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videovortex xii, malta, september 27-28, 2019
by Geert Lovink 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

first announcement: videovortex xii, malta, september 27-28, 2019. soon more on www.networkcultures.org/videovortex <http://www.networkcultures.org/videovortex>. possible topics: - drone aesthetics - videocultures on the social media platforms: instagram, snapchat - online aesthetics in the age of 5g and mobile 4k - streaming video & streaming platforms - automated filmmaking, algorithmic filmmaking, bots, online video & archives - videofication of the web - selfies -> animation -> videos - aerial imagery (drones / satellites) - wiki loves monuments - artificial intelligence (ai) prediction of moving image - locative media with beacons - look at the film industry in relation to the politics of video vortex - heritage & immersive spaces - digital preservation (archives / curating) - involve malta film commission, see: https://maltafilmcommission.com/ <https://maltafilmcommission.com/> - involve heritage malta, see: http://heritagemalta.org/ <http://heritagemalta.org/> - currently working on the inquisitor's palace augmented reality project, see: http://heritagemalta.org/museums-sites/the-inquisitors-palace/ <http://heritagemalta.org/museums-sites/the-inquisitors-palace/> - working on wonders of the world as a google card board tour, see also: https://vr.google.com/tourcreator/ <https://vr.google.com/tourcreator/> there will be a seperate exhibition (from early september to late october 2019, exact dates tba), curated in partnership between spazju kreattiv and video vortex, to be held in the gallery spaces of spazju kreattiv (https://www.kreattivita.org <https://www.kreattivita.org/>), particularly to enable malta-based participants to engage significantly with the conference delegates' work before and after the conference. if you want to get involved, contribute to the conference, exhibition or screening program, please send a proposal to adman hadzi we aim at putting together a conference comittee towards the end of the year. provisional program committee: adnan hadzi (department of digital arts, university of malta) toni sant (spazju kreattiv, malta) andreas treske (department of communication and design, İ.d. bilkent university, ankara) geert lovink (institute of network cultures, amsterdam) all the best, geert, andreas, toni, adnan — background of videovortex videovortex is a network of video makers, geeks, activists, artists and research that work on the politics and aesthetics of online vode. it was established in 2007 by the institute of network cultures in amsterdam. video technology has radically altered the way in which we produce, consume and circulate images, influencing the aesthetics and possibilities of moving image cultures, as well as yielding a rich body of scholarship across various disciplines. given its ease of access and use, video has historically been aligned with media activism and collaborative work. video is driving social media and the web. it is dominating the internet of things. cameras causing breakdowns in networks. online video became lifelike. rapidly changing technological formats implicate the urgent need to engage with practices of archiving and curation, modes of collaboration & political mobilisation, as well as fresh comprehensions of the subject-spectator, actors & networks constituted by contemporary video and digital cultures. we are interested in the sharing of propositions, research, speculations, video and film work that responds to current debates in film, video, media, networks, and game theory, while being particularly attentive to the implications that technologies of live video, virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence have for the future of video & media cultures. films & curated screening programmes: filmmakers and video artists are invited to submit work that addresses the themes and concepts outlined here. curators are invited to propose short screening programmes of up to 3 hours that showcase video/film in response to the themes outlined. workshop proposals: we invite video practitioners, artists, researchers, scientists, content producers and theorists to submit proposals for workshops that explore critical making as a mode of critique and inquiry. we are particularly interested in hearing from those working with virtual or augmented reality. if you are proposing a workshop, please indicate costs for materials, as these will have to be built in separately as registration fees. all workshop organisers will have to make their own arrangements for materials required. panel discussions: we seek proposals for 2.00 hr panels and round tables including a maximum of three papers of 30 mins each, along with a chair, who may also present a paper. individual papers & lecture-performances: we welcome suggestions for individual paper presentations addressing any of the topics outlined in the call, as well as proposals for lecture-performances that play with the standard academic form of presentation. previous events: videovortex #1: brussels, belgium, october 2007 videovortex #2: amsterdam, the netherlands, january 2008 videovortex #3: ankara, turkey, october 2008 videovortex #4: split, croatia, october 2009 videovortex #5: brussels, belgium, november 2009 videovortex #6: amsterdam, the netherlands, march 2011 videovortex #7: yogyakarta, indonesia, july 2011 videovortex #8: zagreb, croatia, may 2012 videovortex #9: lüneburg, germany, february 2013 videovortex #10: istanbul, turkey, september 2014 videovortex #11: kochi, india, february 2017

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British Academy Global Professorship at CAMRI
by Christian Fuchs 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/british-academy-glo… The Communication and Media Resarch Institute (CAMRI, http://www.camri.ac.uk) and the University of Westminster are keen to consider eligible applications from outstanding international researchers not currently working in the United Kingdom, to bring their research experience to the UK and to advance our research goals through a Professorship with the University. The University of Westminster has a proud tradition of global collaboration. We are ranked in the top 30 in the world for ‘International Outlook’ (Times Higher Education Young University Ranking, 2017 and 2018), and are committed to engaging with world-class, internationally recognised scholars. The British Academy Global Professorships are four-year appointments expected to involve a specific research focus and represent a complete project. To apply, eligible applicants for this scheme must first submit an Expression of Interest to the University, available below, describing their research proposal and why they have selected the University of Westminster as their host institution. Successful candidates will be supported by Westminster through the British Academy application process. Applications will be considered on the basis of research excellence: the scholarly importance of the project; the feasibility of the proposed research programme, especially the proposed methodology and timescale; and the match with our own research goals and strategy. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate in their CV a clear research trajectory and international standing in their field. All applicants will need to identify a University of Westminster supporter prior to submitting their application. You should discuss your application with your supporter. We will not be able to consider an application submitted without a supporter. Before writing an application, we recommend that you check the British Academy Global Professorship Guidance Notes and FAQs, which you can download below, for guidance on how the British Academy reviews and evaluates Professorship applications. Please note: that guidance documents for 2018/19 have not yet been published, and the links provided are to information for a previous round. Applicants should check the British Academy site for this year’s guidance which will be published closer to the scheme launch date. Interested candidates should please first contact CAMRI directors Christian Fuchs and Anastasia Kavada - c.fuchs(a)westminster.ac.uk, A.Kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk -- Prof. Christian Fuchs University of Westminster, Co-Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute http://www.camri.ac.uk @fuchschristian c.fuchs(a)westminster.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 7911 5000 ext 67380

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Announcing a journal special issue on "Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies"
by Emil Lundedal Hammar 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Dear All, We are happy to formally announce the launch of our journal special issue '<https://olh.openlibhums.org/collections/special/postcolonial-perspectives-i…>Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies'<https://olh.openlibhums.org/collections/special/postcolonial-perspectives-i…> in the Open Library of Humanities, 4(2). Some of the articles have already been available online as per the OLH policy. All articles are open-access and are available free of cost under the OLH Creative Commons licence<https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.216/>. The special issue was planned specifically to be made accessible to readers all over the world, especially those in third-world countries who are without access to pay-walled journals. Postcolonial Studies has only recently started receiving its deserved videogames research and this special issue is a response to the versatility of the recent scholarship on the topic. Our introductory article explains the rationale behind the journal in detail: Mukherjee, S. and Hammar, E.L., 2018. Introduction to the Special Issue on Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies. Open Library of Humanities, 4(2), p.33. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/olh.309. The full table of contents with links to each article is attached below. The special issue features contributions by eminent researchers in the area on the debate(s) relating to (post)coloniality, orientalism, empire and other related topics forward in future. We will be immensely grateful to have your feedback and suggestions for any future iteration of the special issue that we might plan. We also request you to circulate the link to the journal among your friends, colleagues and anyone who might be interested in the articles. You could use the following links to share this on social media such as Twitter<http://twitter.com/home?status=Just%20published%20my%20latest%20%23openacce…> and Facebook.<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://doi.org/10.16995/olh.309> We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all contributors, reviewers and the editorial team of OLH and we hope that you will enjoy this collection as much as we did in putting it together. Thanks and regards, Emil and Souvik Dr Souvik Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Presidency University, Kolkata, India E: souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in<mailto:souvik.eng@presiuniv.ac.in> Videogames and Postcolonialism: The Empire Plays Back<https://www.palgrave.com/in/book/9783319548210> (Palgrave Macmillan 2017) Emil Lundedal Hammar, PhD Candidate, Department of Culture & Language, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education,UiT the Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø. E: emil.hammar(a)uit.no<mailto:emil.hammar@uit.no> ----------- Full list of articles for the special issue 'Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies' for the Open Library of Humanities * 'Introduction to the Special Issue on Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies' by Souvik Mukherjee & Emil Lundedal Hammar https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.309/ * 'The Work of Postcolonial Game Studies in the Play of Culture' by Soraya Murray https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.285/ * 'Casual Empire: Video Games as Neocolonial Praxis' by Sabine Harrer https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.210/ * 'Decolonising the Games Curriculum: Interventions in an Introductory Game Design Course' by Hanli Geyser https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.217/ * 'Hybridity, Reflexivity and Mapping: A Collaborative Ethnography of Postcolonial Gameplay' by Sybille Lammes & Stephanie de Smale https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.290/ * 'Counterfactual Communities: Strategy Games, Paratexts and the Player's Experience of History' by Tom Apperley https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.286/ * 'Who Made Your Phone? Compassion and the Voice of the Oppressed in Phone Story and Burn the Boards' by Víctor Navarro-Remesal & Beatriz Pérez Zapata https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.209/ * 'Settler Colonialism in the Digital Age: Clash of Clans, Territoriality, and the Erasure of the Native' by Jacob Euteneuer https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.212/ * 'Geralt of Poland: The Witcher 3 Between Epistemic Disobedience and Imperial Nostalgia' by Tomasz Z. Majkowski https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.216/ * 'CosmoCult Card Game: A Methodological Tool to Understand the Hybrid and Peripheral Cultural Consumption of Young People' by Wilson Roberto Bekesas, Mauro Berimbau, Renato Vercesi Mader, Joana Angelica Pellerano, Viviane Riegel https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.167/ * 'Facing Fanon: Examining Neocolonial Aspects in Grand Theft Auto V through the Prism of the Machinima Film Finding Fanon II' by Steffen Krüger https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.177/ * 'Representations of Colonialism in Three Popular, Modern Board Games: Puerto Rico, Struggle of Empires, and Archipelago' by Cornel Borit, Melania Borit, Petter Olsen https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.211/

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CFP: Infrastructural Politics - Deadline 15 November
by Blake Hallinan 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Hello again! The deadline for proposals (500 word abstracts) for the special issue of *Cultural Studies* on "Infrastructural Politics" is 15 November 2018. The full call is available below. Please do not hestitate to reach out with any questions. Best, Blake Hallinan & James Gilmore Special Issue of *Cultural Studies *on Infrastructural Politics Issue Editors: Blake Hallinan Ph.D. Candidate Department of Communication University of Colorado Boulder James N. Gilmore Assistant Professor Department of Communication Clemson University John Durham Peters’ 2015 book *The Marvelous Clouds* develops the concept *infrastructuralism *to describe a fascination “for the basic, the boring, the mundane, and all the mischievous work done behind the scenes” that contributes to a sense of the unremarkable (p. 34). Classic studies explored electric power (Hughes, 1988) and transportation systems (Innis, 1950), while more recent academic work has explored the unremarkable systems that have been architected to help sustain and form information technologies, including Nicole Starosielski’s history of undersea cables (2015), Eden Medina’s history of cybernetic systems in Allende’s Chile (2011), and Benjamin Peters’ history of the Soviet Internet (2017). Relatedly, there have been a growing number of calls to recognize the centrality of data for forming subjectivities and organizing the world (Striphas, 2011; van Dijck, 2013; Andrejevic, Hearn and Kennedy, 2015; Pasquale, 2015; Beer, 2016; O’Neil, 2016; Cheney-Lippold, 2017; Tufekci, 2017; Vaidhyanathan, 2018; Bowker, 2018; Noble, 2018; Plantin *et al.*, 2018). These and other studies demonstrate that significant attention needs to be paid to the design and implementation of material and immaterial data infrastructures, infrastructures that help make possible the production, dissemination, and circulation of culture. Infrastructure is never simply a neutral conduit or platform; it always has a politics, shaping the arrangements of power and authority in human associations and the activities within those arrangements (Winner, 1986). Generally, the point of infrastructure is to be constructive and supportive, but what exactly is being constructed and supported is not always so readily apparent. As work on socio-technical systems has shown, understanding the significance of technology requires attention to the technology itself but also to the ways technology enrolls people, places, systems, and interests. This broader understanding of the politics of platforms has been adopted by academic researchers (Gillespie, 2010, 2017), while simultaneously animating the aspirations of many leading technology companies—consider Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of creating a global community atop the foundation of Facebook as a prominent example (Zuckerberg, 2017; Swisher, 2018). Understanding, for instance, the construction of social networking sites alongside communities connects arrangements of data to arrangements of power and draws attention to related issues of ownership, access, transparency, accountability, accuracy, justice, and control, and how these arrangements shift over time and across contexts (Bowker and Star, 1999; Couldry and van Dijck, 2015; Pasquale, 2015; Peters, 2015, p. 2; van Doorn, 2017). We seek contributions for a special issue of *Cultural Studies *exploring the relationships between data, infrastructure, and politics, and how those relationships affect the study of culture. Cultural Studies can significantly address and engage the growing challenges of such a “constructive politics of infrastructures.” Cultural Studies’ investment in the articulation of politics, culture, and “everything that is not culture” (Thompson, 1961) provides an important—and, to date, underutilized—framework for analyzing the degree to which data, technologies, and infrastructures are rearticulating configurations of power and affecting lived experience. Potential contributors to this volume should submit a 500-word abstract outlining their object(s) of study, their research approach, and how their potential article draws on and extends the traditions, approaches, and projects of Cultural Studies. When submitting a proposal, please include name, affiliation, and contact information in the document, and send submissions as a PDF to co-editors Blake Hallinan (blake.hallinan(a)colorado.edu) and James N. Gilmore ( jngilmo(a)clemson.edu) Submissions should be received by November 15, 2018 for review. Authors will be notified if proposals are accepted within a month of the deadline. If accepted, full articles will be provisionally due to the special issue editors by July 15, 2019. In order to be deemed publishable in the special issue, all articles will undergo both editorial and blind peer review. All articles must adhere to the *formatting requirements* <https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rcus20&page…> of *Cultural Studies *to avoid rejection. Please direct all queries or concerns ahead of submission to both special issue editors. Topics may include but are not limited to: · Infrastructuralism as a way of thinking, distinct from structuralism, post-structuralism, and other relevant intellectual movements · Infrastructure’s implications for state politics, elections, protest movements, and other modes of political activism · How marginalized groups utilize infrastructure to mobilize resistive politics . · How data-based digital technologies challenge the epistemology of media and cultural studies · The relationship between network infrastructures and colonization projects around the globe · Media ecological studies that position cultural politics alongside environmental issues · The infrastructures of emergent surveillance systems, such as Amazon’s facial recognition program · How the mundanity of infrastructure relates to larger operations of power and authority -- Blake Hallinan PhD Candidate Managing Editor and Art Director of *Cultural Studies* Dept. of Communication University of Colorado Boulder blake.hallinan(a)colorado.edu www.blakehallinan.com

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AI4People - 20 Recommendations for a Socially Good AI - presented in the EU Parliament
by Luciano Floridi 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Dear All, yesterday, we presented in the EU Parliament the final deliverable of the AI4People project: http://www.eismd.eu/ai4people/ <http://www.eismd.eu/ai4people/> This is a paper containing 20 Recommendations for socially good AI. The article also contains a meta-analysis of 6 projects on Ethical Principles for AI. The preprint is here: https://goo.gl/uXCCGr <https://goo.gl/uXCCGr> I hope it may be of interest. The article will be published open access in Springer’s international, peer-reviewed journal Minds and Machines, in the December issue: https://www.springer.com/new+&+forthcoming+titles+%28default%29/journal/110… <https://www.springer.com/new+&+forthcoming+titles+(default)/journal/11023> Best regards, Luciano _______________________________________ PA Danuta Farah | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Professorial Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford Turing Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics Group The Alan Turing Institute, London 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 | @Floridi

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Unions in Digital Labour Studies
by Tai Neilson 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Apologies for the self promotion, but I'd like to share my new article: "Unions in Digital Labour Studies." The article may be of interest to many of you as internet researchers. I also hope it will continue discussions of labour organising among digital, knowledge, or creative workers: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1065 Kind regards, Tai Tai Neilson, PhD Lecturer Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109

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Recruiting Doctoral Students, PhD in Information, University of Arizona School of Information
by Catherine Brooks 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Recruiting Doctoral Students, PhD in Information, University of Arizona School of Information The School of Information is accepting applications for the PhD program, for the incoming fall 2019 cohort. We are seeking students with interests in machine learning, natural language processing, text retrieval, virtual/mixed reality, or game development/design. Preferred incoming doctoral students for the fall 2019 cohort will bring strong computational skills. Having advanced object-oriented programming skills, experience with machine learning toolkits such as scikit-learn or Keras, or experience with widely used real-time development platforms such as Unity, would be a plus. Instructional experiences are also beneficial, and should be highlighted in application materials, but are not required. Funded positions will be available for select graduate students, those students will receive tuition remission and a stipend in exchange for research- related, grant support, or instructional work. The School of Information is an academic unit in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, Arizona’s only public land grant university. The School’s mission: “As Arizona’s iSchool, we collaborate across disciplines, drive critical research and development, and educate the information intellectuals and professionals of tomorrow to further positive social change that is rooted in the places where we live and that impacts the world.” The school and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences are dedicated to creating a serious, open, free intellectual space for inquiry, one in which faculty, students, staff members, and community partners can participate fully, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, citizenship status, size, abled status, language, religion, or any other characteristic. Strategically positioned to lead the University of Arizona’s status as a Hispanic Serving Institution, SBS foregrounds our awareness of the deep ancestral footprint of our region’s populations and cultures, including the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui people whose lands we inhabit. We honor diverse knowledge traditions and lived experiences, and we strive to foster accessibility and equity, the conditions in which our members together can produce new, rigorous, urgent, and evidence-based knowledge For more Information, please see: https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information. With quick questions about the applicant process or application materials, feel free to reach out to our administrative support team through Barbara Vandervelde, barbv(a)email.arizona.edu.

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New book - Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture: Audiences, Social Media, and Big Data
by Jacob Johanssen 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

I am pleased to announce the publication of my book Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture: Audiences, Social Media, and Big Data (Routledge) Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture offers a comprehensive account of our contemporary media environment—digital culture and audiences in particular—by drawing on psychoanalysis and media studies frameworks. It provides an introduction to the psychoanalytic affect theories of Sigmund Freud and Didier Anzieu and applies them theoretically and methodologically in a number of case studies. Johanssen argues that digital media fundamentally shape our subjectivities on affective and unconscious levels, and he critically analyses phenomena such as television viewing, Twitter use, affective labour on social media, and data-mining. How does watching television involve the body? Why are we so drawn to reality television? Why do we share certain things on social media and not others? How are bodies represented on social media? How do big data and data mining influence our identities? Can algorithms help us make better decisions? These questions amongst others are addressed in the chapters of this wide-ranging book. Johanssen shows in a number of case studies how a psychoanalytic angle can bring new insights to audience studies and digital media research more generally. From audience research with viewers of the reality television show Embarrassing Bodies and how they unconsciously used it to work through feelings about their own bodies, to a critical engagement with Hardt and Negri's notion of affective labour and how individuals with bodily differences used social media for their own affective-digital labour, the book suggests that an understanding of affect based on Freud and Anzieu is helpful when thinking about media use. The monograph also discusses the perverse implications of algorithms, big data and data mining for subjectivities. In drawing on empirical data and examples throughout, Johanssen presents a compelling analysis of our contemporary media environment. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Psychoanalysis, Affect, and Digital Culture: Debates, Theories, and Methods 2. Audiences, Affect, and the Unconscious 3. Affect, Biography, and Watching Reality Television 4. Unable to Tweet: Inhibition and the Compulsion to Share 5. Affective Labour and the Body: Theoretical Developments 6. Affective Labour on Social Media 7. The Perverse Logic of Big Data 8. Conclusion More information can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysis-and-Digital-Culture-Audiences-Soci… A preview of the book can be downloaded here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351052054 Jacob Johanssen Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster J.Johanssen(a)westminster.ac.uk

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DEMO students how to MINE text
by Astvansh, Vivek 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Dear Internet Researchers: My marketing analytics course has exclusively focused on analyzing NUMERICAL marketing-related data. I, however, am now INTRODUCING my undergraduate students to (NON-NUMERICAL) TEXT data and their analysis. I seek your help in critiquing what I do and advising me on what and how I can do better. In the past, I have used any one of the following three data samples: * A brand's (say, Toyota's) Facebook data (brand's posts and users' comments), * Consumers' Tweets on a consumption-related phenomenon, and * News-media reports on a recent controversy (e.g., election results) obtained from Factiva. Here's what I do in the one-hour session: 1. Motivate by listing the four forms (text, voice, image, and video) and sources (e.g., social media, call center, product packages, and video reviews of products respectively for the four forms) of non-numerical data, 2. Introduce the data sample (one of the above three) and tell students how they can obtain (for free and $) similar data themselves, 3. Introduce SENTIMENT and TOPICS (aka themes, ideas) as two commonly measured characteristics of the text, and 4. DEMONSTRATE LIWC for sentiment and MALLET GUI to topic mining/modeling. If you have suggestions on how I can improve my students' learning experience (e.g., critique my approach and/or content, recommend characteristics other than sentiment and topic, recommend readings, suggest more appropriate and relevant text data, recommend intuitive software programs), please consider helping me. Thanks very much! Vivek Astvansh Assistant Professor of Marketing, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.cshtml/?id…

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Job: TT Asst Prof in Technology Studies, UNC Chapel Hill 12/20 Deadline
by Alice E. Marwick 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Hi all, I am delighted to let you all know we are hiring for an Assistant rank position in my department at UNC Chapel Hill. UNC is a great place for internet studies, and we have many fine scholars such as Torin Monahan, Mike Palm, Daniel Kreiss, Deen Freelon and Zeynep Tufekci who take critical approaches to technology. I would love to see some AOIR people apply! Let me know if you have any questions, I'm happy to help (keep in mind any communications we have will be forwarded to the search committee - just FYI). Best Alice ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN TECHNOLOGY STUDIES Announcement of Tenure-Track Faculty Position Department of Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill POSITION Assistant Professor in Technology Studies, beginning July 1, 2019. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in media and technology studies, conducting research, supervising dissertations, performing departmental, university, and public service. Salary is competitive. QUALIFICATIONS PH.D. (Completed or near completion by July 2019) in Communication or related discipline, with a specialization in technology studies. We are particularly interested in a scholar with a critical-cultural approach to technology. We are open to a wide range of specialties, theories and perspectives. Candidates whose research addresses questions of media and technology in relation to marginalized, disenfranchised and traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a record of, or potential for, outstanding teaching, research, and service. GENERAL INFORMATION The Department of Communication has 30 full-time faculty with areas of emphasis in Media and Technology Studies, Media Production, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, and Rhetorical Studies. Approximately 850 undergraduate and 50 graduate students major in the department. The department is committed to critical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic approaches to communication, including engaged scholarship, broadly conceived. Additional information can be found at http://comm.unc.edu. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Qualified applicants should apply online at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/150514 Include a cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, research statement, up to three reprints of articles and/or other evidence of scholarly activity, as well as evidence of teaching effectiveness. At minimum, four letters of recommendation are required. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to color, race/ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or status as a protected veteran. Women and minority scholars are encouraged to apply. We seek applicants who engender a climate that values diversity in all its forms. For any inquiries, please contact the search committee at comm-search(a)unc.edu. The deadline for applications is December 20, 2018. Applications will be reviewed beginning December 1, 2018. The University of North Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -- Alice E. Marwick, PhD (she/her) Assistant Professor, Department of Communication University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill amarwick(a)gmail.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>

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