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AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory
by Matthias Spielkamp | AlgorithmWatch 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, the way automated decision-making (ADM) systems should be regulated is hotly disputed. Recent months have seen a flurry of frameworks and principles that seek to set out principles of how ADM systems can be developed and implemented ethically. With our AlgorithmWatch AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory, we started to map the landscape of these frameworks: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/project/ai-ethics-guidelines-global-inventory/ Please share! We feel that there are many more out there. Please help us to extend this list by either submitting via the form on the website or replying to this email (not to the list!). Thank you very much! Matthias -- Matthias Spielkamp Executive Director http://algorithmwatch.org/ ms(a)algorithmwatch.org +49.30.99.404.9000 AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH Bergstr. 22 10115 Berlin Sitz der Gesellschaft: Oranienstraße 19A, 10999 Berlin Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg HRB 186522 B Geschäftsführung: Matthias Spielkamp

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IWPE' 19 - Early Bird Registration deadline April 19th
by Gaurav Misra 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

The Fifth International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) will be co-located with IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy on 23rd May 2019 at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA. The program for the workshop has been published at http://iwpe .info/program.html ***Register <http://iwpe.info/> now to avail early bird pricing (ends on 19th April, 2019)*** The workshop includes 3 technical sessions where the 8 accepted papers will be presented. The technical sessions are: -Privacy Risk Modeling and Assessment -Implementing Privacy -Secure Input, Output and Computation In addition, we will have the chance to listen to our renowned invited speakers, who will introduce two hot topics in the privacy engineering domain: -Lea Kissner (Humu): *"Building for trust, building with respect"* -Carmela Troncoso (EPFL): *"Privacy technologies need to go to the gym: on the challenges of privacy engineering in an Agile world"* This year we have also organized 1 panel on privacy engineering: -Engineering Privacy with Distributed Machine Learning Details on the technical sessions, invited talks and panel are included on the website. We would be thankful if you could help us to disseminate this information among your colleagues and students. Thank you for your support to make this new edition of IWPE a great success again, IWPE'19 Organizing Committee -- *Gaurav Misra* Postdoctoral Associate Institute for Software Research School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Wean Hall 4111 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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Digital Modern Languages seminar series launch (UK)
by Spence, Paul 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Hi All For those interested in digital culture and (modern) languages or multilingualism, this UK-based initiative may be of interest ... Paul ----- We are pleased to announce a new Digital Modern Languages seminar series, bringing together research and teaching in Modern Languages which engages with digital culture, media and technologies. The series is aimed at raising the visibility of digital research and teaching in Modern Languages in the UK, and will include speakers who represent a diverse range of areas of study and languages of specialism. This series is launched as part of the AHRC-funded Open World Research Initiative, and is supported by the Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community and Language Acts and Worldmaking projects, and by the AHRC Leadership Fellow for Modern Languages (Janice Carruthers). The series is convened by Paul Spence (King's College London) and Naomi Wells (Institute of Modern Languages Research). The series will be launched on Tuesday 21 May with a seminar on 'Points of Intersection: Digital Modern Languages' by Professor Claire Taylor (University of Liverpool). The seminar will take place at Bush House Lecture Theatre 2 BH(S) 4.04 (King's College London) - entrance via Kingsway - between 6 to 8pm, and includes a drinks reception. Attendance is free of charge but please register in advance at: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19629. Further details of the launch and the series can be found on our website, where we will also announce future events: https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digmodlang Please contact Paul Spence (paul.spence(a)kcl.ac.uk) and Naomi Wells (naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk) if you have any questions or would like further information about the Series. Paul Spence Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities King's College London | Strand | London | WC2R 2LS Naomi Wells Postdoctoral Research Associate in Translingual Communities and Digital Humanities Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study | University of London

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"The 'other' alternatives: Political right-wing alternative media" - a special issue of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media
by Haller, Andre 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Renaud de La Brosse, Kristoffer Holt and me are very pleased to present volume 4, issue 1 (2019) of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media: The 'other' alternatives: Political right-wing alternative media,. This special issue is about populist alternative media and contains latest studies from different national contexts. Vol 4, No 1 (2019) Special issue: The ‘other’ alternatives: Political right-wing alternative media https://joacm.org/index.php/joacm/issue/view/107 Guest editors: André Haller, Kristoffer Holt, Renaud de La Brosse Table of Contents Editorial The ‘other’ alternatives: Political right-wing alternative media André Haller, Kristoffer Holt, Renaud de La Brosse 1-6 Articles Strange fruit: The rise of Brazil’s ‘new right-wing’ and the Non-Partisan School Movement Richard Romancini, Fernanda Castilho 7-22 User profiles for populist counter-media websites in Finland Elina Noppari, Ilmari Hiltunen, Laura Ahva 23-37 Young, free and biased: A comparison of mainstream and right-wing media coverage of the 2015–16 refugee crisis in German newspapers Gerret von Nordheim, Henrik Müller, Michael Scheppe 38-56 Framing the mass media: Exploring ‘fake news’ as a frame embedded in political discourse Jan R Riebling, Ina von der Wense 57-76 US alt-right media and the creation of the counter-collective memory Krzysztof Wasilewski 77-91 -- Best regards, André Dr. André Haller Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg An der Weberei 5 / Raum 04.069 D-96045 Bamberg Tel.: +49 (0)951/863-2136 Fax: +49 (0)951/863-2159 E-Mail: andre.haller(a)uni-bamberg.de<https://mailex.uni-bamberg.de/owa/andre.haller@uni-bamberg.de> Website: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/kowi Twitter: @andrehaller <https://twitter.com/andrehaller/>

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Critical Issues in Open Access and Scholarly Communications 24 May Goldsmiths
by Kate O'Riordan 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Critical Issues in Open Access and Scholarly Communications Friday 24 May Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre Whitehead Building Goldsmiths, University of London The four UK funding bodies have signalled their intention to move towards an open access policy for long-form publications and to mandate open access book publishing for the Research Excellence Framework exercise due in 2027. UKRI has signed up to Plan S, a Europe-wide coalition that aims to accelerate the transition to full and immediate open access. This event aims to widen the dialogue on open access books, examining the implications of UK policy for research culture and values, the future of scholarly publishing and for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It will reflect on the most recent findings from the Universities UK open access reports and provide a platform for gathering additional evidence and feedback from across the university sector. Incorporating representatives from funding agencies, the UUK working group on open access monographs, REF panelists and PVCrs, publishers, learned societies, scholarly associations and researchers from a range of institutions - who will highlight both the challenges and opportunities of open access monograph publishing - the event will be structured around the following questions: * What is the current UK policy on open access, and on open access monographs in particular? * What is at stake for REF 2027, research culture and values, ECRs and diversity in scholarly publishing and practice? * Who benefits from open access or from publishing as usual? * What are the challenges of open access monograph publishing? * What kind of experiments are made possible, what collaborations might emerge? * Why publish, and where might online, open and platform-based publishing lead us next? * What changes might be respectively desirable, equitable and feasible at national and global scale? Or result as consequences from open access developments? Speakers include: Chris Banks, Director of Library Services, Imperial College, London David M. Berry, Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Sussex Susan Bruce, Professor of English and Co-Chair, Arts & Humanities Alliance, Keele University Anthony Cond, Managing Director, Liverpool University Press Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London Ronan Deazley, Professor, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast Joe Deville, Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University Gary Hall, Professor in Media and Performance, Coventry University Steven Hill, Director of Research, Research England Sarah Kember, Professor of New Technologies of Communication, Goldsmiths Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge Sunil Manghani, Professor of Theory, Practice & Critique, Deputy Head of School, Director of Research and Enterprise, Winchester School of Art Samuel Moore, Researcher and Consultant: critical information/publishing studies John Scott, Honorary Visiting Professor, Universities of Exeter and Essex Graham Stone, Senior Research Manager, Jisc Simon Tanner, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage and Pro Vice Dean Research, King's College London Sylvia Walby, Professor of Sociology, City, University of London This event is free and open to all, but registration on Eventbrite is required: https://critical-issues-in-oa.eventbrite.co.uk Sarah Kember Professor of New Technologies of Communication https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/kember/ Director of Goldsmiths Press http://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-press/ Latest book: Whose Book is it Anyway? A view from elsewhere on publishing, copyright and creativity, Open Book Publishers https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/925

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CFA Digital Ethics Symposium
by Vanacker, Bastiaan 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Dear AoiRers, I thought this CFA might be of interest to you and, especially, your graduate students as we are teaming up senior and junior scholars for this year's symposium. Best, Bastiaan Vanacker Associate Professor Program Director, Center for Digital Ethics and Policy Loyola University Chicago CFA - Ninth International Symposium on Digital Ethics The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy<http://digitalethics.org> (digitalethics.org) at Loyola University Chicago will be holding its 9th annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on November 7th and 8th 2019. This year, we are inviting research teams consisting of one senior and one junior scholar to submit a research proposal. We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include but are not limited to privacy, hate speech, fake news, platform ethics, AI/robotics/algorithms, predictive analytics, native advertising online, influencer endorsements, predictive analytics, VR, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, data protection, shifting norms in journalism and advertising, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions raised by digital technology. This is an interdisciplinary symposium, we welcome all backgrounds and approaches to research. Researchers can either submit a proposal as a team (consisting of one junior and one senior scholar) or individually. In the latter case, organizers will match submitters up with a partner based on compatibility of the proposal. Five teams will be selected to present completed research at the symposium and critique each others' work during five 75-minute sessions. After further review, the articles will be eligible for inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Media Ethics. For the purposes of this symposium, we define "senior scholars" as researchers who have been employed as a full-time faculty member for five years or more. "Junior scholars" have not met this threshold or are currently enrolled in a doctoral program. Abstracts should propose original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere. The abstract should be between 500 and 1,000 words in length (not including references) and should include a discussion of the methodology used. Please also submit a current C.V. of all authors with the abstract. Abstracts are due on May 20, notifications will be sent out by June 5. Completed papers will be due by October 15. Organizers will cover lodging for two nights and most meals and will provide small stipends to symposium participants. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment, with Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line to bvanacker(a)luc.edu. All other questions and inquiries can also be sent to the same email address. The Center for Digital Ethics and Policy was founded through the School of Communication<http://www.luc.edu/soc/> at Loyola University Chicago<http://luc.edu/> in an effort to foster more dialogue, research, and guidelines regarding ethical behavior in online and digital environments. The center publishes essays, develops sets of best practices and hosts an annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics<https://www.digitalethics.org/2017-symposium>. Essays from the previous symposia have been collected in three edited volumes<https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Digital-Age-Vol-Formations/dp/1433151790> and one (upcoming) special issue of the Journal of Media Ethics.

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new book: The Psychology of Social Media
by Ciarán Mc Mahon 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Dear AoIR, I have a book on the way which I hope will be of interest to members. The Psychology of Social Media <https://www.routledge.com/9781138047754> will be published tomorrow - a short, accessible read for the interested undergrad/general public readership, as part of Routledge's 'The Psychology of Everything <https://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/thepsychologyofeverything/> ' series. What’s my book about? From the blurb: Are we really being ourselves on social media? Can we benefit from connecting with people we barely know online? Why do some people overshare on social networking sites?　 The Psychology of Social Media explores how so much of our everyday lives is played out online, and how this can impact our identity, wellbeing, and relationships. It looks at how our online profiles, connections, status updates, and sharing of photographs can be a way to express ourselves and form connections, but also highlights the pitfalls of social media including privacy issues. >From FOMO to fraping, and from subtweeting to selfies, The Psychology of Social Media shows how social media has developed a whole new world of communication, and for better or worse is likely to continue to be an essential part of how we understand our selves. Feel free to use discount code POE20 if you’d like to read more! Furthermore, you can request an inspection copy here for teaching use here: https://www.routledge.com/resources/compcopy/9781138047754 Thank you for your time, and apologies for cross-posting, Ciarán Mc Mahon, Ph.D. PS anyone in Dublin on May 8th, do join us for a glass of wine at the launch! thepsychologyofsocialmedia.eventbrite.com <http://thepsychologyofsocialmedia.eventbrite.com/> Preorder the book: <http://bit.ly/psychologyofsocialmedia> bit.ly/psychologyofsocialmedia <http://www.twitter.com/cjamcmahon> twitter.com/cjamcmahon <https://ie.linkedin.com/in/cjamcmahon> linkedin.com/cjamcmahon <https://tinyletter.com/cjamcmahon> tinyletter.com/cjamcmahon <http://www.ciaranmcmahon.ie/> www.ciaranmcmahon.com

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Religious groups debate ethics of AI
by Mark D. Johns 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Interesting source of an ethical debate: https://religionnews.com/2019/04/12/evangelicals-issue-principles-on-benefi… -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA now residing in Minneapolis, MN ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Call for Papers - Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children
by Mizuko Ito 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Hello AoIRers - I’m hoping this special issue of the Journal of Design Science might be of interest. I am co-editing with Candice Odgers and Joi Ito (yes, my brother). Joi has written a column for WIRED that gives some context: https://www.wired.com/story/optimize-algorithms-support-kids-online-not-exp… Thanks for considering! Mimi Ito Professor | UC Irvine @mizuko Director | Connected Learning Lab CEO | @connectedcamps http://www.itofisher.com/mito New Book! Affinity Online <https://nyupress.org/books/9781479852758/> -------- Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children <https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/vptj5jf1> Call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Design Science Guest Editors: • Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab • Mimi Ito, UC Irvine Connected Learning Lab • Candice Odgers, UC Irvine Connected Learning Lab Call for Papers: One in three Internet users worldwide are children and what they see and experience online is increasingly shaped by algorithms. Yet the online world and complex algorithms that drive, direct, and govern children’s experiences have not been constructed with their needs and interests in mind. Children represent an especially marginalized and vulnerable population who are exposed to high levels of poverty and inequality, while being dependent on adults to structure their experiences and opportunities. Big tech and policy makers have a responsibility to consider the rights and needs of children. Instead, the burden is most often placed on families, educators, and community leaders to understand, support, guide, and regulate children’s access to media, information, and social connection. While a growing body of research has shed light on how algorithms can reinforce racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of injustice and inequality, studies of algorithmic justice and required protections for children are still sparse. If left unattended, children’s digital experiences will continue to diverge, with privileged children reaping the benefits that do exist, while vulnerable and lower-income children experience the ill effects of an algorithmic world. The science of child and youth development is typically left out of technology design and policy considerations. Commercial incentives to build a healthy and equitable Internet for kids are low. Well-meaning data policies and parent strategies intended to protect children have resulted in curtailing the rights of children and creating barriers for the less advantaged and for children who lack advocates and mentors to guide their online activities. This special issue invites both empirical and conceptual papers from diverse perspectives that explore different facets of this emerging area of inquiry. We also welcome submissions from children and young people. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: • Implications of children’s engagement with online platforms, conversational agents, and interactive toys • Family dynamics around media management and engagement • Analysis of data and AI ethics and policy that implicate children • Challenges and risks in designing algorithms and platforms for children • Innovative designs and solutions for algorithmic justice, learning, equity, and wellness for children • Design processes that involve children and families and attend to the wellbeing and the flourishing of children • Paradigms and structures to provide appropriate incentives to produce better outcomes for children • Levers and strategies for intervention into existing systems and products to change optimizations so that they focus more on benefits for children Information about Submissions Proposals should include the following: an abstract of 500-750 words (not including references) as well as background information on the author(s), including contact information and an abbreviated bio that describes previous and current research that relates to the special issue theme. Please submit your proposal through the submission portal on the Issue 7 landing page with your names clearly stated in the document name. Further information on how to submit an abstract can be found in our FAQ. Submit your proposal for review by the date stated in the timeline below. Authors of accepted proposals are expected to develop and submit their original article, for full anonymous review, in accordance with the journal's peer-review procedure, by the deadline stated. We welcome traditional academic articles of 5000–7000 words, as well as shorter opinion pieces of 1000–2000 words. In the latter category, we welcome submissions from young people aged 12–18 years of age. Guidelines for manuscripts can be found here. Authors of papers selected for publication in this special issue of JoDS will be invited to attend an event at the MIT Media Lab in 2020. Timeline Abstract submission deadline: 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 5 Notification on submitted abstracts: Friday, July 12 Article submission deadline: January 10, 2020

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Extended deadline (May 15, 2019) - Special Issue on on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media
by Elisabetta Biondi 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Online Social Networks and Media Journal http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ Special Issue on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media ****** Deadline for Submissions Extended to May 15, 2019 ****** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Online Social Networks and Media have a high scientific and economic value because the big data collected from these platforms provide a sort of social microscope to investigate and understand human behavior and interests, both in the cyber and in the physical world. The digital footprints that people leave in OSNEM provide a unique source to investigate and understand (by exploiting data mining, machine learning and complex network techniques) people's behavior (e.g., mobility patterns, opinions and interests spreading, polarization), and societal phenomena (the epidemics spreading, the terrorist networks, the diffusion of opinions, the pulse of a city, the spread of fake news, etc.) and develop innovative services. This special issue seeks high-quality scientific articles (both theoretical and experimental) and survey papers focusing on using OSNEM data for modeling and understanding the human and social behavior in the cyber and physical world. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Social media analysis and social analytics; - Measurement, analysis and modeling of social behavior through OSNEM data; - User behavior modeling with OSNEM data; - Analysis of the use of OSNEM in the urban context; - OSNEM data for Open Source Intelligence - Multidisciplinary applications of OSNEM (economics, medicine, society, politics, homeland security, etc.); - Dynamics of trends, information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM; - Recommendations and advertising in OSNEM; - Spread of news, topics, and opinions; - Modelling and characterisation of societal debates and polarization in OSNEM; - Influence analysis and social influence; - Identification of diffusion sources and influencers; - Establishment and perception of trust and reputation in OSNEM; - Detection/containment of fake news and related sources; - Modelling/analysis/countermeasures to formation of echo chambers; - Methods to modify/control/maximise information and opinion diffusion; - Data-driven approaches to study information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM; Guest Editors Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy *** Instructions for submission *** Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.evise.com/profile/#/OSNEM/login. Please select "SI_Social&Human_Mining" when you reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on Social and Human Mining with Online Social Networks and Media. For further information, please contact the guest editors at {m.conti,a.passarella} at iit.cnr.it

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