will be concerned, on the one hand, with exploring aspects of the changing social and sexual landscape, on the other hand, on the ways in which media seem to stubbornly recycle gender and sexual stereotypes. How do these two tendencies relate to one another? How do contemporary gender ideologies influence media perspectives and practices? Do mediated representations reinforce, echo, or challenge social hierarchies based in differences of gender and sexuality? How do new media technologies feed into discourses on gender and sexuality? Potential papers could explore new researches at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory and the nuances of contemporary sex and gender scripts as they are played out in popular media looking at both the more traditional and normative interpretation of gender and sexuality as well as texts that challenge and therefore move beyond the heteronormative and sexist. We are looking for contributions that analyze media both in terms of representation and agency and that will be able to reflect different cultural conditions and experiences, contrasting perspectives in terms of analytical orientation, and geographically dynamic subjects. Possible topics could include: * adapting and resisting gendered and sexed identities * forging new normative gendered identities * dating and hook up apps * use of social networking sites, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter * rebranding feminism * pornography * datafication of gender and sexuality * representation of gender and sexuality in popular media * gender and media production * gender, sexuality and technologies, technology of pleasure, sex bots. Please submit your 300 word abstract along with the author’s bio (100 words) and author’s full contact details before 31 May 2019. Please upload you abstract using this link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/OXDnBkBIewJldq14OZIi Please direct enquiries to Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Tonny Krijnen and Paul G. Nixon marco.scarcelli(a)gmail.com krijnen(a)eshcc.eur.nl p.g.nixon(a)hhs.nl Publication schedule: 31 May: Deadline abstracts 30 June 2019: Decisions on abstracts 1 February 2020: Deadline full paper submission 1 February - 15 April 2020: Peer reviewing 22 April 2020: Comments to authors 8 May 2020: Deadline submission revisions 21 May 2020: Final decisions -- Cosimo Marco Scarcelli PhD Lecturer Master Degree's Coordinator Research Coordinator Department of Communication University IUSVE via dei Salesiani, 15 30174 Venice (Italy) Adjunct Professor *Department DBC* *University of Padova* Chair of Gender&Communication Section - ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) e-mail: c.scarcelli(a)iusve.it; marco.scarcelli(a)gmail.com, Skype contact: marscarci https://iusve.academia.edu/CosimoMarcoScarcelli <https://unipd.academia.edu/MarcoScarcelli>

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Call for Industry Track papers: IEEE Smart Computing 2019, Washington DC
by Hemant Purohit 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

Apologies for multiple copies: =================== CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE SMARTCOMP 2019 INDUSTRY TRACK The 5th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2019), to be held 12-14 June 2019 in Washington D.C., draws upon many industrial applications such as transportation, energy, environmental protection, resource management, healthcare, security, banking, entertainment, and social media. In addition to the research track, this year SMARTCOMP will have a dedicated Industry Track. Accepted papers will be published as part of a separate section of the main conference proceedings that highlights the Industry relevance of the submission. An important criterion for papers to be submitted to the Industry Track is clear industrial association, either in the form of extensive evaluation of research results in industrial use cases or active participation of industry representatives as co-authors. The industry track will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas and emerging results, presenting innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions, with an industry focus. Submissions should be targeted to one of the following major areas: - Smart Cyber-Physical Environments and Energy / Water / Agriculture / Transportation / Healthcare / Banking Infrastructure - Security, Privacy, and Economics in Smart Environments - Smart and Connected Communities across Cities - Smart Computing Technologies - Future Smart Computing Paradigms - Smart Human Environments, Health, Entertainment, and Social Activities - Smart Energy Management and Analytics - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Smart Computing Submission: The submissions in IEEE conference format may be either full-paper (6 pages) or short papers (4 pages) which may be work-in-progress. Having the industry relevance condition in mind, contributions related to ongoing or finished, but previously unpublished research papers are welcome. Submissions from a broad spectrum of research fields with common interest in smart computing is expected. Refer to paper submission for details. EasyChair Submission Link. Important dates: - Abstract submission deadline: April 13th, 2019 - Paper submission deadline: April 20th, 2019 - Notification of acceptance: April 30th, 2019 - Submission of camera-ready deadline: May 4th, 2019 SMARTCOMP 2019 Industry Track Chairs: Abhishek Mukherji Technical Program Committee (Cisco, USA): Vijay Srinivasan (Samsung Research America, USA) Enamul Hoque (Apple, USA) Christian Koehler (Samsung Research America, USA) Saiedur Rahaman (Cortana Intelligence Institute, Microsoft Research & RMIT-ECP, AUS) Shourya Sarcar (GE Global Research, USA) Jasvinder Singh (DiDi, USA) Contact: For any Information about the industry track, please contact the Industry Track Chairs: abhishmu(a)cisco.com or v.srinivasan(a)samsung.com.

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André Brock to speak at ICA in Washington, D.C.
by Jones, Steve 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

It is my pleasure and honor to announce that André Brock, associate professor of Black Digital Media at Georgia Tech, will speak at the 2019 International Communication Association (ICA) meeting in Washington, D.C., as the next speaker in the Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture series sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research, ICA and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The title of his talk is "On Race and Technoculture,” and a brief abstract is below. The talk will take place Sunday, May 26, at 2pm, at the Washington Hilton. I hope many of you are able to join us and attend. As always my thanks to Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, Laura Sawyer and the ICA staff, and Zizi Papacharissi and Mamie Gray at UIC for their continued support. Steve Jones ---------------------- Abstract: Technology is the American mythos: a belief system powering the relations between—and politics of—culture and technology. In the Western context, technoculture incorporates Whiteness, White racial ideology, and modernist technological beliefs. This presentation is a critical intervention for internet research and science and technology studies (STS), reorienting “race-as-technology” (Chun 2009) to incorporate Blackness as technological subjects as opposed to technical objects. Utilizing critical technocultural discourse analysis , Afro-optimism, and libidinal economic theory, this presentation employs Black Twitter as an exemplar of Black cyberculture: digital practice and artifacts informed by a Black aesthetic; it concludes by suggesting possibilities for similarly understanding White Twitter.

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