Emerging technologies, social media and the politics of the
algorithm
18-19 October 2019
Technological University Dublin, Ireland
The Centre for Critical Media Literacy (CCML) at Technological University Dublin is seeking proposals for papers and panels at its third annual
interdisciplinary conference.
The politics of the algorithm, or what Zeynep Tufekci calls
‘computational politics’, happen in the real world, amid struggles for
inclusion and justice; and ‘technopoly’ (Siva Vaidhyanathan’s term) is a vital
matter for anyone seeking to address political and economy power. What are the
implications of technological change for the people who use systems for
communication and social media? What do these complex systems of computation
mean, in particular, for those who have been using social media to organise
networks and disseminate information?
We encourage researchers to look beyond various symptoms of
the social/computational crisis to address its deeper causes. As Vaidhyanathan
quips, there are just two things wrong with social media, ‘how it works and how
people use it’. We seek challenging, unpatronising and non-reductive
explorations of both these ‘hows’.
Proposals are welcome from various disciplines, in areas
including but not limited to computation for social, gaming and information
networks; participation and engagement; and pedagogy in and beyond digital
media and information literacy. The conference will employ and encourage
universal design, for maximum participation from communities often excluded
from academic events.
Abstracts and panel proposals of no more than 250 words in
length should be sent to harry.browne @dit.ie by June 20th, 2019.
Website: criticalmedialiteracy.org
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