Category: Updates

  • Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Social Media ad Society

    Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Social Media ad Society

    The Comparative Privacy Research Network is inviting submissions of extended abstract for a special issue on “Comparative Approaches To Studying Privacy: Opening Up New Perspectives” in Social Media + Society. The special issue seeks to examine privacy through a comparative lens in order to illuminate potential blindspots regarding its conceptualization and operationalization, and to help guide…

  • Two Faculty Positions at Dept. of Media and Visual Arts

    Two Faculty Positions at Dept. of Media and Visual Arts

    It is that time of the year. We are looking for candidates for two full-time faculty positions at the Department of Media and Visual Arts (MAVA) at Koç University. Position #1 – Open Rank Faculty Position in Media & Communication Koç University, Department of Media and Visual Arts (MAVA) invites applications for full-time open rank…

  • Call for Papers: ICA-Preconference on Comparative Privacy and the Literacies of a Networked Age

    Call for Papers: ICA-Preconference on Comparative Privacy and the Literacies of a Networked Age

    For those of you who would like to spend a couple of nice spring days in the lovely city of Mulhouse in eastern France while digging deep into questions related to how thinking about privacy from a comparative lens can enhance our understanding of privacy and related competencies, here is a nice opportunity for doing…

  • Communication Faculty Position at University of Vienna

    Communication Faculty Position at University of Vienna

    The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna is looking for University Professors in Communication with a Focus on Media Change and Media Innovation. This exciting position is particularly suitable for candidates whose work focuses on “the impact of the digital transformation of the media on individuals and society.” If interested in the…

  • AoIR Satellite Event on Comparing Fuzzy Things

    AoIR Satellite Event on Comparing Fuzzy Things

    The Comparative Privacy Research Network is organizing a workshop on issues related to comparing fuzzy concepts like love, trust, and privacy. Below is the description of the workshop from the CPRN website: “Internet researchers often engage in the study of complex, multidimensional, and culturally sensitive ideas. Deploying such concepts in comparative research settings is critically…

  • And a new project starts: The Art of De-biasing

    And a new project starts: The Art of De-biasing

    As Simlab at Koç University, we are joining NTCenter (BG, project leader), Bash Art Creative (UK-Scotland, project coordinator), Institute for Contemporary Education (RS), Edulin (NL), Arteveldehogeschool (BE), Delft Digital Learning (PT) and Drawing to Health (NL) in a new project called the Art of De-biasing.  The project aims to contribute to a growing field of applied research on processes that can be used to reduce…

  • Koç Üniversitesi Medya ve Görsel Sanatlar Bölümü’nü Keşfet

    Koç Üniversitesi Medya ve Görsel Sanatlar Bölümü’nü Keşfet

    Kısa kısa podcast şeklinde Koç Üniversitesi Medya ve Görsel Sanatla bölümü hakkında:

  • COVID19 ve Medya Kullanımı Anketine Bekliyoruz

    COVID19 ve Medya Kullanımı Anketine Bekliyoruz

    Reklam zamanı: TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 kapsamında açılan “COVID-19 ve Toplum: Salgının Sosyal, Beşeri ve Ekonomik Etkileri, Sorunlar ve Çözümler” tarafından desteklenen “Türkiye’de Medya Kullanımı ve COVID-19” adlı projemiz başlıyor. Projende amacımız bireylerin COVID-19 ile ilgili risk algılarını ve COVID-19 hastalığına karşı kendi sağlıklarını ve toplumdaki başka bireylerini sağlığını korumaya yönelik veya riske atabilecek davranışlarını etkileyebilecek…

  • Two Open Rank, Tenure-Track Positions at Department of Media and Visual Arts, Koç University

    Two Open Rank, Tenure-Track Positions at Department of Media and Visual Arts, Koç University

    It is that time of the year again. We have two open-rank, tenure-track positions at Koç University, Department of Media and Visual Arts:  1) Computational Social Sciences, 2) Interaction Design. Computational Social Sciences We are looking for scholars specializing in computational social sciences or data science. Areas of expertise include critical data studies, social media…

  • Factory by Teyit.org: Developing Multidisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of False Information

    Factory by Teyit.org: Developing Multidisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of False Information

    Teyit.org, one of the premier organizations in Turkey for fact-checking, has recently announced “Factory.” It is a multidisciplinary program using “Design Sprint” approach to develop “innovation and design-oriented solutions for the problem of false information”. The program aims to get participants from different disciplines to develop and test solutions to counter false information. The first…

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