Hi all, Regarding the questions about TikTok (formerly musical.ly). I don't know about "science communication" on TikTok, but here's an Interaction Design and Children (IDC) paper related to cyberbullying on TikTok, and children's design ideas about how they might like to address it: - Badillo-Urquiola, K., Smriti, D., McNally, B., Golub, E., Bonsignore, E., & Wisniewski, P. J. (2019). Stranger Danger!: Social Media App Features Co-designed with Children to Keep Them Safe Online. Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 394–406. Boise, ID, USA: ACM. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3323133 Regarding the question about "kidfluencers" on video creation sites (specifically, YouTube), here are a couple of related articles about youth video-authoring practices (among several others, I suspect) from 2016: - Yarosh, S., Bonsignore, E., McRoberts, S., & Peyton, T. (2016). YouthTube: Youth Video Authorship on YouTube and Vine. Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 1423–1437. San Francisco, California, USA: ACM. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2818048.2819961 - McRoberts, S., Bonsignore, E., Peyton, T., & Yarosh, S. (2016). Do It for the Viewers!: Audience Engagement Behaviors of Young YouTubers. Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 334–343. Manchester, United Kingdom: ACM. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2930676 Relatedly, just in case you haven't heard of nerdfighters, what about nerdfighter-related media authorship <https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401171> ......? best wishes, beth (long-time lurker/reader on air-l) ebonsign@umd.edu || elizabeth.bonsignore@gmail.com Assistant Research Scientist, PhD || Director, KidsTeam @ebonsign (twitter) Human-Computer Interaction Lab College of Information Studies (Maryland's iSchool) University of Maryland, College Park On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 11:47 PM <air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 08:41:44 +0000 From: "Allgaier, Joachim" <joachim.allgaier@humtec.rwth-aachen.de> To: Rachael Espinet <raesay2407@gmail.com>, "Air-L@listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Tik Tok Message-ID: <d3b82aa80ac84cb185a15af978e631e2@humtec.rwth-aachen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello all,

great question, thanks for asking.

I also just wanted to follow up on that: Is there any research available on TikTok in general so far? Could you point me to some? So far i found mainly journalistic writings, such as this interesting one:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/its-time-to-pay-serious-attention-to-tikto...

I am particularly interested in science communication via video sites such as TikTok - any work available on this topic?

Another thing that I would like to find out something about is the issue of child influencer ("kidfluencers") on social media such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok etc.

Any interesting literature out there on this issue?

Many thanks and best wishes,

Joachim

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________________________________ Von: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> im Auftrag von Rachael Espinet <raesay2407@gmail.com> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2019 16:27:20 An: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Betreff: [Air-L] Tik Tok

Hello all,

Anyone doing research on Tik Tok and cyberbullying? Do you all have any links to articles on the latest on cyberbullying? Thank you.

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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 10:47:34 +0000 From: Aristea Fotopoulou <A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk> To: "Air-L@listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Applications open for fully-funded PHD studentships, University of Brighton UK Message-ID: <D9E5B216.41F3C%a.fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"

The School of Media, University of Brighton, UK is inviting applications for AHRC-funded techne Doctoral studentships for October 2020 entry.

We are looking for motivated and engaged individuals to study across our research strengths in media and communications, arts and humanities. Applicants will be educated to masters level, or equivalent, and meet AHRC eligibility criteria for funding.

Your application will go through a two-stage process, being considered first by the University of Brighton Doctoral College.

AHRC-funded techne studentships

Techne<http://www.techne.ac.uk/> is a Doctoral Training Partnership funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a new model for collaborative research skills training for research students across nine higher education institutions in London and the South East (Royal Holloway; Brunel University; University of Brighton; Kingston University; Loughborough University, London; Roehampton University; University of Surrey; University of the Arts London; and University of Westminster). Techn??s vision is to produce scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life.

Fully-funded studentships (stipend and fee waiver) will be awarded by techn? to the best students put forward by its member universities. Successful applicants will benefit from a rich and diverse training programme with a focus on interdisciplinarity and developing career potential both in and beyond higher education; and will be able to draw on supervisory expertise from across the partnership. The techn? training programme is enhanced by input and placement opportunities provided by 13 partner organisations, including the Barbican, Natural History Museum, Museum of London, BFI and the Science Museum.

The School of Media and Centres for Research Excellence

The University of Brighton?s School of Media fosters a thriving community of theorists and practitioners in the development of new knowledge around media cultures, technologies and practices. Our research examines audiences and reception, television and screen studies, digital media, gender and communication, communication and democracy, as well as media history, policy and law. We are ideally placed to offer supervisory support in this diverse and complex area, drawing on the methodologies from both the research staff at the school and related disciplines university-wide.

Research is supported through specialist centres and groups. Doctoral supervisors are active in research in the Centre for Digital Media Cultures< https://www.brighton.ac.uk/digital-media-cultures/index.aspx>, the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics< https://www.brighton.ac.uk/secp/index.aspx> the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender; also the Cultural Informatics research group, Screen Studies Research and Enterprise Group< https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/screen-studies-research-and-enterprise-group> and Photography in Practice; Photography in Theory Research and Enterprise Group< https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/photography-in-practice-pho...

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. Creative media practice is another key focus of research in the School of Media. This includes both theoretical and practice-based research around Digital Transformation Design, Digital and Interactive Arts/Music/Sound, Photography, Immersive Media (AR/VR), Creative Industries, and many more.

The City of Brighton and Hove gives our PhD students access to one of the UK?s most lively media economies. We foster research that takes advantage of these relationships with a history of community-engagement and industry-based research projects.

For more information about the School of Media, please see: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/academic-departments/school-o...

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Important dates:

Deadline (University of Brighton) Monday 06 January 2020, 16.00hr

Interviews Week beginning 27 January 2020

For further information please contact the Postgraduate Research Coordinator of the School of Media, Dr Aristea Fotopoulou ( a.fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk<mailto:a.fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>) _________________

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Message: 3 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 13:05:20 +0000 From: Jill Walker Rettberg <Jill.Walker.Rettberg@uib.no> To: "Allgaier, Joachim" <joachim.allgaier@humtec.rwth-aachen.de>, "Rachael Espinet" <raesay2407@gmail.com>, "Air-L@listserv.aoir.org " <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Tik Tok Message-ID: <358B0A7B-AEE0-4CA3-976F-C0119E160178@uib.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

There is some research on Musical.ly, which was bought by ByteDance in November 2017 and rebranded as Tik Tok. Tik Tok has more "memes" as my 11-year-old describes them (jokes, reenactments of skits to a fixed soundtrack) whereas Musical.ly had more of an emphasis on lipsyncing (reenactments of lipsynced songs to a fixed soundtrack) but the basic affordances of the platform are more or less the same.

?im?ek, Burcu, Crystal Abidin, and Megan Lindsay Brown. ?Musical.ly and Microcelebrity Among Girls?. In Microcelebrity Around the Globe, edited by Crystal Abidin and Megan Lindsay Brown, 47?56. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-749-820181004.

Rettberg, Jill Walker. ?Hand Signs for Lip-Syncing: The Emergence of a Gestural Language on Musical.ly as a Video-Based Equivalent to Emoji?. Social Media + Society 3, no. 4 (24 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117735751.

Jill

?On 04/11/2019, 09:42, "Air-L on behalf of Allgaier, Joachim" < air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of joachim.allgaier@humtec.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

Hello all,

great question, thanks for asking.

I also just wanted to follow up on that: Is there any research available on TikTok in general so far? Could you point me to some? So far i found mainly journalistic writings, such as this interesting one:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/its-time-to-pay-serious-attention-to-tikto...

I am particularly interested in science communication via video sites such as TikTok - any work available on this topic?

Another thing that I would like to find out something about is the issue of child influencer ("kidfluencers") on social media such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok etc.

Any interesting literature out there on this issue?

Many thanks and best wishes,

Joachim

--

Dr. Joachim Allgaier Senior Researcher Human Technology Center (HumTec) Chair of Society and Technology RWTH Aachen University Theaterplatz 14 /Raum 235 52062 Aachen /Germany

Twitter: @JoachimAllgaier Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joachim_Allgaier

________________________________ Von: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> im Auftrag von Rachael Espinet <raesay2407@gmail.com> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2019 16:27:20 An: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Betreff: [Air-L] Tik Tok

Hello all,

Anyone doing research on Tik Tok and cyberbullying? Do you all have any links to articles on the latest on cyberbullying? Thank you.

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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 14:23:13 -0500 From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> To: aoir list <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme 2020 Message-ID: < CAM9VJk18C9EV3a4pJqMGTakigauNiuG-qwLnBz7rKKeSDc4gnA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

According to Luca, there is a week left to apply for this. Note the further info about the scholar network.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <LB@lucabelli.net> Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:22 PM

Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting)

It is a great pleasure to announce the second edition of the *CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme* to be hosted at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro.

The programme will offer *five remunerated fellowships,* *from February to July 2020*, at FGV DIREITO RIO, to support selected scholars having relevant experience in the area related to the activities of the 2020-2021 work plan of the CyberBRICS* project, namely* regulation of Internet access *and* the digitalisation of public administrations *in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Applicants should have relevant experience in at least one of the BRICS countries.

The Call for Applications is available at

https://cyberbrics.info/call-for-applications-cyberbrics-fellowship-programm...

Selected fellows will be expected to be based in Rio de Janeiro and will have a dedicated office within the FGV main building, in 190 praia de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.

Further information on the CyberBRICS project can be found at https://cyberbrics.info/

Besides the fellowship programme, we are developing a *Network of CyberBRICS Associated Scholars*, allowing scholars interested in CyberBRICS activities and having relevant experience in the CyberBRICS avenues of research to cooperate with us. Should you be interested in this latter opportunity, please feel free to send me a personal email.

Please feel free to share this message thought your networks.

Kind regards

Luca

*The CyberBRICS Project is developed in partnership with the Higher School of Economics and the Center for New Media and Society (Russia); the Centre for Internet and Society (India); the University of Hong Kong and the Fudan University (China); and Research ICT Africa and the University of Cape Town (South Africa).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Luca Belli*, PhD Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associ?, Centre de Droit Public Compar?, Universit? Paris 2 www.cyberbrics.info | www.internet-governance.fgv.br @1lucabelli

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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:20:19 -0500 From: Mel Stanfill <mstanfill@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Call for Applications: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research Message-ID: < CACckr5eYpX5FKPHwsvevFNfA_5xVY7nEGxCVJW17j330+qe+dA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Understanding Digital Culture: Humanist Lenses for Internet Research, an NEH-funded Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities to be held June 1-5, 2020 at the University of Central Florida, seeks applications.

Understanding Digital Culture aims to increase the number of humanities scholars using digital tools for data collection and analysis in internet research. Drawing on the expertise of an interdisciplinary community of humanities scholars spanning digital humanities, information studies, American studies, fan studies, cultural studies, media studies, and games studies, Understanding Digital Culture will enable sharing ideas and methods for using digital technologies to advance humanities research and teaching. Specifically, we will provide resources, training, and a community of collaborators to engage both computational network and data analysis tools and the ethics and best practices of using the web as a site of research.

No previous experience in digital humanities is required to apply, and the workshop sessions are structured to assume no prior knowledge of either the technology or theory in order to allow for the broadest range of participation. Graduate students and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply, as are faculty and staff at institutions such as HBCUs,Tribal Colleges, and community colleges.

All who are selected to participate will receive a stipend of $1,250 to support their attendance at the Institute.

For more information, visit: http://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu

To apply, submit a CV and a brief statement (no more than 2 single-spaced pages) addressing your internet-driven research project concept and your goals for participating in the workshop to: https://digitalculture.cah.ucf.edu/how-to-apply/

Applications are due December 15. Review will be anonymous and conducted by the committee of workshop instructors, coordinated by the co-directors (Anastasia Salter and Mel Stanfill). Instructors will be asked to consider the potential impact and reach of proposed work when reviewing participant applications.

Questions? Contact Co-directors Anastasia Salter (anastasia@ucf.edu) or Mel Stanfill (mel.stanfill@ucf.edu)

Mel Stanfill, PhD Assistant Professor Texts & Technology / Games and Interactive Media University of Central Florida http://www.melstanfill.com

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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 20:24:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Catherine Brooks <cbrooks4@yahoo.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Recruiting Doctoral Students, PhD in Information, University of Arizona School of Information Message-ID: <145614550.694809.1572899089833@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

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The School of Information is accepting PhD program applications for fall 2020. We are seeking a wide variety of students and especially those with interests in machine learning, natural language processing, text retrieval, archival studies, virtual/mixed reality, game development, design, human computer interaction (HCI) and educational technology. Having advanced object-oriented programming skills, experience with machine learning toolkits such as scikit-learn or TensorFlow, and/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 activity or instructional work.

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The School of Information is an academic department and a professional school in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, the state?s only public land grant university. The School of Information aims to inspire interdisciplinary understanding, diverse interpretation, creation, and use of the emerging knowledge and information environments of the 21st century through innovative instruction and state-of-the-art technology. The School is a place for the interdisciplinary study of information, broadly conceived, and is focused on preparing students for living, thinking, and working in the digital age.?

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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

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For more Information, please see:? https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information.?The application deadline for Fall 2020 is January 15, 2020.

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With quick questions about the applicant process or application materials, feel free to reach out to our administrative support team through Barbara Vandervelde,?barbv@email.arizona.edu.

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