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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You may be aware that Queensland University
of Technology will host the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Association of Internet Researchers conference</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
in Brisbane, Australia, on 2-5 October 2019.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is only the second time the conference
has been to the Southern Hemisphere and it marks an important opportunity for media, communication and cultural studies researchers in the broader Asia-Pacific region to attend.
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AoIR is a member-based, academic association
dedicated to the promotion of critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders.
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The conference theme for 2019 is ‘Trust
in the System’. You can read more about the theme and call for papers here: </span><a href="https://members.aoir.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=9jxDxt3YVJDXqqeRb%2fxCNufTz7u8XgSiObPlut%2bSlfGJio6ALfYBBrRdqJQM72EA4vwQIWRIfhfNr9qcdT%2b3Fqtt9yl1P5lvatvMVMBXg7k%3d" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://aoir.org/aoir2019/aoir2019cfp/</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The #AoIR2019 call for submissions is
available here: </span><a href="https://members.aoir.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=qqp9F8aLZ%2f28lWeLUVO3zZZp2OeGbnpdEC2MqV14z8LTf6M7nOeDxRNFH3YdWzQlWordPu7hUuZa9wXneZAMDe0WQ6HZ1DezcKK9AImB2aU%3d" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://aoir.org/aoir2019/subtypes/</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And key dates are outlined here:
</span><a href="https://members.aoir.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=zjaE3jw%2fz2gSDdbYgWU%2fcxmzsYGKIlwFMQZ0AA3VHaaJmwn5DUfUQzt3xdSrHYJvzuFEMyXUXcOy8SQ0OFiujK1owGLDzjPGpB6wTgqTwAg%3d" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://aoir.org/aoir2019/aoir2019-key-dates/</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The submission site will be open mid-January
with submissions due for Papers, Panels, Roundtables, Fishbowls, Experimental Sessions, and Pre-conference Workshops by 1 March 2019.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For any questions on submissions, please
contact Jonathon Hutchinson, #AoIR2019 Program Chair at </span><a href="mailto:AoIRConfChair@aoir.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AoIRConfChair@aoir.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For all other questions, please email:
</span><a href="mailto:ac@aoir.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ac@aoir.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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