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CFP: Media, Activism, and Technology global communication summit
by Harlow, Summer 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

There’s still time to send in your abstracts for the 2019 Global Communication Summit, Media for Social Justice: Journalism + Activism + Technology, to be held Feb. 22 at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston. The bilingual conference will bring together academics, journalists, and activists from throughout Latin America and the United States to discuss the media-social movement relationship. Details of the conference are available here in Spanish and in English: https://www.globalcommunicationsummit.org/ Abstracts can be submitted in English or Spanish, and are due Dec. 14 to Summer Harlow at sharlow(a)central.uh.edu<mailto:sharlow@central.uh.edu>. For details of the abstract call, see here in English: https://www.globalcommunicationsummit.org/call-for-papers/ La convocatoria también está disponible en español: https://www.globalcommunicationsummit.org/convocatoria/ The full call for abstracts is copied below: Call for Abstracts The University of Houston’s Valenti School of Communication is seeking abstracts for its second annual Global Communication Summit. The theme for the event, to be held Feb. 22, 2019, is Media for Social Justice: Journalism + Activism + Technology. The deadline for abstracts is Dec. 14, 2018. Research shows that mainstream news outlets have struggled to accurately and fairly portray protests: the media’s tendency toward negative protest coverage (known as the “protest paradigm”) demonizes protesters and delegitimizes their demands. How the media cover protests is fundamental to a protest’s viability, influencing the public’s acceptance or rejection of the cause. A recent rise in protests worldwide, coupled with an ever-evolving media ecology, demand a better understanding of the factors that influence protest coverage. In part the paradigmatic coverage of protests, and the resulting complex and tense media-activist relationship, rests with journalists and their identities, practices, and routines. Few journalists, though, are trained in how to cover social movements, thus potentially contributing to the maintenance of the paradigm. Further potentially exacerbating the problem is that activists are not necessarily trained communicators, and unaware of how best to reach out to journalists or attract positive media attention. A lack of trust and fear of misrepresentation also comes into play. Recent research has begun considering how journalists and activists can use social media to disrupt the paradigm, especially as digital technologies allow activists to take control of their own messages and bypass mainstream media through the creation of online alternative or activist media. Further, the insertion of social media users into the gatekeeping process has the potential to influence which protest narratives are most circulated online. In this digital era of increased protest activity—online and offline—, it’s important to consider how new technologies might be changing the way journalists and activists relate, while recognizing that analog tactics still have an important part to play, especially in non-Western and developing countries. With this in mind, we invite abstracts that broadly address the role of media in contributing to, or detracting from, social justice. Possible questions to explore include, but are not limited to: * What role do social media play in facilitating and mobilizing activism and community participation? * What are the benefits and/or potential pitfalls of hashtag activism? How do the digital and analog complement or compete with each other in the activist’s repertoire? * How have activists’ media practices changed in response to new technologies and political challenges? * How have journalists responded to the worldwide uptick in protests? How are journalists’ protest coverage and practices changing? * How are journalists responding to shifts in media power as more activists, citizens, and politicians use social media to communicate their messages? * Ethically speaking, what should the relationship between journalists and activists look like? * How do we define the demarcating line between journalists and activists, and is it even worth doing so? * What roles and responsibilities do journalists have in contributing to social justice? * What role can community, alternative, and activist media play in this age of “fake news”? We especially invite abstracts that take a de-Westernized approach and/or focus on cases outside the United States. Qualitative and quantitative work is welcome, as are methodological papers. Abstracts should include: 1. Paper title 2. Names, affiliations, and a brief bio of authors 3. 3-5 keywords 4. A 300-400 word abstract (excluding references) that includes a description of the research project and its significance, with specific research questions or hypotheses, methods, overview of findings (if available at the time of submission), and relevance to the conference theme. Submissions should be in English or Spanish. Timeline: 1. Abstracts are due Dec. 14 and should be submitted to Summer Harlow at sharlow(a)central.uh.edu<mailto:sharlow@central.uh.edu>. Be sure to include “Global Communication Summit” in the subject line. 2. Notifications of acceptances will be sent by late December/early January. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, with a plenary panel of journalists and activists from Latin America and the U.S. The afternoon will include a workshop for activists and journalists, and the evening will feature a documentary screening. There also will be a keynote speaker during lunch. Summer Harlow, Ph. D. Assistant professor Jack J. Valenti School of Communication University of Houston sharlow(a)central.uh.edu<mailto:sharlow@central.uh.edu> Follow me on Twitter: @SummerDHarlow Author of Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects<https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319480381>

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Data Scores as Governance - New report by the Data Justice Lab
by Arne Hintz 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Data Scores as Governance: Investigating Uses of Citizen Scoring Project Report Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University, UK The Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University has just released a new report on the uses of data analytics in public services in the UK. The report examines the emergence of scoring systems and other forms of data analytics that combine data from a variety of sources as a way to categorize citizens, allocate services, and predict behaviour. It provides the first comprehensive overview of key developments and outlines concrete examples of scoring systems across different local authorities and partner agencies, prominent uses of commercial services, and understandings and perspectives about these developments amongst stakeholders and civil society. Drawing on multiple methods, including Freedom of Information requests, interviews, and stakeholder workshops, the report summarizes the findings of one year of intense research. Download the report here: Data Scores as Governance – Project Report<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…> / https://datajustice.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/data-scores-as-governance-p…<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…> Find out more about the project: https://datajusticelab.org/data-scores-as-governance/<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…> Information about the Data Justice Lab and our other activities: https://datajusticelab.org/ ---------------- Dr Arne Hintz Senior Lecturer Co-Director Data Justice Lab | Director MA Digital Media and Society School of Journalism, Media and Culture | Cardiff University Two Central Square | Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: HintzA(a)cardiff.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University

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Effective Scholarly Communication - suggestions welcomed
by Johnson, Gareth 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Dear all, I've (somewhat foolishly) volunteered my services to deliver a session to our early career researchers network on effective scholarly communication (verbal, written etc) early next year. Does anyone else run anything like this, that they'd be willing to share any suggestions or approaches which have worked well in the past with similar audiences? I aim to share as much of the materials I use post-hoc for anyone that's interested. With thanks Gaz --- Dr Gareth (Gaz) J Johnson Managing Editor-in-Chief, Institute of Advanced Study, Millburn House, University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7HS, UK https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/ T: +44 (0)24 765 74423 (extn 74423) E: gareth.johnson(a)warwick.ac.uk<mailto:gareth.johnson@warwick.ac.uk> B: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/exchangesias/ Tw: @ExchangesIAS<https://twitter.com/ExchangesIAS> --- Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/

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Re: [Air-L] Free/low cost forum analysis tools?
by Sugar, Benjamin N 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

If you’re looking for tools that do not require any programming, I’d take a look at Gephi (or Cytoscape). While they’re normally known as visualization programs, given a list of edges, they will both run a number of basic analyses. Are you looking for analyses that you can simply run on a forum or do you already have the to/from list of edges? Ideally, how programming heavy can the tool be? Besides tools that are entirely programmatic (e.g. iGraph, NetworkX) there are some middle ground tools that will run a analysis from the command line, but only require you to enter in the proper command. Social network analysis can mean a lot of things. What types of things are you interested in knowing? Benjamin

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AI Now 2018 Report
by Sarah Myers West 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Hi All, Today the AI Now Institute published our *third annual report <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html>* on the state of AI in 2018, including 10 recommendations for governments, researchers, and industry practitioners. The AoIR community has been thinking deeply through these issues, and we're excited to share this work with you (many of whom are cited in the report!). - Read the Report (PDF) <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html> - See the Recommendations <https://medium.com/@AINowInstitute/after-a-year-of-tech-scandals-our-10-rec…> It has been a dramatic year in AI <https://medium.com/@AINowInstitute/ai-in-2018-a-year-in-review-8b161ead2b4e>. >From Facebook potentially inciting ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, to Cambridge Analytica seeking to manipulate elections, to Google building a secret censored search engine for the Chinese, to anger over Microsoft contracts with ICE, to multiple worker uprisings over conditions Amazon’s algorithmically managed warehouses – the headlines haven’t stopped. And these are just a few examples among hundreds. At the core of these cascading AI scandals are questions of accountability: who is responsible when AI systems harm us? How do we understand these harms, and how do we remedy them? Where are the points of intervention, and what additional research and regulation is needed to ensure those interventions are effective? Currently there are few answers to these questions, and existing regulatory frameworks fall well short of what’s needed. As the pervasiveness, complexity, and scale of these systems grow, this lack of meaningful accountability and oversight – including basic safeguards of responsibility, liability, and due process – is an increasingly urgent concern. Building on our 2016 <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2016_Report.html> and 2017 <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2017_Report.html> reports, the AI Now 2018 Report <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html> contends with this central problem, and provides 10 practical recommendations that can help create accountability frameworks capable of governing these powerful technologies. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Best, Sarah -- *Dr. Sarah Myers West* Postdoctoral Researcher AI Now Institute New York University sarah(a)ainowinstitute.org | @sarahbmyers

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Free/low cost forum analysis tools?
by Alaina Cyr 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Hi everyone, I'm looking for leads on any free or low cost tools to analyze forum data, specifically for tools that can do social network analysis on posts (among other analyses). Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks! -Alaina

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Webinar: Demystifying Museum Soft Power: Geo-visualising Museums’ Influence
by Natalia Grincheva 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, I am happy to invite you to the Virtual Study Group: Demystifying Museum Soft Power: Geo-visualising Museums’ Influence <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/OJZ4CnxyvXcA4Vwmu9GGiN?domain=culturalres…> Watch a video teaser here <https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/putting-museum-power-on-the-map> and register for the webinar here <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1yB9Cq7By5sKgvBXuE3nas?domain=register.go…> . USA: December 10, 2018 4:00 PM EST UK: December 10, 2018 9:00 PM Melbourne: December 11, 2018 8:00 AM This VSG will share key findings of a research project that has sought to define, explain and deconstruct the ‘soft power’ of museums. The round-table talk among museum professionals and academics will aim to demonstrate and discuss the pilot version of the award-winning dynamic web application that was developed in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/h7vQCoVzwKhjAm9vuzYCPN?domain=acmi.net.au> (ACMI). The app Museum Soft Power Map <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_7WmCp8AxKs1gZkAsYWWEL?domain=victoriasof…>, enables users to explore a geographic spread of ACMI’s cultural resources and social outputs. Guest speakers will include *Gail Dexter Lord*, one of the world’s foremost museum and cultural planners and President of Lord Cultural Resources, *Seb Chan*, ACMI Chief Experience Officer, *Chris Harris*, ACMI Head of Exhibition and Touring, *Natasha Mian*, ACMI Coordinator for the Development team and *Eliza Coyle*, Community Programs Officer at Yarra City Council Libraries. The VSG will be led by *Dr Natalia Grincheva*, Research Fellow in the Research Unit of Public Cultures at the University of Melbourne.

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Re: [Air-L] Are you teaching a course in research design?
by Sugar, Benjamin N 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

I don’t know if “research design” and “design research” are the same thing but you might check out two courses from here: https://dm.lmc.gatech.edu/program/syllabi/ 1) Discovery and Invention in Digital Media The course is taught by someone else every few years so it’s worth looking all the way back. 2) Research Methods for Digital Media Then, there are good ones scattered throughout as well. Benjamin

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6+ tenure-track digital positions at the University of Michigan
by Christian Sandvig 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Dear list-mates, I wanted to send a reminder to come work with us in one of our THREE new multidisciplinary tenured and tenure-track faculty positions in Digital Studies at the University of Michigan: https://lsa.umich.edu/digitalstudies/news-events/all-news/search-news/digit… Some excerpts from the position announcements for each: (1) tenure-track assistant prof in Archival Studies and Digital Studies focused on archives and power, social change, identity, and representation (2) tenure-track assistant prof in Black Digital Studies focusing e.g., on black digital humanities, cultural studies, video game studies, Afrofuturism, and black social media (3) open rank tenured or tenure-track prof of Race and Digital Media focusing on new technologies and their role in historical or contemporary problems of inequality, inequity, and discrimination AND we still have other searches open: (4) tenure-track assistant professor in Social Media https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15576 (5) open-rank search in Data Science https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15567 (6) open-rank search in Digital Curation, Archival Studies, Scientific Data Use and Reuse https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15575 Some of these have the potential to make multiple hires, as indicated. I am somewhat late posting this, hopefully people have already seen this elsewhere as one position (listed as #2 below) closes this week. Questions should be directed as indicated on the positions; I am just the aggregator. Sincerely, Christian -- Christian Sandvig H. Marshall McLuhan Collegiate Professor School of Information and Department of Communication Studies University of Michigan http://umich.edu/~csandvig/ http://auditingalgorithms.science/

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Journal of Business Research--Special Issue on Mobile Applications
by John Dinsmore 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

*Call for Papers — Journal of Business Research — Special Issue on Mobile Applications* Special issue editors John Dinsmore, Kunal Swani, Kendall Goodrich, Umut Konus Software applications on mobile devices—or “mobile apps”—are a significant and growing force in each element of the marketing mix. Consider that in the United States: - 77% of all adults own a smartphone (Pew, 2018) - Time-spent in mobile apps grew 69% from 2016 to 2017 - Adults now spend more than five hours per day on their mobile devices (Flurry, 2017) - 87% of mobile time spent is in applications. (App Annie, 2016) Worldwide, mobile applications are projected to have 284 billion downloads and $100 billion in revenues in 2020 (App Annie, 2016). Despite the ubiquity of mobile devices and applications, and despite the tremendous impact of mobile apps on the economy, very little is understood about this unique consumption context. Empirical data and academic research both support the notion that consumer choice and behavior is different in mobile applications versus other consumption contexts. Evidence shows that a number of factors affect consumer behavior “in-app,” including device type, application category, screen size, personality traits (Dinsmore, Dugan & Swani, 2017; Dinsmore, Swani, & Wamwara, 2018), design elements, pricing scheme (Arora, Hofstede, & Mahajan, 2017; Dinsmore, Dugan, & Wright, 2016) and more. Due to the need for greater understanding of this important context, we invite submissions featuring both quantitative and qualitative studies relating to mobile applications, including (but not limited to): - App promotion and adoption - App Store Optimization (ASO) - Cross-platform (in-app vs browser) and cross-device (phone vs tablet vs wearable vs IoT, etc.) behavior in applications - Customer service via mobile application - Design, device, and interface elements and their effect on user behavior - Freemium models - In-app advertising - In-app purchases - Promotions via mobile application - Use of geolocation in marketing Timeline: Submissions will be accepted beginning November 1, 2019 with final submissions accepted December 15th. Publication of the issue is anticipated in 2020. The Call for Papers can also be found at *JBR*’s website at *https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-business-research/call-for-papers/mobile-applications-special-issue* <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-business-research/call-for-pap…>

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