Karin van Es

We have 8(!) new positions for Assistant Professor (1.0 FTE) at our Media & Culture Studies department at Utrecht University. Apply to be my new colleague :D https://www.uu.nl/organisatie/faculteit-geesteswetenschappen/over-de-faculteit/vacatures

Situating Data (edited volume w/@nannaverhoeff) is out! OPEN ACCESS with wonderful contributions from a.o. Koen Leurs, Dan Hassler-Forest, Iris van der Tuin, Anne Helmond and more. Excellent teaching resource too. Download: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048555444/situating-data

VACANCY My department at Utrecht University is looking for a Full Professor in Media, Literacy and Public Engagement (Deadline: 23 feb 2023). https://www.uu.nl/organisatie/werken-bij-de-universiteit-utrecht/vacatures/chair-full-professor-in-media-literacy-public-engagement-10-fte

Our department (Media & Culture at Utrecht University NL) is seeking a Chair (Full Professor) in Media, Literacy & Public Engagement https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/chair-full-professor-in-media-literacy-public-engagement-10-fte

We launched our edited volume Situating Data today. Some really awesome contributions. Geared for teaching a critical data studies. Free download: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048555444/situating-data

If you are in Amsterdam - this looks like a great free expo at the public library on Digital Shadows ("shows our entanglement with digital technologies, social media and algorithms.") https://waag.org/en/event/oba-expo-digital-shadows/

CFP Innovative Methods for Video-on-Demand Research: An international workshop at Utrecht University, 12 Sept. '24 (organized by Ramon Lobato and Karin van Es). More info: https://lnkd.in/e8-PzgrJ

Workshop 21 april in Utrecht: ‘Computational writing and publishing’ – with Geoff Cox and Winnie Soon. Organized by Governing the digital society (Utrecht University), NICA & RMeS. Sign up: https://www.nica-institute.com/event-computational-writing-and-publishing-workshop-with-geoff-cox-and-winnie-soon/

At Utrecht University I have been working in a team on Responsible and ethical use of GenAI in education. This UNESCO document actually has some really good pointers and overlaps a great deal with the instructions we are putting out there. (Although I don’t care much for their human centered terminology). “UNESCO Guidance on generative AI in education and research” download at:
https://lnkd.in/eqdJh2yR

Our paper is out in Big Data & Society! On Data Center Imaginary of Dutch Twitter https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517231155064

Such an honor and pleasure to keynote at ECREA Television Studies Section in Potsdam. Arguing how myths about streaming services muddle our understanding and the need to reintroduce complexity through media industries studies and empirical research. Many thanks to Susanne Eicher, Lisa Plumeier, Cathrin Bengesser, Deborah Castro Mariño, and Luca Barra for the invitation and such a lovely conference in general!

Honored to keynote at the ECREA TV section conference in Potsdam 25-27 Oct. Tentative title for my talk: "(Re)Claiming Television: Myths and Horseless Carriages." The CFP Redefining Televisuality is open till 21 May. https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/filmuni/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/detail/redefining-televisuality-programmes-practices-methods-conference-2023

Bij Data School @utrechtuniversity@akademienl.social zijn we opzoek naar een stagiair Journalistiek & coronaberichtgeving dmv NLP, NER enz https://dataschool.nl/nieuws/vacature-stageplek-ba-of-ma-journalistiek-democratie-coronaberichtgeving/

@claesdevreese@mastodon.social the question is - who has now been “voted” in!

Just out and free to access: "Where are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems"(Christine Bauer, Chandni Bagchi, Olusanmi Hundogan and Karin van Es) in ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems. Part of our AI Labs (Utrecht University) project with DPG Media.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654805

Join this ONLINE talk on 28 Feb 15.30 (CET) where Bruno Campanella presents his new book out at Polity Press. Respondent: Annette Markham. More info: https://www.uu.nl/agenda/bruno-campanella-recognition-in-the-age-of-social-media

@matherion@mastodon.nl excuses dit zie ik nu pas! Maar nee dat is er niet. Mm vreemd dat ze bij DHQ geen doi hebben!

This list of pointers/tips on ChatGPT in the classroom by @andrewpiper@sigmoid.social over on Twitter should be mandatory reading for all Uni staff before the start of the new academic year https://twitter.com/_akpiper/status/1665749618787864576