Tag: New Media
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Join us at UQ to Advance Critical Scholarship in Digital Media: Full Time Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Position Now Open
Come join our vibrant team at the School of Communication and Arts! We’re seeking a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Digital Media to inspire the next generation and contribute to cutting-edge research. In this full-time, permanent role, you’ll teach across our dynamic programs and supervise Higher Degree Research students, all while based at our beautiful…
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Privacy Cynicism among Data Professionals
Recent forecasts indicate that the global market for “big data” analytics in the education sector will exceed $50 billion by 2030, with higher education accounting for approximately half of the revenue generated from software and services for data analytics. Higher education institutions, now essential producers and consumers of big data, are undergoing a transformative re-envisioning…
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Funding for Research on Online Trust and Safety in non-WEIRD contexts
Do you have plans for projects that focus on online trust and safety in non-Western countries? Do you have an ongoing project that may need additional data collection? The Stanford Internet Observatory is calling for proposals for funding of up to US$15,000. The awardees will also have an opportunity for mentorship and feedback through workshops…
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Kicking off Disinfo Academy
So, time for a new project. We have just had our kick-off meeting for the Disinformation Academy, an Erasmus+ project (2022-1-BG01-KA220-HED-000085747). Our aim in this project is to increase public awareness of the availability and application of information verification methods and procedures, with a specific focus on digital-sourced misinformation and manipulation operations and individual resources.…
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Conference Announcement: Vectors of Data Disclosure
Now that #ica22 is over, it is time to announce the upcoming “Vectors of Data Disclosure” (June 27-June 28, 2022) conference organized by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. — How do different cultural frameworks and legal regulations influence whether or not we decide to disclose our personal data? What factors interact with each…
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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…
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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…
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Do online privacy concerns predict privacy behavior?
In a new article, we (Lemi Baruh, Ekin Seçinti, Zeynep Cemalcılar) meta-analytically chime in on the frequently debated concept of “privacy paradox”. We investigate whether users’ reported privacy concerns and literacy influence the extent to which they utilize online services (including but not limited to SNSs), disclose personal information and adopt measures to protect their privacy. Privacy…
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Sharing sensitive information on Twitter and its “rubbernecking effect”
In a new article titled “Rubbernecking Effect of Intimate Information on Twitter: When Getting Attention Works Against Interpersonal Attraction” published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, we (Lemi Baruh and Zeynep Cemalcılar) discuss the effects of sharing sensitive (intimate) information in social media platform Twitter. The article focuses on how viewers of a Twitter account react to sensitive information…
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Guidelines for the Use of New Media in Crisis Situations
The COntribution of Social Media In Crisis Management (COSMIC ), funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7, Grant agreement no: 312737) has now been completed. The conclusion to our project comes with a set of guidelines for use of new media in emergencies. The guidelines adopt “AID” principles to use of media technologies:…
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