ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

April 8 - 9, 2021

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Deadline: September 30, 2020

On suddenly sparse streets, artists confront the grim reality of the moment. With a nod to the anti-globalization movement or the music notes seemingly playing off the guest that has overstayed its welcome, both messages diagnose the ailment and gesture toward a hope for and belief in change. In a moment shaped by closures – of borders, stores, schools, offices, jobs, and, for many, a dream of “going back to normal” – what openings are made possible?

The second biennial early career conference by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania asks: What are post-pandemic politics? We understand post-pandemic, not as a myopic focus on COVID-19, but rather as an optic illuminating both persistent and emergent conditions of inequity and precarity. We also use post-pandemic as an opportunity to imagine new forms of politics, community, solidarity, and action.

We invite early career scholars, activists, artists, and journalists to reflect on the crucial role of communication in this moment of rupture and offer the following questions as a provocation for participants:

What can the critical study of global communication – in all its expansiveness and imaginative force – offer us in a moment when uncertainty, insecurity, and risk have saturated hegemonic imaginations of the global?

How might these times, which have both exacerbated and highlighted marginalization and oppression across global Norths and Souths and along lines of race, class, gender, and other axes of identity, move us towards justice and anti-oppression?

What other ways of coming together, collective action, and organizing have been brought to the forefront of dominant imaginations, and what ways of being and living remain possible outside their ambit?

We invite a range of interventions, be they artistic, activist, academic, or some combination thereof, on post-pandemic politics in the context of global communication. Possible topics may include:

• Affect (paranoia, exhaustion, anxiety, grief, joy, shame, pressure, hope, etc.)
• Communication and Rights (privacy, freedom of speech, harassment, etc.)
• Connectivity (broadband, virtualization of life, audience practices, etc.)
• Data science (Big Data, small data, profiling, tracing-and-tracking, etc.)
• Discipline and Surveillance: (state, corporate, and community surveillance, violence through surveillance, internet of things, artificial intelligence, etc.).
• Globalization and Communication (the global and the local, North-to-South, South-to-South, South-to-North processes, transnationalism, nation, borders and citizenship, etc.)
• Humor (memes, online humor, entertainment, political satire, etc.)
• Inequalities (digital inequalities, communication inequalities, structural inequalities, like those related to gender, race or ethnicity, class, sexuality, and others.)
• Infrastructures and Materialities (communication and media infrastructure, power concentration, etc.)
• Journalism (news productions, news reception, misinformation, polarization, etc.)
• Labor (precarious labor, gig economy, unionization, etc.).
• Media representations ((in)visibilities, audience reception, etc.).
• Social Movements and Activism (digital activism, feminist activism, anti-racist movements, etc.)
• Visual and sound communication (videos, photographs, visual and sound interventions, etc.)

Date and Place:

If held in-person, the conference will be on April 8 and 9, 2021 at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, US. It will be held remotely if the circumstances do not allow gatherings.

Submissions:

Contributions can take the form of academic papers or other creative and multimodal works (audio submissions, short film or documentaries, or creative writing). Please, follow the specific guidelines for each type of submission. Submit your work using this form.

Review Process:

Submissions will be reviewed based on clarity, significance, relevance, creativity, and how well they respond to the conference theme. Only submissions that meet the submission guidelines will be considered. For any questions about the submission or review process, please reach out to cargcfellows@gmail.com.

Funding:

If the conference can be safely held in-person in April 2021, we have a small amount of funds to support participants. Please indicate in the form if you would be interested in being considered for this.

Deadline: The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2020.

This conference is the second biennial early career conference at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Its inaugural conference was held on March 27 and 28, 2019 and featured a keynote conversation at Slought, a not-for-profit organization based at the University of Pennsylvania, entitled “Practicing Decolonization,” as well as presentations by 13 early career scholars.

https://cargc.asc.upenn.edu/call-for-proposals-cargc-fellows-conference-on-global-communication-and-post-pandemic-politics/

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The College of Communication at Boston University believes that trustworthy, high-quality communication that engages diverse audiences is an essential underpinning for a functioning society. The college invites applications for the Dalton Family Professor, who will use new and emerging media to engage colleagues and communities to address societal challenges, such as in social and economic justice, civic participation, media literacy, science/health communication, urban life, and environmental sustainability. This is a tenured, in-residence position with responsibilities for teaching, research, public engagement and support for the initiatives and curriculum of the College. We seek a forward-looking, dynamic thinker with an international reputation for scholarship and/or professional achievement in emerging communications.

The College believes that communication, as an essential tool for enhancing understanding for all communities and human endeavors, must embrace cultural and social diversity in order to achieve true excellence in our research and academic programs. BU has redoubled its commitment to more fully embody its founding principles. To that end, we are especially eager to have join our ranks a colleague who supports our institutional commitment to ensuring BU is inclusive, equitable, diverse, and a place where all constituents can thrive.

Candidates for this endowed position should present qualifications suitable for appointment as a full professor at Boston University, based on a record of scholarship and intellectual leadership. The Dalton Family Professor should demonstrate a record as a respected researcher, academic or professional in emerging and new media. The professor should have a demonstrated ability to engage students and the public in understanding the role communication plays in identifying, elucidating and solving major societal challenges that have arisen from neglecting the value of human diversity and beneficiaries of structural power. The position presents extensive opportunities for cross-disciplinary pursuits across the College, the University and with national and international institutions.

Boston University’s College of Communication strives to build understanding through education, practice, and discovery in communication. In supporting that mission, the Dalton Family Professor will provide scholarly expertise and important leadership to the university. The role will help COM bring value to communities at the university, and globally through scholarship, experimentation, and contributions to public conversation.

The Professorship is endowed by the Dalton Family, including Nathaniel Dalton, a Boston University trustee, and a Boston University School of Law graduate.

We request a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest as well as the names of three references. Applications may be sent by mail or preferable, by email as a PDF document to:

Maureen A. Mahoney

Associate Dean

College of communication

Boston University

640 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

Email: maclark@bu.edu

Inquiries may be made to comdean@bu.edu or 617-353-3488. All will be kept confidential.

Review of Materials will begin September 1, 2020, and continue until the position is filled. The estimated start date for the successful candidate is July 1, 2021.

Established in 1947, the College of Communication (COM) at Boston University is a large college with a department specializing in Journalism, as well as a department of Film & Television and a department of Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. COM’s student population exceeds 2,000 annually, including undergraduates, graduate and PhD’s. The College integrates a strong liberal arts core with a heavy focus on preparing students for careers as communication professionals. Our faculty is a blend of traditional academicians and widely experienced professionals. Located in the “hub of education” and a major media market, Boston University’s College of Communication offers prospective faculty members a wealth of opportunities for collaborative efforts in academic and professional spheres.

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

October 24, 2020

Online/ School of International Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Deadline: September 20, 2020

We are excited to announce this year’s Chinese DiGRA conference, hosted by the School of International Communications at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China on the 24th of October 2020. Given the current restrictions on travel, we are planning this year’s Chinese DiGRA as an online event. Papers will be presented via Zoom to registered conference attendees, and there will be Q&A sessions as usual. While we would much prefer to be inviting everyone to Ningbo, there are some advantages to the online format: this year, we encourage people to submit and present in Chinese or English, and we will be providing subtitling for all the presentations.

Conference themes

We invite submissions on any aspect of Chinese games, game industries, game design and gaming cultures. We also invite submissions from people located in the Chinese-speaking region who are researching any aspect of games. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Analyses of game design and development traditions and practices in the region
• Representation, diversity and inclusiveness in ‘Chinese’ games and game (development/play) cultures
• The Chinese game industries and their future possibilities/weaknesses
• Critical analysis of the Chinese game industries
• Gaming and production cultures in specific ‘Chinese’ regions
• China as the biggest videogame market in the world
• Critical analyses of ‘Chinese’ games and games popular in China
• Critical considerations of future game development in the Chinese-speaking region
• Local game design issues
• Specificities regarding computer games within Chinese cross-media environments
• Computer games and playability in the context of interactive art and creative media
• Government policy on production and consumption of games
• Esports in the Chinese speaking region and beyond
• The history of Chinese games and gaming
• Comparative analyses of Chinese and other games, game industries and game cultures

The Chinese DiGRA conference facilitates networking amongst game scholars working in the Chinese-speaking region. Therefore, apart from the above topics we also encourage submissions from scholars located in the Chinese-speaking region working on any aspect of game research.

Format:

Submissions can be in English or Chinese.

Please submit a maximum 1000 word (or 1700 characters) extended abstract.

Important dates

• September 20th: Deadline for submissions
• September 30th: Decisions announced. Presenters receive additional practical information about how to record and submit their presentations (we recommend PowerPoint with voiceover or the free and open software OBS [Open Broadcast Software])
• October 1st: Conference registration opens
• October 7th: To facilitate subtitling, we ask all presenters to send us a video (or a PowerPoint presentation with voiceover) and transcript of their presentation in advance. We will translate and subtitle the video/PPT with voiceover. The presentation will be broadcast at the conference, and this will be followed by a live Q&A session.
• October 24th: Conference.

How to submit

Please email a pdf version of a maximum 1000-word/1700 character (excluding references) extended abstract no later than September 20th, 2020 to Chinesedigra2020@nottingham.edu.cn. Please make sure to include “CDiGRA2020 Submission” in the subject line of your message. Extended abstracts will be selected by conference and program chairs based on their academic rigor and relevance to the themes of the conference. Note that the extended abstracts do not need to be anonymous. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by the end of September. Accepted authors will have an opportunity to submit their extended abstracts for inclusion in the DiGRA Digital Library. For questions regarding paper submission and the topics of the conference, or for questions on the conference, please contact Chinesedigra2020@nottingham.edu.cn.

Organization description and history

Chinese DiGRA is a regional chapter of DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) focusing on game research relevant to Chinese speaking countries and the surrounding regions. Chinese DiGRA aims to enhance the quality, quantity, and international profile of games research in the Chinese-speaking context, by developing a network of game scholars and researchers working in the Chinese-speaking world and/or on aspects of Chinese games and gaming cultures, forging links between academic and professional researchers on games, supporting teaching and PhD development in the region, and disseminating and promoting Chinese game scholarship around the world. Chinese DiGRA is run by a board comprised of top academics in the fields of Chinese games research from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. You can find more information on Chinese DiGRA, including papers from previous conferences, at our website.

Keynote speaker: To be announced.

Organising committee of Chinese DiGRA 2020 Conference

• Dr Bjarke Liboriussen (Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
• Dr Paul Martin (Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China)

Internet Histories

Deadline: September 1, 2020

Muira McCammon and Jessa Lingel at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication are seeking abstracts for a forthcoming co-edited special issue with  Internet Histories. Details are below. Please note that if authors' abstracts are accepted and if their papers make it through the peer review process, no payment will be expected; there are no Article Processing Charges (APCs) associated with this special issue.

What follows is a summary of the call, which can also be found at the following link: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/…ms/

Rationale & Motivation

This special issue explores internet histories through the lens of “platform death” as a way of understanding how digital communities grapple with absence, invisibility, and disappearance. Collectively, the contributions in this issue will address the cultural, geopolitical, economic, and socio-legal repercussions of what happens when various corners of the Internet fail, decline, or expire. As a point of departure, we assume that platforms can bring together a wide set of actors, from politicians to parents, teens to technologists, spies to free speech activists; they can serve as a stage where people gather, argue, develop personal relationships, and jockey for divergent futures (Marvin, 1988; Pearce, 2011; Baym, 2015; Lee, 2017; Gillepsie, 2018).

But what becomes of platforms when they fade, fail, or fall from publi  favor? What can dead and dying platforms tell us about the internet’s growth and stagnation, its present and futures? We seek to complicate, document, and build on the narratives of platform change, collapse, death, precarity, and frailty that scholars (Gehl, 2012; Chun, 2016; Belleflamme & Neysen, 2017; Gomez-Meijia, 2018; Helmond & van der Vlist, 2019) and tech journalists (Kircher, 2016) have highlighted over the past two decades.

Recent scholarship has focused on the rise and resilience of certain tech enterprises, such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter (e.g. Burgess & Green, 2009; Vaidhyanathan, 2018; Jackson, Bailey, & Foucault Welles, 2020), but much of this research has privileged big platforms over the small, surviving digital communities over the dead, and Silicon Valley-born-and-bred design thinking over that birthed outside tech hot spots. Studies imagining the demise of Big Tech platforms (Ohman & Aggarwal, 2019) and tracing consumer resistance to digital media (Katz & Aspden, 1998; Portwood-Stacer, 2013) have largely ignored both the values and frailties of Small Tech in great depth. While historical and contemporary research has addressed the themes of digital departure (Wyatt, 1999; Baumer et al., 2013), disappearing mediums (Gehl, 2012; Suominen et al., 2013; Ballatore & Natale, 2016), and user mortality (Leaver, 2013), it has largely left the theme of “platform death” to the wayside. Another key absence in this literature is attention to platforms and communities outside the U.S. and Europe.

With the above gaps in the literature in mind, the impetus for this special issue came from a forthcoming panel in the Communication History Division at the May 2020 International Communication Association’s Annual Conference, “Dead and Dying Platforms: The Poetics, Politics, and Perils of Internet History.” When organizing the panel, over 20 different scholars in six countries writing on the histories of specific, bounded platforms expressed interest. Though not all could be included in the final panel, many articulated a desire to contribute to a special issue, such as this one, focusing on the promises and perils of single platforms through the lens of Internet history. This special issue seeks to bring together diverse thinkers and scholars with expertise in a range of dead and dying platforms.

Description of CFP Procedure

We aim to bring together contributors active in the fields of history, communication, media studies, law, economics, psychology, internet studies, library and information science, queer theory, journalism studies, and related scholarly domains. The topic of contributions may include, but are not limited to:

* The rise and fall of specific platforms, including discussions on the challenges, factors, and policies responsible for their decline – and rebirth.

* Archival techniques and theoretical frameworks for resurrecting and reimagining dead platforms

* Comparative investigations of platform precarity

* Explorations of the laws, economic forces, and social trends that underlie the historical analysis of platforms that have survived to the present day

* Memory narratives and counter-narratives of platform users, designers, and advertisers

* Media refusal, disconnection and techno-skepticism

* The offline repercussions and cultural reverberations of platform death

* Rhetorics and metaphors of the describe platform death and failures of platform governance (i.e. kill switches)

* The ethnographies, pre-histories, and afterlives of dying digital communities

* Quantitative and qualitative methodologies that can operationalize platform collapse

* Interconnections between the frailties of Small Tech and the failures of Big Tech

* Ways in which the rise and fall of certain platforms are geographically asymmetrical and asynchronous

* Media change, materiality, everyday experience, and nostalgia

* The ontological and epistemological challenges of considering platforms as dead, dying, or alive

* Historiographies of platforms created, used, and/or dismantled outside the United States

* Studies of platforms whose deaths have not received significant Anglophone press coverage

* Analysis of the implications of platform death for international and global discussions of Internet pasts and futures

Although papers do need to be written in English, we especially welcome writing that explores platforms whose histories are rooted in understudied countries, areas, cultures, and digital communities. We particularly encourage submissions about platforms launched, used and/or remembered outside of Silicon Valley.

Submissions & Time Schedule

Abstracts (500 words maximum) should be emailed to deadplatforms@gmail.com by September 1, 2020. Any questions about the CFP can be sent to the co-editors, Muira McCammon (muira.mccammon@asc.upenn.edu ) and Jessa Lingel (jessa.lingel@asc.upenn.edu). Notification about acceptance to submit an article will be sent out by 1 October 2020. Authors of accepted abstracts are invited to submit an article by 1 February 2021.

Final versions or articles are asked to keep within a 6,000 word limit.

Please note that acceptance of abstract does not ensure final publication as all articles must go through the journal’s usual peer review process.

— 1 Sep 2020: due date for abstracts

— 1 Oct 2020: notification of acceptance

— 1 Feb 2021: accepted articles to be submitted for review

— Feb 2021-May 2021: review process and revisions

November 19-20, 2020

Virtual conference (hosted by Malmö University, Sweden)

Deadline: August 15, 2020

https://mau.se/…ty/

Notification of acceptance: 1 September 2020

The Artificial Creativity conference aims to stir a discussion about the cultural, societal and ethical aspects of artworks featuring A.I. or robots engaged in creative production.

We encourage submissions regarding ongoing research about creative embodied robots (i.e. robotic systems that use physical brushes, pencils, etc. to make their artefacts), but do welcome any inquiries concerning the use of A.I. and deep learning in the production of novel artefacts. The notion of a "robotic system" above may include different types of embodied agents such as an appropriated industrial arm, swarm, drone, etc.

We also welcome submissions that critically challenge contested terms, such as "creativity", "artificial intelligence" and our playful conference title "artificial creativity".

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• Creative robotics and/or A.I.
• Ethical questions regarding authorship in computational art
• The analysis of media discourses about creative A.I.
• Human-robot collaboration in the process of cultural production
• Robots and performative arts
• Cultural imaginaries about creative artificial agents
• Design approaches to creative robotics

The keynote speakers are: Professor Joanna Zylinska (Goldsmiths University, UK), Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany), and Professor Mark Amerika (University of Colorado, US).

The online conference will feature a virtual exhibition supported by Mozilla’s Hubs. Amongst other content, the exhibition will feature the latest works of the artist Justine Emard (France).

The call for abstracts invites researchers from different areas of expertise, including but not limited to: creative arts research, humanities, human-robot interaction (HRI), art history, media and communication, ethics of technology, design anthropology, social sciences, gender studies, posthumanism, voice interface design, and science and technology studies (STS).

The discussion around the Artificial Creativity theme will continue in a special issue in Transformations, an open access peer-reviewed journal, in 2021.

Please submit a 500-word abstract (excluding references) to Dr. Bojana

Romic: bojana.romic@mau.se before 15 August 2020.

Please include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author
• Your time zone

If using any pictures in your abstract, please do not include more than three. If you are experimenting with creative A.I. or robots and want to include some recordings to our virtual exhibition, please indicate that in the abstract. This, however, will not be a criterion for acceptance.

The notification of acceptance is 1 September 2020.

The Artificial Creativity conference is free of charge for all participants. It is hosted by the research lab Medea, School of Arts and Communication, and the Data Society research programme – all at Malmö University, Sweden. The conference has received generous support from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden.

AnthroVision Journal special issue

Deadline: September 7, 2020

https://journals.openedition.org/…on/

The AnthroVision Journal special issue on “Computer Vision” explores design, co-creation, and labour with image recognition technologies, and the shifting ontologies between knowledge and the senses using new digital tools. What methodological frameworks are there for anthropologists to work alongside engineers, designers and other professionals? We are seeking papers dealing with such issues, as well as, on the conditions of immaterial labour to create training sets.— Based off "Training Humans" by Dr. Kate Crawford and Trevor Paglen, the current practices for creating training sets for computer vision AI harkens back to the colonial era of anthropology: systems-based interpretations of discrete cultures and the positivistic apparatus of observational film. In particular, people of color, migrants, and low-wage workers are the most vulnerable targets of this visual taxonomy.

Furthermore, platforms for training computer vision, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, are exploitative. Workers, based mainly in the global south, have just seconds to analyze each image in order to work at a pace that can profit them. This complicates the multi-sited entanglements of subjugation and exploitation between the observer and observed, laying the ground for examining the interrelations of epistemology, labour and AI bias.—How can anthropologists articulate ethical issues between knowledge formation, scientific institutions and neoliberalism. How do anthropologists find reflexive modes of analysis? Where are possibilities for future interventions?

Send abstract to :

jielianglin821(at)gmail.com

and nadinewanono(at)gmail.com

Abstract Deadline: Monday, September 7th.

Abstract length: 500 words.

Essay length: 6-7000 words

https://journals.openedition.org/…ons

Access and Licensing

Publication in open access

Publication costs

Publication fees: no

Submission fees: no

Coventry University

The Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) at Coventry University invites Expressions of Interest from prospective PhD students, with view to a starting date of September 2021 (submission deadline is Wednesday 30th September 2020): https://www.coventry.ac.uk/…es/.

We are offering to support the development of PhD proposals for the AHRC M4C (Midlands 4 Cities) consortium fully funded bursary scheme (https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/…spx).

These prestigious, competitive studentships offer a fee waiver and a maintenance grant for 3.5 years (full time) or 7 years (part time), as well as access to unparalleled training, additional funding and networking opportunities.

Although we will support the development of your proposal we cannot guarantee your success. All applications are assessed by the consortium committee and it is a highly competitive process.

You will need to make an application for PhD study via the Coventry University platform PGR+ (https://pgrplus.coventry.ac.uk/).

In the section for the research proposal please state that this is an ‘EOI for M4C Studentship at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures’.

* 1000 words (max) statement providing a short description of your planned PhD project, including key bibliographical/artistic references;

* 500 words (max) explaining why you would like to do your PhD at the CPC (potential supervisory team members that might have attracted you to our Faculty Research Centre);

* 500 words (max) resume, detailing your background (be it academic, professional, or both) and explaining why it is relevant to this project.

In case you have previous experience which you deem relevant to the project (publications, artworks, etc), please feel free to add your CV and images of your work, if appropriate.

Please note that the submission deadline is Wednesday 30th September 2020.

The Centre for Postdigital Cultures

The CPC investigates alternative forms for society in the 21st century. Exploring issues of collaboration, community, and the commons, the Centre facilitates new articulations of culture that call for a radical rethinking of the relationship between the human, technology, economy and the environment. Along with conventional arts and humanities methods, we support PhD projects adopting a range of mixed methods, including various practice-orientated methodologies, visual argumentation, case studies and ethnography.

We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates keen on developing a doctoral research in any of the following research areas:

* Digital Arts, Humanities and Posthumanities

* Affirmative Disruption and Open Media

* Data Cities and the Politics of Care

* Art, Space and the City

* Immersive Cultures and International Heritage

* AI and Algorithmic Cultures

Further information about the Centre and our staff are available on our website (https://www.coventry.ac.uk/…es/).

For an overview of our PGR offer please see our Study With Us pages (https://www.coventry.ac.uk/…dc/).

Prospective PGRs are eligible for this studentship if based in the UK or EU and if they have an MA qualification (or nearing completion), or relevant professional experience.

Please note that candidates who do not meet the eligibility criteria for M4C PhD funding scheme, but who are interested in PhD study at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, are encouraged to contact Prof. Mel Jordan (mel.jordan@coventry.ac.uk) and Dr. Miriam De Rosa (miriam.derosa@coventry.ac.uk). We welcome applications from all sectors of the community and we encourage those currently under-represented in the Centre to apply.

IT University in Copenhagen

Extended deadline for application: now September 15, 2020*

At the IT University in Copenhagen, a position as Assistant or Associate Professor in Digital Data Analysis and Computational User Studies is available. International applicants are very welcome to apply.

The candidate should have a relevant background in computational social science methods, digital data analysis and quantitative methods applied to digital user studies. Moreover, strong qualifications in computational research methods applied to the analysis and design of digital platforms and interactive technologies or relevant experience in data-aware design are important for this position. To be considered, candidates should be able to demonstrate research and teaching qualifications in two or more of the following areas:

- Computational methods applied to the understanding of digital platforms and users’ practices

- Data visualization and visual data exploration

- Digital social sciences applied to online platforms

- Data-aware design and data analytics applied to the design of digital technologies

At the Digital Design Department, we have a broad understanding of digital technologies and digital platforms. In the context of this position, we seek candidates who have strong interest and experience in working with an interdisciplinary approach. We seek candidates who use digital technologies and computational methods to investigate online societal and human dynamics.

A good candidate is someone who is interested in people and their interplay with digital technologies but also motivated to describe the impacts and consequences digitalization may have on society at large. She/he is also interested in the intersection of data and design and in strengthening the computational research carried out within the Digital Platforms and Data research group.

For full position announcement, please see: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/…d=5

Freie Universität Berlin

We are looking for a post-doc (100% TV-13 L) to work in a project on the reception and acceptance of COVID-related public information despite polarization. Design and run a three-wave panel survey with experimental modules with us! The contract will run until 31.12.2021. The position is situated at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at the Free University in Berlin. Very good knowledge of German and experience in survey research are required.

Deadline: August 31, 2020

31.08.2020.

https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/forschung/systeme/empsoz/news/stellenausschreibung_rapid-covid.html

Please feel free to contact: David Schieferdecker (d.schieferdecker@fu-berlin.de)

Teaching Media Quarterly

Deadline: October 6, 2020

Since the global pandemic altered higher education as we once knew it, academic institutions have called upon instructors to transform face-to-face courses into effective remote learning experiences--often with very little guidance and, for so many contingent faculty, by dint of unpaid and precarious labor. Like instructors in other fields, media instructors are often left on their own to sift through their experiences and research to decipher what methods are best, all while managing challenges of living, let alone working, during a pandemic. Yet media instructors have also long made pedagogical use of the affordances of media technologies--digital and otherwise--which places us in a unique position as we adjust to hybrid, remote and online teaching.

Teaching Media Quarterly is seeking submissions of lesson plans not only to address the dearth of published resources for online and remote critical media education but also to provide a platform to celebrate and share the excellent pedagogical work happening within our field as we adapt to the pandemic era. The editorial board is interested in lesson plans addressing questions such as the following: How are you adjusting critical media content for remote and online learning? What activities--synchronous and/or asynchronous--have you developed to engage students during this time? How are you supporting research remotely? Facilitating discussion and group activities online? What lessons and activities have you developed to cope with the digital divide among students? How are you addressing the politics of the pandemic in your critical media courses?