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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">---With apologies for cross posting---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find below the call for papers for our 2023 ICA Postconference. More details available here (registrations open soon):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA23-prepostconferences">https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA23-prepostconferences</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Beyond Nudging, Towards Diversity: Understanding transparent algorithmic recommendation practices for media and communications</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Endorsed by the following ICA Divisions: Human Machine Communication Interest Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline for abstracts: Friday, 2 December 2022 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Theme</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Digital platforms and personalisation play an increasingly important role for how we engage with public issues online. Whether we scroll through social media, visit a streaming platform, or use a news aggregator,
the content we see is at least partly determined by algorithmic curation. So far, curation algorithms are often metrics and engagement driven, thereby contributing to digital dilemmas such as click- or ragebaiting or the spread of disinformation. Moreover,
the inner workings of curation algorithms and their underlying objectives often remain opaque. Building on the knowledge we have about how platform affordances shape public discourse and democratic decision making, this post conference aims at exploring future
opportunities for responsible, value-sensitive platform design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As such, the goal of this post conference is twofold: First, it aims to bring together work that critically engages with the design and effects of digital platforms - particularly in relation to notions of
media diversity and transparency. Second, and building on the former, it hopes to generate new ideas and approaches for researching and implementing value-sensitive platform design that facilitates social cohesion. Key aspects that we hope bring together are
the promises and pitfalls of digital nudging, the need for transparency and diversity/serendipity, as well as individual-level and societal effects of diversity-aware platform design in both the short and the long term. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This one-day post conference invites papers focusing on but not limited to the following topics. Given the nature of the topic, interdisciplinary work is especially encouraged, including natural language processing
and computer science, as is the submission of work in progress that address:<br>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Digital nudging - design, effects and questions relating to paternalism and user autonomy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Value-sensitive platform design<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Platform choice architecture<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recommender systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Affordances of digital platforms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Digital intermediation practices<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Content creation practices for recommender systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Authentic nudging - engaging (reclaiming?) authenticity through automation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nudging for media diversity and plurality<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Computational implementation and analysis of algorithmic recommendation practices <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A selection of papers will appear in a special issue within a leading Q1 international journal - details still to be confirmed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Invited participants include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Shaina Raza (PhD Student, CS, Ryerson University in Toronto):
<i>Accuracy meets Diversity in a News Recommender System</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Donghee Shin (Prof, Zyaed University, Comm & Media, UAE):
<i>Nudging Users toward News Diversity in News Recommender Systems</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Zhixin Giselle Pu (PhD Student, Penn State, Comm) & Michael Beam (Prof, Kent State, Emerging Media & Technology):
<i>Personalized Serendipity</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sanne Vrijenhoek (PhD student, UvA, Law & Information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nicolas Mattis (PhD student, VU, Comm) & Wouter van Atteveldt (Prof, VU, Comm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lien Michiels (PhD student, CS, U of Antwerp)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Michael Ekstrand (Prof, CS, Boise State)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission and Selection Process</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Authors should submit an extended abstract of 300-500 words, outlining which theme they are interested in addressing, to Nicolas Mattis: n.m.mattis@vu.nl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstracts would be submitted by 2 December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Authors will be notified of acceptance by 16 December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The abstract should contain a main idea or argument, a research question, a short literature review and some empirical evidence (if relevant). We welcome a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including historical,
computational, regional and scholarly approaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The abstract should be anonymised with no details of the author(s) made obvious.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The conference will be held off site from the official conference location:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Date: Tuesday, 30 May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Start time: 9:00am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finish: 4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Registration and Fees</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Registration will open in January, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cost is $US40 (waged) $US20 (Student)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The preconference is open to both ICA and non-ICA members. Attendees will need to create a profile to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sponsors</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Discipline of Media & Communication, University of Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Human Machine Communication Interest Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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