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Fwd: Mozilla: Facebook's Election Ad Archive API is inadequate
by Charles M. Ess 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear AoIRists, Since many in this community not only do research dependent on APIs, but have also taken leadership in criticizing FB for its lockdown last year - I'm sure several of you have already seen this. But just in case it's of interest in other quarters as well. Increasingly, I find much of my philosophy is accomplished by the Rolling Stones (you can't always get what you want) and Bill-the-Cat: ack-thppt! best, - charles -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Mozilla: Facebook's Election Ad Archive API is inadequate Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:10:38 +0200 From: Mathias Vermeulen <mathias(a)mozillafoundation.org> To: Mathias Vermeulen <mathias(a)mozillafoundation.org> Dear colleagues, Please find here our assessment of Facebook’s Ad Archive API, which was published 10 minutes ago: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/04/29/facebooks-ad-archive-api-is-inadeq… Feel free to share among your networks. I’ll be happy to discuss next steps with you. Best wishes, Mathias

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Early Bird Reg Closing Today (Sydney analytics workshop)
by Gohar F. Khan 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Please note that the (extended) early bird registration deadline is today for Sydney analytics workshop (sorry for cross and re-posting): https://www.analyticsworkshops.com/home *Date: 26-28 June 2019* This hands-on workshop includes lectures, tutorials, group problem solving, and discussions on creating value with big data analytics. The seminar discusses both structural (sales and financial) and nonstructural data (tweets and networks) tools, techniques, and strategies. *What is covered?* 1. Business Analytics 2. Social Media Analytics 3. Marketing Analytics 4. Location Analytics 5. Financial Analytics 6. Network Analytics 7. Search Engine Analytics 8. Text Analytics 9. Analytics-Business Alignment 10. Data Security and Privacy *Tools covered*: R, Matlab, NodeXL, SPSS, etc. *Specifics * - Where: The University of Technology Sydney, Thomas room, UTS Building 10 Level 7, 235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. - When: 26-28 June 2019 - Who: Academics, students, researchers, business owners, managers, executives, and consultants, etc. - Seats: Seats are limited. First come, first serve basis. - Layout: Round-table sessions followed by Hands-on exercises. Please bring your own device. - Atmosphere: Warm, friendly, and collegial! - Registration Deadline: Early Bird: 31st March 2019; Late: 31st May 2019 Early bird registration is now open: https://www.deepdigital.co.nz/events-1/creating-value-with-analytics-2019 Cheers, GFK -- *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 <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> ** | o**ffice: MSB.2.32D / Web*: gfkhan.wordpress.com *Check out my books on* social media analytics <https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1977543979/…> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…>

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CFP E-Vote-ID 2019
by Peter ROENNE 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2019 Fourth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Bregenz, Austria, 1-4 October 2019 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse School, Estonia), Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Outreach Chairs: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the fourth time one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world has convened, and the 15th anniversary of the first e-voting conference taking place in Bregenz (Austria). The conference will take place in October 2019, and one of its major objectives will be to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. The first 3 times the conference was held, visitors numbered a total of more than 300 participants, discussing 95 presentations. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary, papers focusing on a review of conference archives will be especially welcome. The aim of the conference is to bring e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government and industry together, in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners and remote voting by electronic means) in the four following tracks below, and in a PhD colloquium: Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues Chairs: Cortier, Véronique (CNRS, France), Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Design, analysis, formal modeling or researching and implementation of: - Electronic voting protocols and systems; - Voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness and coercion resistance; - Election verification including end-to-end verifiability and risk-limiting audits; - Requirements; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards, e.g. Common Criteria or ITSEC; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; or - Any other security and HCI (human-computer) issues relevant for electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Chairs: Serdült, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, Japan / University of Zurich, Switzerland), Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia / Kozminski University, Poland) - Discussion of legal, political and social issues of implementing electronic voting, ideally employing case study methodology; - Analysing the interrelationship with, and the effects of electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Assessing the cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviours and attitudes in the Digital Era; - Discussing the administrative, legal, political and social risks of electronic voting; - How to draft pieces of electronic voting legislation; - Public administrations and the implementation of electronic voting; - Understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Data Protection concerns; - Public interests vs. PPP (public private partnerships). Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Chairs: Helbach, Jörg (Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, Germany) - Reviewing developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Reporting on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including reports on development and implementation, case law, court verdicts, legislative steps, public and political debates, election outcomes, etc.); Contributions to this area will be published in TUT press proceedings only. These experience-based and practical reports need not contain original research, but must be accurate, complete and, where applicable, evidence-based accounts of the technology or system used. Submissions will be judged on the quality of review and level of analysis, and the applicability of the results to other democracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track on E-Voting System Demo Chair: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems and related software, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 1 October before the welcoming reception. Participation is open to all participants at the conference, but we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submitted via Easychair describing system requirements and properties, e.g.: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees voter privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - how to obtain more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD Colloquium Chairs: Koenig, Reto (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland), Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA/ University of Zurich, Switzerland) The aim of the colloquium is to foster understanding and collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting. To this end, the program allows plenty of scope for discussion and to initiate collaboration based on presentations by attendees. Each participant interested should submit his/her research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) in the form of a short paper (two pages in length) using the conference's EasyChair platform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format of the Conference The format of the conference will be a three-day meeting. The PhD Colloquium and the Demonstration Session take place on the day before the formal conference begins. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient room will be provided for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper-based Submissions Paper-based submissions may be in one of two formats-either as a full paper or as an abstract. - Full paper submissions (max 16 pages in LNCS format in total); - Short Paper submissions (max 2 pages in LNCS format in total). All submissions will be subject to double-blind review. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions must be made using the conference's EasyChair system, which serves as the online system for the review process. During submission, please select the appropriate area of interest or the PhD colloquium. The chairs of the fields of interest reserve the right to re-assign papers to other areas, in case of a better fit based on reviewer feedback and in collaboration with other focus of interest chairs. LNCS style must be used. If you believe that one or more of the program's committee members may have a conflict of interest with your submission, please inform the general chairs at conference-chairs(a)e-vote-id.org. In turn, settings in the EasyChair system will be set accordingly, so that the respective member/s is/are not involved in the review process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Deadline for submitting papers: (Hawaiian time, rigid deadline, no extension) 15 May 2019 - 23:59 Notification of Acceptance: 24 June 2019 Deadline for PhD Colloquium submissions: 28 June 2019 Deadline for Short Papers for E-Voting System Demo Session: 15 September 2019 Other Relevant Dates Deadline for Paper Bids: 20 May 2019 Deadline for Reviews: 15 June 2019 Programme Committee Discussion: 21 June 2019 Deadline for Re-submitting Conditionally Accepted Papers (shepherding process): 12 July 2019 Deadline for Camera-Ready Paper Submissions: 26 July 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication Conference proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. Full papers accepted for the tracks on security, usability, and technical issues, respective administrative, legal, political, and social issues will be published in Springer LNCS. All other publications accepted, including full papers in the election experience track, abstracts accepted in any of the tracks, and from the submissions to the PhD colloquium will be published in proceedings with TUT press. Should your host academic institution requires you to publish your research as open-access only, please contact the respective conference chair for further information on the intended method for making accepted publications accessible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue The conference will be held in the Renaissance Castle Hofen in Lochau/Bregenz on the shores of Lake Constance in Austria. A welcoming reception will be organized for all conference participants in Castle Hofen on the evening of 1 October, where the conference dinner will also take place on 3 October and will feature the traditional "cheese road". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Cortier, Véronique (CNRS, France) Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Serdült, Uwe (University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Ritsumeikan University, Japan) Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Kozminski University, Poland) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Helbach, Jörg (Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, Germany) PhD Colloquium Koenig, Reto (University of Applied Science Berne, Switzerland) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA / University of Zurich, Switzerland) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Arapinis, Myrto (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, USA) Endriss, Ulle (University of Amsterdam) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, Canada) Galindo, David (University of Birmingham, UK) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, France) Gjosteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, Norway) Gore, Rajeev (Australian National University, Australia) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, Germany) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland) Haines, Thomas (Polyas, Denmark) Kulyk, Oksana (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, Belgium) Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Ryan, Mark (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) Ryan, Peter Y.A. (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, Denmark) Stark, Philip (University of Berkeley, USA) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, Australia) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, Germany) Warinschi, Bogdan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, Australia) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, Estonia) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Science Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, Hungary) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 - eVoting Research Lab, Spain) Braun Binder, Nadja (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Germann, Micha (KU Leuven, Belgium) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, Canada) Hall, Thad (University of Utah, USA) James, Toby (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) Kalvet, Tarmo (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Masso, Anu (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Mecinas, Juan Manuel (Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico) Musial-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) Nemaslaki, András (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, Finland) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, Canada) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, Spain) Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, Hungary) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, Estonia) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, Sweden) Bull, Christian (Telenor, Norway) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, Netherlands) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, Belgium) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, Switzerland) Franklin, Joshua (NIST, USA) Loeber, Leontine (Council of State, Netherlands) Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, Washington) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Expert, Switzerland) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, Macedonia) Plante, Stephanie (University of Ottawa, Canada) Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, Switzerland) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, Norway) Wolf, Peter (International IDEA, Stockholm) Wenda, Gregor (Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria) Yard, Mike (IFES, Libya)

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Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics - Deadline 10 May
by Cristian Vaccari 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

*Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics* Also available at https://cristianvaccari.com/2019/03/11/call-for-papers-fifth-conference-of-… September 16-17, 2019, the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University (United Kingdom) will host the fifth conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, focused on academic research on the relation between media and political processes around the world. Professor Stuart Soroka from the University of Michigan will deliver a keynote lecture. A selection of the best full papers presented at the conference will be published in the journal after peer review. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 10, 2019. Attendees will be notified of acceptance by June 7, 2019. Full papers based on accepted abstracts will be due September 2, 2019. The conference brings together scholars conducting internationally-oriented or comparative research on the intersection between news media and politics around the world. It aims to provide a forum for academics from a wide range of disciplines, countries, and methodological approaches to advance research in this area. Examples of relevant topics include the political implications of current changes in media systems, including the increasing role of digital platforms; the importance of digital media for engaging with news and politics; analysis of the factors affecting the quality of political information and public discourse; studies of the role of entertainment and popular culture in how people engage with current affairs; studies of relations between political actors and journalists; analyses of the role of visuals and emotion in the production and processing of public information; and research on political communication during and beyond elections by government, political parties, interest groups, and social movements. The journal and the conference have a particular interest in studies that adopt comparative approaches, represent substantial theoretical or methodological advances, or focus on parts of the world that are under-researched in the international English language academic literature. Titles and abstracts for papers (maximum 300 words) are invited by May 10, 2019. The abstract should clearly describe the key question, the theoretical and methodological approach, the evidence the argument is based on, as well as its wider implications and the extent to which they are of international relevance. Please send submissions via the online form available at http://bit.ly/IJPP2019. The conference is organized by Cristian Vaccari (Loughborough University, Editor-in-Chief of IJPP). Please contact Dr Vaccari with questions at c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. More about the journal, the keynote speaker, the University, and the Centre: The International Journal of Press/Politics ( https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb) IJPP is an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of the role of the media and politics in a globalized world. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical research which analyzes the linkages between the news media and political processes and actors around the world, emphasizes international and comparative work, and links research in the fields of political communication and journalism studies, and the disciplines of political science and media and communication. The journal is ranked 4th by Scopus (SJR) and 12th by Journal Citation Reports in Communication. Professor Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan (http://www.snsoroka.com/) Stuart Soroka is the Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science, and Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. His research focuses on political communication, the sources and/or structure of public preferences for policy, and the relationships between public policy, public opinion, and mass media. His most recent book is Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences (2014, Cambridge University Press). Soroka is currently collaborating on a project focused on cross-national psychophysiological reactions to news content, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; and a large-scale content-analytic project on media coverage of US public policy, funded by the National Science Foundation. Loughborough University (https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/) Based on a 440-acre, single-site campus at the heart of the UK, Loughborough University is ranked top 10 in every British university league table. Voted University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019) and awarded Gold in the National Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Loughborough provides a unique student experience that is ranked first in the UK by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018. Loughborough University has excellent transport links to the rest of the UK. It is a short distance away from Loughborough Train station, a 15-minute drive from East Midlands Airport (near Nottingham), an hour drive from Birmingham Airport, and an hour and 15 minutes from London via train. The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture ( https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/) Since our establishment in 1991, we have developed into the largest research centre of our kind in the UK. We are an interdisciplinary centre, crossing over social science and humanities disciplines to draw on theories and methods in social psychology, sociology, politics, history and geography. Renowned for the breadth of our research, we range across interpersonal and small-group communication, social media, political communication, media education, mainstream communications—including digital and online and the analysis of communicative work, such as political campaigning, popular music and memory. Our core research themes are all regarded as world-leading by our peers. We use a diversity of methods for data gathering and analysis and work with a variety of partners, including the BBC, the police, NSPCC and the Electoral Commission as well as our international collaborators, to deliver fundamental and applied research of exceptional quality. Cristian Vaccari Reader in Political Communication, Loughborough University <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Bologna <http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=cristian.vaccari%40unibo…> (on leave) Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Press/Politics <http://hij.sagepub.com/> Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics <https://cristianvaccari.com/2019/03/11/call-for-papers-fifth-conference-of-…>, deadline May 10 <https://twitter.com/25lettori> Research project: Social media and politics in comparative perspective <http://www.webpoleu.net/> Latest book: Digital Politics in Western Democracies: A Comparative Study <http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=…> Google Scholar profile <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en> Twitter: @25lettori <https://twitter.com/25lettori>

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Call for Paper--Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives
by Barry Wellman 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

We're excited about this special issue. Hope you are too, and will come play with us -- Barry Wellman, Hazel Kwon, Wayne Xu 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 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.sagepub.com/home/abs&sa=D&ust…>) invites submissions for a special issue on âSocial Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces.â 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 understanding of social platform accountability in global perspectives. This issue broadly defines a social platform as 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 dark web. Conceptualizing social platform accountability requires understanding the roles of various stakeholders (e.g., users, tech industry, activists, government, policy makers, 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 a society is situated may complicate the process of rationalizing and normalizing discourses surrounding social platform accountability within the society. Submission Topics: This special issue invites scholarship that examines causes and conditions that compromise âor strengthen âthe accountability of social platforms. The special issue also seeks submissions from global scholars whose work may promote 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, 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 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 decision will be sent out by March 1, 2020, and the revision (if needed) and 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 publication by the end of 2020. Contact: If you have any question, please contact Hazel Kwon: khkwon(a)asu.edu

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Re: [Air-L] teaching postdoc positions
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

I’m sharing Stu’s question, as others likely have the same. No, the teaching needs are here in beautiful Syracuse for our in-person curriculum. ~Jenny From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 4:30 PM To: Jennifer Stromer-Galley <jstromer(a)syr.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-L] teaching postdoc positions Can the social media class be taught online? On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 4:23 PM Jennifer Stromer-Galley via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: Hi everyone! Syracuse University's iSchool is hiring 2 teaching postdocs. The job ad listing is here: https://www.sujobopps.com/hr/postings/79180. We also need help teaching a course on social media to undergraduates. Application review beings *May 1* (sorry for posting this so late. Where did the semester go?) ~Jenny Jennifer Stromer-Galley Professor Director, Center for Computational & Data Science jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu><mailto:jstromer@syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu>> 220 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 https://ccds.ischool.syr.edu/ Syracuse University _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- Stu Shulman<https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman> US Soccer C-Licensed Coach

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(Submit, encourage students) Application for the 2020 PTC Young Scholar Program
by Ayushi Tandon 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

Hi everyone! Submit your papers for 2020 PTC Young Scholar Program (age limit 35 years, at time of submission). Encourage your students, peers to submit. Feel free to reach out for any guidance on submission. https://www.ptc.org/2019/04/ptc-is-now-accepting-applications-for-the-2020-… January is good time to be in Hawaii and PTC https://www.ptc.org is platform to showcase your research to academia and practitioners Best -Ayushi [image: Pacific Telecommunications Council] <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W6_DVwT2WZw5VW74Yvr…> [image: F] <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*VjPyh21vpqZbW1Fnddy…>[image: T] <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*N3xxKTsJH00LW4VNjsN…>[image: L] <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W3w7FV17lw1D3W2jblJ…> [image: 2020 Young Scholar Program] <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W6_KMzW5DzntcW2fssY…> Submit Your Application Today <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W1hzFdk8hDDPXN5s0c6…> Are you a doctoral or postdoctoral student with a research paper on forward-looking views on the telecommunications sector? Do you know a qualified young scholar? Each year, the PTC Young Scholar Program (YSP) aims to recognize, encourage, and support up-and-coming scholars in the field of information and communication technologies. PTC is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Young Scholar Program, which is open to actively enrolled doctoral (Ph.D.) students and to individuals holding postdoctoral positions. Individuals from emerging economies are encouraged to apply. Selected young scholars will be invited to attend PTC'20: *Vision 2020 and Beyond* <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*MYK-_HFdq7TN8D5t41l…> in Honolulu, Hawaii from 19-22 January 2020. PTC's YSP offers promising young scholars the opportunity to: - Present and showcase your research to leading ICT-industry executives from around the world at PTC'20. - Engage in discussions with esteemed academic faculty in identifying practical research applications. - Gain insights into current industry issues and new trends. - Network with industry professionals, members of international organizations, NGOs, government officials, and academics from over 75 countries. LEARN MORE <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W5zfx8n6-vKxLVRgj_W…> *SUBMISSION DEADLINE:* 3 September 2019 DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*V2LF_P5vjNJpW4qsx77…> ------------------------------ Please submit your application materials to youngscholars(a)ptc.org by 3 September 2019. ------------------------------ [image: 2019 YSP Recipients] Questions? Email youngscholars(a)ptc.org. VIEW PAST YOUNG SCHOLARS <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W70kZdn18wxMDW7TjBX…> Pacific Telecommunications Council 914 Coolidge Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826 USA PTC.ORG <https://info.ptc.org/e2t/c/*VRhhLB6rkD02W22Zk-P30kY6h0/*W920SRP6f9HxYVHTwVn…> youngscholars(a)ptc.org +1.808.941.3789 <18089413789> +1.808.944.4874 <18089444874> You received this email because you are subscribed to PTC Annual Conference from Pacific Telecommunications Council. Update your email preferences <https://info.ptc.org/hs/manage-preferences/unsubscribe?d=VnfP3h7Bzh8KVT77h7…> to choose the types of emails you receive. Unsubscribe from all future emails <https://info.ptc.org/hs/manage-preferences/unsubscribe-all?d=VnfP3h7Bzh8KVT…> -- Ayushi Tandon FPM | Information Systems Area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-29 | R-33 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - 380015 M: 8008900319 | Land phone: (079) 6632 2933

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teaching postdoc positions
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

Hi everyone! Syracuse University's iSchool is hiring 2 teaching postdocs. The job ad listing is here: https://www.sujobopps.com/hr/postings/79180. We also need help teaching a course on social media to undergraduates. Application review beings *May 1* (sorry for posting this so late. Where did the semester go?) ~Jenny Jennifer Stromer-Galley Professor Director, Center for Computational & Data Science jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu> 220 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 https://ccds.ischool.syr.edu/ Syracuse University

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discourse analysis and conflict/peace studies
by Dr. Chiluwa 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

CALL FOR PAPERS for an edited book tentatively entitled: *Discourse Analysis and Conflict Studies: Applying discourse approaches to studying conflict and conflict resolution* The editors are in talks with *John Benjamins Publishing Company* (Amsterdam) and plan to publish the edited volume in the Benjamins’ *Discourse Approaches to Politics, Culture and Society *(edited by Jo Angouri and Andreas Musolff). This book series is peer-reviewed and indexed in Scopus. *Discourse Analysis and Conflict Studies* Interest in the broad subject of conflict studies by linguists and language scholars has increased over the years with the growing incidents of conflicts, wars and political violence around the world. There have also been increasing and interesting studies that applied linguistic and discourse approaches to the study of violent protests, activism and political struggles. These studies have given significant insights to the role of language use or discourse in conflict initiation and conflict resolution. From these burgeoning studies, it is clear that there is a strong connection between how what is said or written and how conflict may develop and escalate. Discourse theorists generally believe that oral or written discourse produced by different people vary with recognizable patterns, depending on their social domains of life (see, for example, Laclau & Mouffe, 1985). The work of a discourse analyst is to analyze these patterns and identify their significance and consequences. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) for example, shows how language works in sociocultural and political contexts, focusing on power relations and ideological perspectives reflected in discourse texts, and their wider implications for the society. Hence, a critical discourse study of subtle texts such as news reports (or “fake news”), editorials, propaganda, social media publications, etc. in the form of writing, visual or multimodal/video streaming will be very important in contemporary times. This collection of essays will aim to show the synergy between discourse analysis and conflict studies by showing how topics in conflicts studies and conflict resolution may be researched using methods and approaches in discourse analysis (e.g. CDA, multi-modal discourse analysis, conversation analysis, argumentation etc.) This study will attempt to cover all conflict-related topics within the fields of political science, international relations, sociology, media studies, applied linguistics etc., which will include: · Terrorism and extremism · Conflict and war · Political crisis · Ethnic violence/sectarian crisis · Activism and violent protest · Hate speech and verbal war (in the media and the Internet etc.) · Conflict resolution techniques · Discourse and peace processes · Etc. Contributors are invited to submit chapter proposals (about 200 words) not later than *30th* *June 2019. *Kindly send Abstracts or questions as email attachment to* Innocent Chiluwa*: *innocent.chiluwa(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng* <innocent.chiluwa(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng> -- *Professor of Language & Digital Communications* *Humboldt Fellow & Digital Expert* *Department of Languages & General Studies* *Covenant University, OTA, Nigeria* +234 8033536952; +234 8053240496

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Plato and writing
by Jonathan Sterne, Dr. 27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

The best statement of the media theory reading the Phaedrus is probably chapter 1 of John Durham Peters’ Speaking into the Air. I think the persistence of McLuhan and Ong’s explanations of orality (autocorrected to “morality” so draw your own conclusions) and literacy can be chalked up to some of the following: —they are compellingly written and easy to understand explanations of complex phenomena. — media history has a modern bias which means most people in the field wouldn’t know where to to to fact check. In other words, McLuhan and Ong are often the only texts people in media studies know on the subject. Maybe Havelock or Innis, maybe Eisenstein. But there’s a huge body of scholarship in the history of the book that reads very differently. —there is also almost complete ignorance of the findings of modern archaeology in media studies (even among most of the media archaeologists) , which would transform our understandings of the emergence of human communication. For an example from another field, see Gary Tomlinson, A Million Years of Music. — it is easy for (white?) readers to somehow read past McLuhan’s racism and Ong’s theology (in part because Orality and Literacy is scrubbed of the mysticism in Presence of the Word). And a self-citation for good measure: https://sterneworks.org/TheologyofSound.pdf —Jonathan

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