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CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (Greenhalgh, Spencer P.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:40:59 +0100 From: Alan Wervick <awervick@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Job Opening: Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research at Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen Message-ID: <CABZwOjE2oUGSti5Rx5wjc1VEhRqSrwZOND2+=NbhNBTsnGrkew@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" *Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research* The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research starting on June 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Department is seeking a new colleague with strong qualifications in quantitative communication research as demonstrated through the application in research projects and teaching activities. In addition, competencies in qualitative and mixed-methods studies of communication are an advantage. It is a further advantage, if the candidate has experience from collaborations with organizations outside the university in research and/or teaching. *The deadline for applications is 23:59 [CET] on 26 January 2026.Read more* *Read more:* https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=3010&ProjectId=154... ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:47:28 +0000 From: "Greenhalgh, Spencer P." <spencer.greenhalgh@uky.edu> To: Kylie Jarrett via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture Message-ID: <0A033B2F-9B6A-4936-84BD-4B3E47E06636@uky.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear AIR-L colleagues, The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular?but not exclusive?focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels aPlease see attached for the full CFP?abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade@uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:14:21 +0000 From: Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann <rafael.grohmann@utoronto.ca> To: Researchers <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Platforms & Society, Articles published in 2025 Message-ID: <YT1PR01MB3369EBBBC6B46994CC7F19B9FDB5A@YT1PR01MB3369.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Hi AoIR, As the year wraps up, check out the articles published by Platforms & Society in 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/pnsa/2 And consider submitting your article in 2026! Platforms & Society Volume 2, January-December 2025 Table of Contents Platform gaslighting: A user-centric insight into social media corporate communications of content moderation Tom Divon, Carolina Are, Pam Briggs Multichannel networks in China's livestreaming industry: Failing industrial lore and limited intermediary roles amidst platformization Zhen Ye Disciplined autonomy: A failed platform-cooperativism initiative in Brazil Walmir Estima, Andr? Lemos Online moving of Chinese boys? love fans: A platform ecology perspective Lin Zhang State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft's data centres in Greece 2.0 Charis Papaevangelou, Eugenia Siapera Platform imperialism and disinformation in Aotearoa-New Zealand Olivier Jutel, Leon A. Salter Gendered inequalities of platform work in Africa: Findings from a multi-country analysis Batoul Al Mehdar, Sharon Geeling, Nagla Rizk, Funda Ustek Spilda, Eisha Afifi, Joseph Budu, Pitso Tsibolane, Richard Boateng, Hilda Mwakatumbula, Mark Graham, Richard Heeks Navigating labour's labyrinth: Developing a typology of platform work in Sub-Saharan Africa Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika Mapping Amazon's logistical footprint on the Ruhr ? How a tech company is influencing cities, cluster politics and climates Maja-Lee Voigt ?We do not marshal your feed?: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety Paloma Viejo Otero, Rebecca Scharlach ?Eyo, mixed girl check?: The commodification of embodied performance in the #mixedgirlcheck trend on TikTok Ana-Nzinga Wei?, Florian Primig, Hanna Dorottya Szab? Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme Jacob ?rmen, Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen, Anne Mette Thorhauge, Linea Munk Petersen The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones Tom Divon, Moa Eriksson Krutr?k Prodexchange: Digital?industrial economization in Google Search supply chain Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan Injustice by design: A critical technocultural discourse and Latina feminist analysis of Amazon's ACX audiobook labor platform Ruth L. Nu?ez Labour super-exploitation in differential uberisation: A Latin American perspective on the platform economy Federico De Stavola Platforms and the governmentality of political consumerism: A critical analysis of review bombing and de/politicization on Steam Andrew Wirzburger The Amazonification of Royal Mail and postal worker identity Jess Brand, Lina Dencik Intermediation of lending: Platforms, mobile money, and data transactions in India Rahul Mukherjee
From platform governance to institutional practice: Experimentation, misalSurveil to protect and surveil to punish: Strategies to tackle sexual exploitation between national law and global corporate policies Carmela Morgillo, Salom? Lannier
The incentives of PayPay against the convenience of cash: On the conveniencing of cashless payments in Japan Marc Steinberg Data interoperability and the governance of public value Linda Huber Value through contribution systems Ellie Rennie Value from data? A decentralized approach Kelsie Nabben Comparing TikTok and Instagram's sociotechnical environments for cultural production Alex Turvy Golden shares in Chinese platforms: The state as news licensor and minority shareholder Angela Xiao Wu Local platformized utopias? corporate discourse, community groups, and volunteer moderation on Facebook, Reddit, and NextDoor Nicholas Proferes, Kelley Cotter, Kjerstin Thorson, Ankolika De, Chia-Fang Chang, Ava Francesca Battocchio Sex work as cross-platform self-branding. Challenges and strategies of OnlyFans? content creators in a precarious ecosystem Margherita Di Cicco, Davide Beraldo A systemic framework for disinformation on social media platforms Raquel Recuero Algorithmic pedagogy: How Douyin constructs algorithmic imaginaries for content creators Meng Liang, Linqi Ye The politics of value: Platform economies in the ecological transition Franziska Cooiman Data or content? The conceptual battles defining dataset markets Jake Goldenfein Toward a platform?labor?territory nexus: Platform-driven deterritorialization and reterritorialization processes in the Chilean Andes Jae-Young Elisabeth Lee Worker power in self-organised networks: Algorithmic management, solidarity and resistance on platforms Mohammad Amir Anwar Value from digital twins Mark Andrejevic, Zoe Elena Horn, Michael Richardson Synthetic imaginaries of ?sensitive? AI: On ambient amplification and jail(break)ing as method Elena Pilipets, Marloes Geboers Workflow monopolies: A platform historiography of Unity in the immersive app economy Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph, David B Nieborg Sociotechnical enveloping: Productization of APIs and the transnational expansion of Alipay+ Jing Wang ?Why can?t I just be fat and exist on the internet??: The embeddedness of antifatness on TikTok Kelley Cotter, Rebecca Jonas, Ankolika De Coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook? A typology of manufactured attention Richard Rogers, Nicola Righett Digital platform economies: Value from data? Janet Roitman, Andrew Moon, Leila Lin Platform power and climate responsibility: A longitudinal view on digital platform companies? environmental discourse Mervi Pantti, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Elis Karell How do multi-modal large language models understand non-English visual hate? Insights from studying hate speech in Chinese-speaking communities on Instagram Jing Zeng, Qinghao Guan, Ariadna Matamoros-Fern?ndez, Xiran Liu Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba: Twitch's controversial metas as cultural negotiations of platform governance CJ Reynolds A conversation on housing under platform capitalism: The contentious regulation of short-term rentals in European cities Emanuele Sciuva, Mara Ferreri, Gianluca Bei, Francesca Artioli, Thomas Aguilera, Claire Colomb
From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance Paddy Leerssen
States and platform capitalisms: A conversation Hatim El-Hibri, Joe F. Khalil, Marc Steinberg, Lin Zhang, Rahul Mukherjee Redefining social media influencership through followership building Muhammed Tobiloba Alakitan Adaptive governance: How digital platforms change their design Dani?lle Flonk Kevin Garvey Platformized labour and harassment in Canada: Quantifying the effects of racism on content creators Daniela Zuzunaga Zegarra Music streaming platforms and everyday musical lives: Dynamics of community, individualisation and personalisation in China David Hesmondhalgh, Shuwen Qu Regulating AI in the workplace: A criDigital rhythmanalysis: Studying memetic and affective rhythms on the post-viral Web Sal Hagen, Dani?l de Zeeuw, Tommaso Venturini The vortex of visibility: Platformization and literary practices in an emerging economy Rosie Nguyen The Salesforce of safety: Software vendors as infrastructural/professional nodes in the field of online trust and safety Lucas Wright Ghost infrastructure: The political economy of abandoned submarine data cable projects Sofie Flensburg, Signe Sophus La Infrastructural platforms as producers of incremental innovation: Investigating software development in Amazon's Alexa Prize Competition Niklas Str?ver Seeing (like) a platform: Using data rights for participatory study of platforms Ana Pop Stefanija, Jo Pierson Symbolic surplus: How recruitment strategies form workers? social composition and protest in food delivery gig work Heiner Heiland The editors Julie Yujie Chen Rafael Grohmann Andrea Pollio Cheryll Soriano Niels van Doorn -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-world-of-work> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:58:35 +0000 From: "Greenhalgh, Spencer P." <spencer.greenhalgh@uky.edu> To: "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP [due Jan 2nd]: Gaming Across Boundaries: Interactive Technology in Education and Culture Message-ID: <E088454F-4537-44FD-83AB-AEBF202D595E@uky.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear AIR-L colleagues, Please don't tell my colleagues that I can't do attachments properly, or they'll take away my tenure. :) Here's a link to the CFP: https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/46091 The Gaines Center for the Humanities at the University of Kentucky is funding a conference on Interactive Technology in Education and Culture (with a particular?but not exclusive?focus on games) that will take place in February 2026. The conference will take place at the University of Kentucky but will support exclusively online and hybrid presentations and panels as well. Please see the link above for the full CFP?abstract submissions (max. 500 words for individual talks; max. 1,000 words for panels) are due on January 2nd. Abstracts (or any questions) can be directed to Nash Meade (nash.meade@uky.edu<mailto:nash.meade@uky.edu>). Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD (he/him/his) Program Coordinator, Information Communication Technology Associate Professor of Information Communication Technology School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky Production Editor, Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association website: spencergreenhalgh[dot]com[slash]work zoom: uky[dot]zoom[dot]us[slash]greenhalgh ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://lists------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 257, Issue 24 **************************************