We are excited to welcome the 2017-2019 Executive Committee to AoIR. The new Executive Committee will officially take office in October at the Association General Meeting. We hope you'll join us in Tartu to meet with them and provide your input regarding the future...
Things to do in Tallinn
If you want to explore Tallinn before or after the conference, we would like to give you a few places for your list:
Things to do in Tartu
If you want to explore Tartu by yourself or with your friends or family, here are some suggestions:
When exploiting kids for cash goes wrong on YouTube: the lessons of DaddyOFive
Tama Leaver, Curtin University and Crystal Abidin, Curtin University
The US YouTube channel DaddyOFive, which features a husband and wife from Maryland “pranking” their children, has pulled all its videos and issued a public apology amid allegations of child abuse.
The “pranks” would routinely involve the parents fooling their kids into thinking they were in trouble, screaming and swearing at them, only the reveal “it was just a prank” as their children sob on camera.
2017 Nancy Baym Book Award
The Nancy Baym book award committee are delighted to announce the 2017 winner. The award goes to Nicholas John for his book ‘The Age of Sharing’. The competition was especially hard this year, with many exceptional books submitted, making our job really difficult. Acknowledging this, the committee would like to specifically mention two books, whose innovative approach, originality and breadth of scholarship make them stand out: Helen Kennedy’s Post, Mine, Repeat, and Holly Kruse’s Off-Track and Online.
A Warm Welcome to the German Internet Institute
We’re delighted to see the establishment of another major institution in this field, with last Tuesday’s announcement of the winning bid for a German Internet Institute.
#AoIR2017 Travel Scholarship Information
Applications are invited from authors whose proposals have already been accepted via the conference reviewing process, as well as by PhD Students applying to the Doctoral Colloquium. All applications should be emailed directly to the Association Coordinator, Michelle Gardner (ac [at] AoIR [dot] org), and must be received by May 20, 2017. Late applications cannot be considered.
Questioning Europe in 4D: Digitization, Datafication, Discrimination & Diversity
Questioning Europe in 4D: Digitization, Datafication, Discrimination & Diversity Originally Published: 16.11.2016 by Koen Leurs This blogpost explores the workings of Europe from the perspective of human (im)mobility, digitization, datafied discrimination and...
Nominations Open for AoIR Executive Committee
AoIR is now seeking your nominations for the new Executive Committee to take office in October of this year and serve until October 2019. Below, you will find: A. Time frame of the election. B. Description of the AoIR governance system and of the elected positions. C....
2017 Dissertation Award Nominations
The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2017 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2016 calendar year. Nominations (self...
