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Research Day on Digital Governance and Participation (January 24, 2025)
by Ike PICONE 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Dear all, In concentration with Trisha en Rob, we are organising a joint research day in January. Admittedly, this might not be for everyone, but if you are triggered, don't hesitate! Greetings, Ike Begin forwarded message: From: Trisha MEYER <Trisha.Meyer(a)vub.be> Subject: Research Day on Digital Governance and Participation (January 24, 2025) Date: 16 December 2024 at 13:24:34 CET To: "BSoG Centre on Digitalisation, Democracy, and Innovation" <cd2i_bsog(a)vub.be> Cc: Rocco Bellanova <Rocco.Bellanova(a)vub.be>, Ike PICONE <Ike.Picone(a)vub.be>, Rob HEYMAN <Rob.Heyman(a)vub.be> Dear all, The ERC DATAUNION project, BSoG CD2I team, SMIT NUSE and Data & Society units will join forces on January 24, 2025 for a research exchange. The intention of the research day is for these teams to get to know each other and have an exchange on work in progress (of various topics, formats, levels of maturity), roughly centred around the broad theme of digital governance and participation. You are welcome to join for the morning, lunch and afternoon, either in person at Brussels School of Governance (Pleinlaan 5) or online (link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_YjRkYjE1MzUtNTNkNS00Zj…>). Both the morning and afternoon sessions will be available in hybrid format. Feel free to share this invitation with others whom you think might be interested, also at ULB! Here is a detailed scheduling of the day: 09:15 Arrival with coffee/refreshments 09:30-12:00 Research Exchange on Digital Governance 09:30-10:00 Presentation NUSE and DATAUNION 10:00-10:30 Presentation + discussion 1 10:30-11:00 Presentation + discussion 2 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-11:45 Presentation + discussion 3 11:45-12:15 Presentation + discussion 4 12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-16:00 Research Exchange on Digital Participation 13:15-13:45 Presentation Data & Society and CD2I 13:45-14:15 Presentation + discussion 1 14:15-14:45 Presentation + discussion 2 14:45-15:00 Break 15:00-15:30 Presentation + discussion 3 15:30-16:00 Presentation + discussion 4 We are looking for volunteers to present their work in progress. This could be a PhD pitch, a postdoc project proposal, a PhD chapter, a research article, a valorisation article, etc. We only request that you would have written input (at least 1p) to present, as we will assign a discussant for your session. All (PhD, postdoc, senior, associate, visiting researchers) are welcome to present. Please sign up for the day (morning, lunch, afternoon) using this Microsoft form<https://forms.office.com/e/BhwSRfRCy9> by Monday January 13, EOB. Happy holidays! Rocco, Ike, Rob and Trisha

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Paper for unit meeting
by Alicia Navarro Hernández 09 Dec '24

09 Dec '24

Dear all, This week for the NUSE meeting I’m dragging you back to pure theory, I’m afraid. This is the literature review/state of the art that I’ve been working on try to summarize everything I’ve read so far as I’ve been trying to understand where my PhD fits and where I want to take it. The expectation is that this document will be expanded a bit as I go through with my PhD, and the second section might change some, but this is what I have for now. Looking forward to your feedback, see you on Wednesday! Sincerely, Alicia

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Paper for unit meeting November - Michael
by Michael Pakvis 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Dear all, For the upcoming unit meeting I am sending my paper titled “The Operationalisation of Impartiality within Public Service Media Newsrooms. Researching Practices in a Cross-Media Environment at the VRT.” To briefly contextualise the article: it was written in April for the RIPE conference, specializing on Public Service Media research and it is based on a preliminary analysis of the interviews I conducted between January and February at the VRT. Since then I have not been able to update it where necessary as I was focusing on another policy article (which I decided not to send as this article is closer to the expertise of the unit) and on analysing interviews conducted at the RAI between March and April on the same topic. Regarding the status of the article: for the upcoming months I won’t be able to work on it due to another deadline, but I aim to start with updating it and prepare it for submission from January onwards. It could still develop in many ways: either into its own article with a focus on the VRT; be integrated with the RAI analysis; or divided depending on focus (e.g. definitions of impartiality vs. narratives of practices). In whichever case, the journal I had in mind with this publication was Journalism Practice due to the heavy focus on journalistic roles and practices (suggestions about alternatives are of course very welcome). I look forward to hearing your thoughts, feedback, critiques, and (soul crushing) opinions on it! See you Wednesday, Be partial and have mercy, Michael

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Fwd: Call for Preconference Proposals: PhD Workshop of the NeFCA Journalism Division
by Ike PICONE 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

For those looking for a rather low thresholds PhD workshop... Ike Begin forwarded message: From: Sarah Van Leuven <Sarah.VanLeuven(a)UGent.be> Subject: Call for Preconference Proposals: PhD Workshop of the NeFCA Journalism Division Date: 8 October 2024 at 17:20:04 CEST To: "cjs(a)lists.ugent.be" <cjs(a)lists.ugent.be> Dear colleagues, We hope you want to share this call with the PhD students under your supervision or in your network. The NeFCA Journalism division invites doctoral students to submit their proposals for a PhD Workshop hosted at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen Conference 2025 in Bruges. This workshop aims to connect up-and-coming journalism researchers with experienced colleagues in the field. The colloquium will take place on Monday February 3 between 9:30 and 11:30 (before the start of the main conference) in Meeting room 2 (3rd floor) at The Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC). Participants will get the opportunity to present their PhD projects and receive detailed feedback from senior scholars working on related topics. We welcome all theoretical and empirical PhD projects focusing on journalism research. Submissions can take the form of a working draft of a paper or they can present the theoretical framework, research plan or a specific chapter of the PhD project. We strongly support submissions from PhD candidates at the beginning or in the middle of their project as they benefit from feedback the most. Interested PhD students should submit the following: * An abstract of 500 words outlining the 1) topic, 2) rationale, 3) theoretical approach, and 4), if applicable, empirical application, * Practical information: name, affiliation, expected graduation date and supervisor(s), * Please provide a list of two potential respondents affiliated with a university in Belgium or the Netherlands who are likely to attend the conference and whom you would like to receive feedback from (excluding your supervisors or close colleagues). If you do not know anyone, just let us know, and we will do our best to find a suitable match. Please send your submission VIA THIS FORM<https://nefca.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=17cd5c4b06fe6439067832f3c&…> no later than November 8 2024. We will send a notice of acceptance by 30 November 2024 at the latest. There will be no fee for the attendance of the workshop as NeFCA kindly supports the workshop. To join the main Etmaal 2025 Conference, participants will need to register and pay the conference fee separately. Participants whose abstracts are successful in the review process will be asked to submit a full paper/chapter of their PhD of up to 8000 words by January 13 2025 (mandatory for participation). It will be sent to the selected respondents to provide them with a comprehensive picture of the project. The respondents will read the document and prepare feedback and suggestions that will be shared during the PhD workshop. We look forward to receiving your submissions! If you're interested in becoming a PhD representative or have any questions regarding the NeFCA Journalism PhD Workshop, please feel free to contact (k.lamot(a)vu.nl<mailto:k.lamot@vu.nl>). Yours sincerely The NeFCA Journalism Division Prof. dr. Sarah Van Leuven (Universiteit Gent - Chair) dr. Kenza Lamot (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), dr. Jonathan Hendrickx (Københavns Universitet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Antwerpen)

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Fwd: ECHO Research Seminar with Koen Leurs
by Ike PICONE 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Hello all, Sorry for taking a while to share this. Ike From: Yazan.Badran(a)vub.be<mailto:Yazan.Badran@vub.be> When: 15:00 - 17:00 4 October 2024 Subject: ECHO Research Seminar with Koen Leurs Location: Raadzaal - PL 5.4.21 Dear all – we are glad to communicate that the research seminar with Prof. Koen Leurs (originally planned for 31 May and rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances) is now confirmed for Friday 4 October 2024. See details about the talk below. Koen Leurs is an Associate Professor in Gender, Media and Migration Studies at the Graduate Gender Program, Department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Doing digital migration studies: pluralizing understandings In contemporary discussions on migration, digital technology is often considered as a ‘smart’ disruptive tool used by governments to surveil and protect borders while monitoring the movement of people in more efficient ways. However, the story about is more complex. Migration and technology can be said to co-shape one another: migration is a site of technological innovation, and migration is deeply digitally mediated. Koen Leurs, in his recent book Digital Migration<https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/digital-migration/book269996> (Sage, 2023), and open access volume Doing digital migration studies<https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.11895524> (co-edited with Sandra Ponzanesi, Amsterdam University Press, 2024) draws out the complex, multilayered relationship between migration and digital technologies. Using an inter-disciplinary approach and covering case studies from the Global North as well as the Global South, Koen Leurs seeks to draw out the contradictions, tensions and hopes that characterize digital migration dynamics. From the critical role that digital infrastructures play in migration management to migrants’ use of devices, platforms and networks to connect and thrive, from the power of digital representations of migrants (and how these can be contested), pre-digital histories to the emotional realities of transnational families, Leurs invites scholars to pluralize understandings of migration and mobility in our contemporary world. In his talk, Koen Leurs will address commitments and challenges of doing digital migration studies. He will draw on examples from a recent Team science study on the screening of smartphones of asylum seekers at the Dutch borders<https://fairdigitalasylum.sites.uu.nl/> as well as a comparison of the state-led propaganda operation ‘Filmstichting West Indië’ and migrant-led community media productions of ‘Vereniging Ons Suriname’ in 1940s and 1950s Netherlands to alert us to pre-digital interrelationships between regimes of mobility and representation<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779231198124?icid=int.sj-abst…>.

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Paper Giordano for NUSE unit meeting
by Giordano Zambelli 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Dear all, Find here my paper for the next NUSE meeting! This is a rather advanced draft, so I don’t expect, at this stage, to make enormous changes, but I obviously welcome very much your suggestions around: * Internal coherence: how do the different sections of the lit rev stick together and how does the lit rev relates to the empirical analysis and the theoretical contribution? * Clarity of the concepts used and usefulness for explaining the empirical material. Am I missing some concepts/theories/literature that I could consider for such reflections? * Depth and originality of the theoretical reflections? Anything else I should work on? Thank you very much in advance for taking the time to read this! See you soon :) Giordano Giordano Zambelli PhD fundamental research fellow - FWO Pleinlaan 9 - 1050 Brussel [cid683445FD-045E-4102-862E-DD52901C9C0A@home] Recent Publications Innovation through collaboration in the Flemish news sector: ambitious start, mixed results (2024)<https://smit.research.vub.be/en/policy-brief-75-innovation-through-collabor…> Breaking Away From Hectic Daily Media Production: Unleashing Explorative Innovation Through Inter-Firm Collaborations (2023)<https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7414> The Media of Tomorrow: Recommendations for a European Media Policy Framework Supporting Media Innovations<https://polis180.org/polisblog/2023/05/19/polis-paper-n-20-the-media-of-tom…> (2023) Establishing, Consolidating and Maintaining Online Revenues for Legacy Media<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95073-6_2#Sec2> (2022) Current projects Stars4Media<https://stars4media.eu/call-for-projects/>

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Unit meeting
by Ike PICONE 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Dear all, After an hopefully pleasant and refreshing summer break for all of you, we now find ourselves on the verge of a new academic year. For our first getting together, I would like to propose the following: - some updates form SMIT - a short update from each of you: what are you up to in the coming months, what will you be working on, where are you at with your research or teaching? - a short presentation of Antonis on a potential research proposal - a first in a series we would like to share with the whole unit - discussing who's papers we will read in the next meetings - drinks Have a nice weekend! Ike

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Summer break
by Ike PICONE 13 Jul '24

13 Jul '24

Dear all, Thanks for another great nuse-driven academic year! I'll be disconnecting until August 19th. Wishing you all a sunny summer break! Ike

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Paper Discussion 4/7
by Sarah Vis 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Hi everyone, Attached to this email you’ll find the first draft of the article Daniel, Ike and I are currently working on, titled ‘Navigating the news: How young adults perform news curation practices on Instagram and TikTok’. To provide you some context: The article reports a first empirical ‘test’ study of the data mirroring method (a combination of social media data donations and in-depth interviews) we are currently developing. Theoretically and conceptually, the study draws on my PhD project which uses the lens of ‘curation practices’ to analyze how social media news users encounter and organize their news and information flows, aiming to understand which roles news audiences (still) assign to journalistic sources. To also give you a timeframe, the paper is a first draft-version which we are planning to submit after the summer break (mid-august). Feedback on any aspect of the paper is more than welcome, but it would be particularly helpful to focus a bit on: * The alignment of the theoretical framework, the methodology, and the findings: is the literature review a logical framework from which the methodology and findings emerge? * The overall outline of the paper: is the structure of the paper clear? Does it make sense? Are the steps we made logical? * In what journal we should submit the paper. Thank you already for the effort, we are looking forward to the discussion! See you on Thursday, Sarah, Daniel, and Ike Met vriendelijke groeten Kind regards [A close up of a logo Description automatically generated] SARAH VIS Teaching Assistant - PhD Researcher (imec-SMIT) Vakgroep Communicatiewetenschappen T +32 (0)472 09 05 94 E Sarah.vis(a)vub.be PL9.4.54 - Pleinlaan 9 - 1050 Brussel - www.vub.be<http://www.vub.be>

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FW: Survey of AoIR members on data ethics
by Nathalie Van Raemdonck 05 Jun '24

05 Jun '24

Might be good to contribute some of your research perspectives! From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Zimmer, Michael via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at 05:48 To: Stuart Shulman via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Survey of AoIR members on data ethics Dear AoIR colleagues: We are sending this email to the AoIR community as part of a larger project where we are assessing researchers’ preparedness to address data ethics issues in their work, and to help identify opportunities for additional educational outreach & resource development. We are particularly interested in researchers who rely on digital data about people, including data collected from websites, social media platforms, mobile devices, APIs, and similar data that might be generated through digital interaction and available for computational analysis. The purpose of this study is understand how researchers from different academic communities use digital data about people, to assess their current preparedness to address any data ethics issues in their work, and to identify opportunities for additional educational outreach & resource development. The consent form and survey is available at: https://marquette.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nOMh4nK6VSwMwC The study involves answering numerous questions via an online survey and will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You will be asked to answer questions about your educational background, research practices, ethics training, and related experiences. Your name and other identifying information, including IP address, will not be collected. Your responses will be anonymous. At the end of the survey, you will be invited to enter your contact information on a separate webpage if you are interested in participating in a follow-up interview to further discuss data ethics, with particular focus on identifying gaps and opportunities to improve ethics education within your research community. You will also have the option to indicate a charitable donation to be made by the research team in appreciation of your participation. This research study has been reviewed by the Marquette University Institutional Review Board (HR-4478). If you have questions about this project, please feel free to contact the principal investigators. We thank you in advance for your time and participation in this study. Again, the survey can be accessed at https://marquette.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nOMh4nK6VSwMwC Dr. Michael Zimmer Marquette University 1313 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee WI 53233 michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu 414-288-5226 Dr. Jessica Vitak University of Maryland 4130 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 jvitak(a)umd.edu 301-405-8617 -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/><http://www.michaelzimmer.org%3chttp:/www.michaelzimmer.org/%3e> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/><http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org%3chttp:/www.zuckerbergfiles.org/%3e> Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/michael-zimmer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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