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2019 Clifford Christians Ethics Research Award Call
by Sarina Chen 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award Sponsored by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Researchhttp://www.cccsir.com/ Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for research papers and published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award. To be considered for the Christians Award, submissions should interpret or address important theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, and the relationship between media and technology and culture; interpret and apply concepts employed in Christians' work in new and insightful ways. Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Christians’ approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Members of Award Review Committee are Dr. Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri Dr. Melba Velez Ortiz, Grand Valley State University Dr. Deni Elliott, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Dr. Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University Dr. Robert Fortner, Calvin College Both single and co-authored works are accepted. Applications may only be submitted for award consideration once. Published materials submitted must have appeared no earlier than eighteen months prior to each year’s application. The best work will receive the Christians Award. Those interested please send six copies of the research papers or published works (if the publication is a book, six copies of the table of contents and of one chapter is sufficient) with a 100-word abstract to: Sarina Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 E-mail: sarina.chen(a)uni.edu Application deadline is *May 5, 2019*. Notification of the award will be sent out by November 1, 2019. Questions and comments about Christians Award application, please contact Sarina Chen, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614; E-mail: sarina.chen(a)uni.edu ***************************************************************

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IAMCR Preconference/Special Issue Information, Communication and Society
by Massimo Ragnedda 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

*Call for Paper. IAMCR Preconference/Special Issue Information, Communication and Society* Editor in Chief: Brian Loader Guest Editors: Bruce Mutsvairo (University of Technology Sydney), Massimo Ragnedda (Northumbria University) and Kristin Skare Orgeret (Oslo Metropolitan University) *Era or Error of Transformation? Assessing Afrocentric Attributes of Digitalisation* While the continent of Africa has long been depicted as economically and socially underdeveloped compared with other parts of the world, the potential of its peoples, natural resources and nations has always been recognised. In recent years however, it is the transformative capacity of digital communications media, particularly mobile phones, for young urbanised populations that is seen as heralding sustainable socio-economic growth and political stability. This special issue of *Information, Communication & Society* is intended to throw a rare and critical light upon these claims by examining how new media may be changing the everyday lives of Africans. It will also seek to understand the implications of these technological changes for nation-states within the wider geo-political context of post-colonial relations and the emergence of China as a major investor. What barriers, challenges or possibilities exist for digital literacy, human rights, democratic governance, business innovation and digital access? The special issue will address, although not exclusively, such questions as: · Can African economic and social development leapfrog other countries by adopting broadband and mobile technologies? · What possibilities are available to tame digital disparities in Africa? · What are the implications of social media networking for gender, sexuality, race, class and identity politics? · How do demographic, cultural and socio-economic inequalities influence the way Africans access (first level of digital divide), use (second level of digital divide) and benefit from ICTs (third level of digital divide)? · Is there evidence for digital media transforming health care practices and outcomes? · What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information, which could help improve their lives? · Is social media influencing political engagement and activism? · In what ways have anti-social media regulatory frameworks including Internet shutdowns affected citizens? Accepted papers will be presented in an IAMCR preconference at Madrid 2019 before being considered for publication in a special issue of *Information, Communication and Society* in 2020. Please send your abstract (between 300 and 500 words) and brief bio to bruce.mutsvairo(a)uts.edu.au and in CC, massimo.ragnedda(a)northumbria.ac.uk and kristo(a)oslomet.no *Deadlines and important dates* Abstract submission deadline: *15 March 2019* Notification on submitted abstracts: 30 March 2019 Date of Preconference: *6 July 2019* Time: 9am Venue: To be determined Article submission deadline: 1 February 2020 Best Massimo ______________ *Massimo Ragnedda* <http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda> Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Squires Building 306f, Northumbria University, NE8 1ST Newcastle (UK) Tel: 01912437444 Most recent books: Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo, eds (2018) Digital Inclusion. An International Comparative Analysis <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Co…>, Lexington Books. Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn Muschert, eds (2018) *Theorizing Digital Divide* <http://bit.ly/2y9WSLm>, Routledge Massimo Ragnedda (2017) *The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach to digital inequalities* <http://bit.ly/2f8FObg>, Routledge. Latest article: Massimo Ragnedda (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318309316?via%3Di…>, Telematics and Informatics Vice chair of Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/DID> Co-convenors of NINSO (Northumbria Internet and Society Research Group <https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law…> )

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10-minute research survey: Risk-taking online and offline in social media users
by Chris O'Mahony 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

Dear all, As part of my doctoral research at the University of East London, I am investigating how people who use social media make decisions on whether to take certain risks in both online and offline contexts. I have created an online survey that is completely anonymous, takes 8-12 minutes to complete, and at the end of the survey participants have the opportunity to enter a draw for one of four £25 Amazon vouchers. Anyone over the age of 18 who has used social media within the last three months is eligible to take part. I would appreciate it if list members could complete the survey and/or forward to others, and I am happy to share more information on the study and the eventual results if you contact me on the email address below. The survey link is: https://uelpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b49UlVaSH9UrncF Thank you and take care, Chris Chris O’Mahony Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology candidate, University of East London u1622894(a)uel.ac.uk

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2nd Call Social Media Track at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2-4 September, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
by Noella Edelmann 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

Apologies for cross-posting! Hope you can join us - we look forward to seeing you in San Benedetto del Tronto! Social Media Track @ EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2019 2-4 September 2019 Conference website: http://dgsoc.org/egov-2019/ Digital and social media are central for government, public administration, democratic and political processes and communication. One the one hand they are increasingly important interface between governments, the public sector and their respective publics, and on the other hand, they also play an important role for innovation in the public sector, improving public service delivery and providing opportunities for public participation. Social media applications and digital tools have also reshaped the nature of collaboration within public organizations, across governance networks, impacting political communication and campaigning. Whilst social media is extensively used in politics and by political figures, governments still struggle to understand how best to use social media and t4 Sepo develop a social media strategy, how to implement them for operational activities and the digital transformation of the organisation, improve services and achieve change and strategic goals. We invite relevant studies on social media in the public sector that draw on conceptual, case study, survey, mixed or other suitable methods. Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: New theoretical perspectives and critical analyses of digital interactions; Strategies and policies for the planning and implementation of social media; Use and significance of social analytics in political communication and public organizations; Organizational issues relevant to the implementation of social media in democratic contexts and the transformation of public administration; Stakeholders and digital publics of government engagement on social media; Enterprise/organizational networking and knowledge sharing applications; Internal and informal digital networks in public administration; The role of social media in digital transformation; The use of technology and social media for co-production, crowdsourcing, citizen-sourcing, co-creation and other crowd-based models (e.g. in regulation, bottom-up initiatives, open source movements); Mobilisation, social movements and other forms of digital engagement enabled by social media; Social media in crisis and emergency management; Ethical, privacy, regulatory and policy issues related to social media; Evaluation of the impact of social media in various contexts; New methods, challenges and opportunities of social media data; Design methods and user experience in digital collaboration; Track Chairs: Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria Sara Hofmann, University of Agder, Norway Marius Rohde Johannessen, University of South-Eastern Norway Programme Committee: Rodrigo Sandoval Almazan, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico Peter Bellström, Karlstad University, Sweden Alessio Maria Braccini, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy Eiri Elvestad, University of South-Eastern Norway Loukis Euripides, University of the Aegean, Greece Montathar Faraon, Kristianstad University, Sweden Mila Gasco, CTG Albany, USA Dimitris Gouscos, University of Athens, Greece Evika Karamagioli, Uni Paris 8, France Azi Lev-On Ariel University, Israel Agnes Mainka, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany Yuri Misnikov, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Michael Räckers, University of Münster, Germany Rodrigo Sandoval Almazan, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico Margit Scholl, TH Wildau, Germany Øystein Sæbø, University of Agder, Norway Ella Taylor-Smith, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom Jolien Ubacht - TU Delft, The Netherlands Elin Wihlborg, Linköping University Qinfeng Zhu, City University, Hong Kong Important Dates: (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2019 Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2019 Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready): 15 May 2019 Poster acceptance: 1 June 2019 Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 1 June 2019 Conference: 2-4 September 2019 PhD Colloquium: 1 September 2019 Types of Submissions & Publications: We invite individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as from business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions to submit their completed and ongoing research papers, reflections, posters as well as practitioner papers, panel or workshop proposals to the topics addressed in the tracks. We also welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics. Accepted full research papers (max. 12 pages) will be published in the Springer LNCS IFIP EGOV or IFIP EPART proceedings. Papers in the categories of Ongoing Research (max. 8 pages), Reflections and Viewpoints (max. 6 pages), Practitioner Papers (max. 6 pages), projects (max. 8 pages), workshops (max. 2 pages), panel proposals (max. 2 pages), and posters (max. 2 pages) can be published (but do not need to be) in a special conference issue of the eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM). The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart special issue will be published to coincide with the opening of the conference. Please note that PhD colloquium papers will not be published. Noella Edelmann PhD Senior Researcher Danube University Krems Department for E-Governance and Administration Center for E-Government Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems Austria Tel. +43 (0)2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov

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Events in London: #DeleteFacebook, broken data, data collaboratives, platform society, data journalism, digital actor-network theory, Spotify teardown, AI, circulation of stock photography, hacking museums, computational knowledge, ...
by Gray, Jonathan 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

For those in London, below is a list of upcoming events in our public seminar series on “critical inquiry with and about the digital” at the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London. An overview can also be found at the following links: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/events-list/ http://kingsdh.eventbrite.com Please do forward these to friends, colleagues, students and anyone else you think might be interested. Jonathan *** "#DeleteFacebook and Facebook’s Bonds" Tero Karppi (University of Toronto) When? Thu 7th February 2019, 4-5.30pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 3 BH(NE)0.01 Register: https://delete-facebook.eventbrite.co.uk "Broken Data" Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki) When? Wed 13th February 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://broken-data.eventbrite.co.uk "Data Collaboratives: The Emergence of Public-Private Partnerships around Data for Social Good" Stefaan Verhulst (GovLab, NYU) When? Tue 26th February 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K-1.14 Register: http://data-collaboratives.eventbrite.co.uk "The Platform Society" Thomas Poell (University of Amsterdam) When? Wed 6th March 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://platform-society.eventbrite.co.uk "Datafied, Data-Driven, Data-Critical: Data Journalism Within Broader Processes of Datafication" Wiebke Loosen (Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung) When? Thu 14th March 2019, 6-7pm Where? STRAND BLDG S-2.18 Register: https://data-journalism-datafication.eventbrite.co.uk "Digital ANT: The Agency of Replications" Dominique Boullier (Sciences Po + Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) When? Wed 27th March 2019, 3.30pm to 5pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 BH(S)1.01 Register: https://digital-ant.eventbrite.co.uk "The Spotify Teardown" Patrick Vonderau (Martin Luther University Halle) When? Wed 10th April 2019, 4pm to 5.30pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 1 BH(S)1.01 Register: https://spotify-teardown.eventbrite.co.uk "Neurons Spike Back. The Invention of the Inductive Machine and the Artificial Intelligence Controversy" Dominique Cardon (Sciences Po) When? Wed 24th April 2019, 5pm to 6.30pm Where? KINGS BDLG SAFRA LECTURE THEATRE Register: https://neurons-spike-back.eventbrite.co.uk "Taking stock: Researching generic images across representation, circulation and recontextualization" Giorgia Aiello (University of Leeds) When? Wed 1st May 2019, 4pm to 6pm Where? KINGS BLDG K6.29 (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Register: https://generic-images.eventbrite.co.uk Talk: "Hacking the Museum? Space and Power at Collections Makerspaces in London Cultural Institutions" Kat Braybrooke (University of Sussex) When? Wed 8th May 2019, 4.30pm to 6pm Where? STRAND BLDG S-2.18 Register: https://hacking-the-museum.eventbrite.co.uk Talk: “How Language Became Data: Speech Recognition and Computational Knowledge” Xiaochang Li (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) When? Wed 22nd May 2019, 4.30pm to 6pm Where? Bush House Lecture Theatre 2 BH(S)4.04 Register: https://how-language-became-data.eventbrite.co.uk -- Jonathan Gray | jonathangray.org<http://jonathangray.org/> | @jwyg<http://twitter.com/jwyg> Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London Recent publications and projects: * Gray, J. & Bounegru, L. (eds.) (forthcoming) The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Preview of several chapters: http://bit.ly/ddjbook-aup-toc-preview * Gray, J., Gerlitz, C., & Bounegru, L. (2018) Data Infrastructure Literacy. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718786316 * Gray, J. (2018). Three Aspects of Data Worlds. Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. http://krisis.eu/three-aspects-of-data-worlds/ * Bounegru, L., Gray, J., Venturini, T., & Mauri, M. (2018). A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders. Amsterdam: Public Data Lab. http://fakenews.publicdatalab.org/ * Venturini, T., Bounegru, L., Gray, J., & Rogers, R. (2018). A reality check(list) for digital methods. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818769236 * More available at: http://jonathangray.org/publications/

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for workshops, WebSci in Boston, MA
by Katherine Ognyanova 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear all, Please consider submitting a workshop or a tutorial to *WEBSCI 2019*. We have extended the submission deadline to *February 08, 2019.* The workshops will be held in*Boston, MA*, *USA *on *June 30, 2019*. We welcome a variety of web science themes, from the social to the technical and especially blends of the two. You can find the full call here: http://bit.ly/WebSciCall. We will be offering a limited number of *complimentary two-day conference registrations *to workshop organizers. Please reach out if you need one! Feel free to e-mail us with other questions as well. Regards, Katya Ognyanova & Stefan Dietze WEBSCI 2019: CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS * 11th ACM Conference on Web Science, Boston - MA, USA 2019 * Call for proposals: http://bit.ly/WebSciCall * Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci19 * *Submission Deadline: February 8, 2019* * Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2019 * Workshop/Tutorial day: June 30 2019 The 2019 WebSci Conference in Boston, MA is soliciting proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing the way Web Science research can illuminate key contemporary issues and global challenges. Workshops should reflect the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. The tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and methods, including but not limited to techniques for data collection, processing, and analysis, as well as substantive interpretation, best practices, and ethics. Examples of potential WebSci workshop areas include: * Using Web Science for social good * Collective intelligence, collaborative production and crowdsourcing * Bias on the Web * Data ethics and algorithmic accountability * Digital inequalities: access, quality, and participation * Information privacy and cybersecurity * Learning and education on the Web * Misinformation and propaganda on the Web * Social connections and social influence on the Web * Internet politics and political participation * The evolution of social media services * Online health and wellness Organizers are responsible for advertising accepted workshops and tutorials, recruiting participants, and managing the review process if paper submissions are invited. Successful proposals should also put together a web page describing the event and distributing any preliminary materials. *** PROPOSAL FORMAT **** Proposals should be up to 3 pages long and should include the following information: * Workshop/tutorial title * Workshop/tutorial summary (1-2 paragraphs) * Workshop/tutorial description, including the motivation and goals of the proposal, as well as its relevance to the field of Web Science. * Workshop/tutorial schedule and activities, including the format, proposed activities (panels, sessions, interactive exercises, etc.), as well as invited speakers or panelists. * Workshop/tutorial organizer info, including names, affiliations, emails, and personal websites. Please indicate who would be the main contact person for the submission and if the workshop has been run in the past. * Target audience and audience size: the expected number and type of attendees, along with any information about required skills or tools with which participants need to be familiar.**** * **Special requirements or equipment, if any.** ** *ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA* *Workshop and tutorial proposals will be evaluated based on their academic rigor, timeliness, originality, potential to address important questions and attract large multidisciplinary audiences. Relevance to the field of Web Science is also a prerequisite for all submissions.* *PROCEEDINGS* *Workshop organisers are free to publish workshop proceedings. WebSci19 offers the possibility to include workshop papers as a companion collection of the ACM WebSci19 proceedings. In this case, it is crucial that workshop schedules are aligned with the schedule for the overall proceedings publication, i.e. camera-ready papers need to be ready by 1 May 2019. * *TUTORIAL CHAIRS * *Katya Ognyanova <http://kateto.net/>(Rutgers University) & Stefan Dietze <http://stefandietze.net>(GESIS, Germany)* -- Katherine Ognyanova, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Web:www.kateto.net, Twitter: @ognyanova

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Seeking Interviewees: Queer and Trans CIS/Prodigy/GEnie Users
by Avery Dame-Griff 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

All, Please forward this along, or feel free to get in contact off-list if you have suggestions! I'm looking to conduct informal informational interviews with queer and/or transgender-identified folks who, during the mid 1980s into the 1990s, were active on any of these forums: - Compuserve's (aka CIS) GenderLine forum (also known as HSX-200) - Prodigy (pre or post the closure of the "Frank Discussions" forum) - GEnie (such as members of the GEnie Girls). I'm hoping to learn more about the structure of these groups/spaces, their culture, and just how folks used them. If anyone is either interested in or might know someone who would be interested in participating in a short (one hour) interview, please let me know at avery.dame AT gmail.com. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University Curator, Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> averydame.net <http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame(a)gmail.com 507-457-5228

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CFP: Fifth International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) - Deadline Extended
by Gaurav Misra 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

CFP: Fifth International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) - https://iwpe.info/ co-located with IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy - https://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2019/ 23 May 2019 - Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA ********************************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES *Deadline of paper submission: 10 February, 2019 (Non-archival submissions allowed)* Notification of acceptance: 23 February, 2019 ************************************************************************************************************ We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 5th International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19). Ongoing news reports regarding global surveillance programs, massive personal data breaches in corporate databases, and notorious examples of personal tragedies due to privacy violations have intensified societal demands for privacy-friendly systems. In response, current legislative and standardization processes worldwide aim to strengthen individual’s privacy by introducing legal, organizational and technical frameworks that personal data collectors and processors must follow. However, in practice, these initiatives alone are not enough to guarantee that organizations and software developers will be able to identify and adopt appropriate privacy engineering techniques in their daily practices. It is also difficult to systematically evaluate whether the systems developed comply with legal frameworks, provide necessary technical assurances, and fulfill users’ privacy requirements. It is evident that research is needed in developing techniques and tools that can aid the translation of legal and normative concepts, as well as user expectations into systems requirements. Furthermore, methods that can support organizations and engineers in developing systems that address these requirements are of increasing value. In this context, privacy engineering research is emerging as an important topic. Engineers are increasingly expected to build and maintain privacy-preserving and data-protection compliant systems in domains such as health, energy, transportation, social computing, law enforcement, public services; based on different infrastructures such as cloud, grid, or mobile. While there is a consensus on the benefits of an engineering approach to privacy, concrete proposals for models, methods, techniques and tools that support engineers and organizations in this endeavor are few and in need of immediate attention. To cover this gap, the topics of the International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'19) focus on all the aspects of privacy engineering, ranging from its theoretical foundations, engineering approaches, and support infrastructures, to its practical application in projects of different scale. Specifically, we are seeking the following kinds of papers: (1) technical papers that illustrate the engineering or application of a novel formalism, method or other research finding (e.g., a privacy enhancing protocol) with preliminary evaluation; (2) experience and practice papers that describe a case study, challenge or lessons learned from in a specific domain; (3) early evaluations of tools and other infrastructure that support privacy-related tasks; (4) interdisciplinary studies or critical reviews of existing privacy engineering concepts, methods, tools and frameworks; (5) vision papers that take a clear position informed by evidence based on a thorough literature review. ************************************************************ *PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION* IWPE 2019 offers the choice of **archival and non-archival paper submissions**. The non-archival option is offered to avoid precluding future submissions to area-specific venues. Accepted archival submissions will be published in IEEE eXplore, which is indexed by EI Engineering Index, ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI-S), Scopus, etc. We solicit short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 8 pages) reporting technical, research or industry experience on all dimensions of privacy engineering. Each paper, written in English, must follow the IEEE conference proceedings format. At least one of the authors of the accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop to present the paper. All papers must be submitted via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwpe19 ************************************************************ If you have any questions regarding IWPE'19, please contact iwpe19 [at] easychair [dot] org IWPE’19 Organizing Committee Jose M. del Alamo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Aleksandra Korolova (University of Southern California) Jose M. Such (King’s College London) Borja Balle (Amazon Research) Gaurav Misra (Carnegie Mellon University) -- *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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8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC' 19): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC '19) Lordos Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 18-20, 2019 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: May 3rd, 2019 *** *** Proceedings to be published by ACM ICPS *** The Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC) is an international forum for researchers with interests in educational aspects of all computing disciplines including computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, and information systems. It embraces a broad view of the current and future trends in computing education and aspires to be a lively environment for presenting the latest research and empirical results. Submissions to CSERC 2019 might cover, but are not limited to, the following topics: · Specific educational subject matter, such as programming, database systems, computer security, and modelling. · Particular educational innovations, such as MOOCs, flipped-classroom, game-based education, and E-Learning. · Specific groups of students, such as first years, women, masters students, minorities, impaired students. · Broader topics, such as curriculum, group-work, assessment, class infrastructure. Submissions Original and unpublished submissions in all areas related to computing education are invited in the following categories: · Research Paper: Reporting theoretical or theoretically-informed empirical studies undertaken to investigate a specific aspect or address a particular problem in computing education. · Experience Report: Describing a classroom innovation and an evaluation of its impact. · Software Report: Describing developed tools for supporting teaching, learning or assessment in computing education. Types of accepted submissions include: · Full Paper (approximately 12 pages). · Practical Report (about 6 pages). · Poster (2 pages). Submission Format Templates for submissions can be found at the ACM SIG roceedings website, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers can be submitted using EasyChair: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Documents proposed for conference presentation should be high quality, unpublished, original work and submitted on-line. The official language of the conference is English. Review Process and Publication Papers submitted for presentation at the conference are reviewed by the international Program Committee. The authors of the reviewed submissions will receive constructive feedback provided by CSERC Program Committee. Authors of papers presented at the conference will produce a final version of the paper, which takes into account the discussions that were held during the conference. The final versions of the papers accepted for presentation at CSERC'19 will be published in the ACM Digital library. At least one co-author of every accepted paper must register for the event and present the paper. Important Dates · Abstract submission: Friday 3 May 2019 · Paper submission deadline: Tuesday 21 May 2019 · Notification of paper acceptance: Friday 30 August 2019 · Author registration: Friday 13 September 2019 · Early (non-author) registration: Friday 18 October 2019 · Submission of camera ready papers taking reviewer comments in consideration: Thursday 19 December 2019 · Submission of paper final versions: Friday 10 January 2020 Colocation with ISSEP 2019 CSERC'19 co-locates with the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives (ISSEP 2019). ISSEP is a forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of Informatics education, in both primary and secondary schools. It provides an opportunity for educators to reflect upon the goals and objectives of this subject matter, its curricula and various teaching/learning paradigms and topics, possible connections to everyday life and various ways of developing Informatics Education in schools. Combining CSERC and ISSEP provides a unique opportunity for educational researchers and practitioners to get a broad and comprehensive overview of educational research initiatives taking place at primary and secondary schools as well as higher education. Committees Program Committee Chair Ebrahim Rahimi, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands Program Committee Co-Chair Dave Stikkolorum, University of Leiden, The Netherlands Organising Chair George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Master Evert van de Vrie, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

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New open access book: Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data
by Christian Fuchs 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

New open access book: David Chandler and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2019. Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 978-1-912656-20-2. https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book29/ This volume explores activism, research and critique in the age of big data capitalism. Published by University of Westminster Press. Available as affordable paperback and free open access book. The book has a conversational nature so that each contribution is followed by a response/reflection. With contributions by Joanna Boehnert, Elisabetta Brighi, David Chandler, Robert Cowley, Jodi Dean, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Peter Goodwin, Kylie Jarrett, Anastasia Kavada, Phoebe V. Moore, Toni Negri, Jack L. Qiu, Paul Rekret, Paulina Tambakaki. Table of Contents Introduction: Big Data Capitalism – Politics, Activism, and Theory 1-20 Christian Fuchs and David Chandler Section I: Digital Capitalism and Big Data Capitalism Digital Governance in the Anthropocene: The Rise of the Correlational Machine 23-42 David Chandler Beyond Big Data Capitalism, Towards Dialectical Digital Modernity: Reflections on David Chandler’s Chapter 43-51 Christian Fuchs Karl Marx in the Age of Big Data Capitalism 53-71 Christian Fuchs What is at Stake in the Critique of Big Data? Reflections on Christian Fuchs’s Chapter 73-79 David Chandler Seeing Like a Cyborg? The Innocence of Posthuman Knowledge 81-94 Paul Rekret Posthumanism as a Spectrum: Reflections on Paul Rekret’s Chapter 95-100 Robert Cowley Section II: Digital Labour Through the Reproductive Lens: Labour and Struggle at the Intersection of Culture and Economy 103-116 Kylie Jarrett Contradictions in the Twitter Social Factory: Reflections on Kylie Jarrett’s Chapter 117-123 Joanna Boehnert E(a)ffective Precarity, Control and Resistance in the Digitalised Workplace 125-144 Phoebe V. Moore Beyond Repression: Reflections on Phoebe Moore’s Chapter 145-150 Elisabetta Brighi Goodbye iSlave: Making Alternative Subjects Through Digital Objects 151-164 Jack Linchuan Qiu Wage-Workers, Not Slaves: Reflections on Jack Qiu’s Chapter 165-167 Peter Goodwin Section III: Digital Politics Critique or Collectivity? Communicative Capitalism and the Subject of Politics 171-182 Jodi Dean Subjects, Contexts and Modes of Critique: Reflections on Jodi Dean’s Chapter 183-186 Paulina Tambakaki The Platform Party: The Transformation of Political Organisation in the Era of Big Data 187-198 Paolo Gerbaudo The Movement Party – Winning Elections and Transforming Democracy in a Digital Era: Reflections on Paolo Gerbaudo’s Chapter 199-204 Anastasia Kavada The Appropriation of Fixed Capital: A Metaphor? 205-214 Antonio Negri Appropriation of Digital Machines and Appropriation of Fixed Capital as the Real Appropriation of Social Being: Reflections on Toni Negri’s Chapter 215-221 Christian Fuchs

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