[Commlist] Misdoom 2020 symposium on misinformation in online media

      Call for Contributions

After a successful 1st edition in Hamburg, Germany, the international 
*MISDOOM* symposium on misinformation in online media returns for a 2nd 
edition, this time hosted by Leiden University, the Netherlands. Topics 
include *fake news, social bots, disinformation, filter bubbles, 
virality, deep fakes* and related topics on misinformation in online media.

The symposium brings together researchers in *communication science, 
computer science, computational social science, political communication, 
journalism and media studies*, as well as practitioners in journalism 
and online media. The symposium has a strong multidisciplinary 
character, and aims to cater to the habits of different disciplines. 
Therefore, there are two submission tracks: one for *extended 
abstracts* which will be judged based on suitability for presentation at 
the symposium, and another track for *full papers* with Springer LNCS 
proceedings, reviewed based on scientific quality and suitability for 
presentation.

In this way, we aim to create an attractive venue that truly brings 
together the `best of both worlds’ through contributed presentations at 
the symposium. Please note the MISDOOM 2020 submission deadline in your 
calendar: *February 1, 2020*.

We hope to welcome you in Leiden, the Netherlands in April 2020!

*Context. *Online media have become a politically, economically, and 
organizationally critical infrastructure. Internet users all over the 
world can directly interact with each other and participate in for 
example political discussions. Through online media, journalists have 
access to enormous amounts of information and public sentiment that 
increasingly becomes part of their reporting. Politicians refine their 
positions and actions based on the (seemingly) public opinion, which 
they distill from online media. Others use these channels to distribute 
their views. Companies allow product reviews by users to provide 
crowd-based quality assurance.

*Symposium topic. *In an ideal world, participation and openness would  
foster free and democratic processes as well as beneficial societal 
interactions. However, beyond the desired space for free expression of 
public opinions, such openness also provides options for large-scaled 
and orchestrated manipulations. Groups of humans (“trolls”) or semi- to 
fully-automated systems (“social bots”) can bias or manipulate societal 
streams, perceptions, and multiplicators in society. How can we detect 
and learn from this phenomenon, and how do we combat fake news and 
misinformation?

*MISDOOM* is a multidisciplinary international symposium that brings 
together researchers and practitioners from communication science, media 
studies, computer science, data science, as well as journalists and 
online media professionals to discuss current topics, technical advances 
and societal challenges in the area of online media. Participants can 
discuss and contribute to the following (non-exclusive list of) topics:

  * Manipulation of societies, politics, economics, and journalism by
    disinformation strategies (e.g., types of disinformation and
    manipulation, case studies, observations of campaigns and
    strategies, communication strategies, economic implications and
    threats) and their impact.
  * Technical and organizational means for manipulation (e.g., technical
    state of the art and advances in artificial intelligence,
    information retrieval and content generation, technical
    infrastructure and access to social networks)
  * Human, technical and hybrid detection mechanisms for orchestrated
    manipulation or individual actors (e.g., indicator-based detection,
    machine learning, anomaly detection, monitoring systems and
    visualization, human task forces)
  * Counter-measures on mis- and disinformation and manipulation (e.g.,
    transparency approaches, technical limitations, organizational
    processes, behavioral changes, education, professional codices,
    legal actions)
  * Future trends in online-media usage and societal influencing (e.g.,
    development of platforms, disruption of traditional journalistic
    work, potential attack vectors in economy, journalism, politics,
    research challenges and open fields)

*Presenting at MISDOOM*. In addition to keynote talks and panel 
discussions, we particularly invite researchers and practitioners to 
present their work at the symposium.

Given that we welcome both social scientists and computer scientists, 
and that the publication strategies of these fields differ, we solicit 
*two types of contributions *that both, upon acceptance, result in *the 
same opportunity to present at MISDOOM*:

 1. *Extended abstracts*: up to 1 page A4, briefly describing the work
    that will be presented. The abstract can be based on previously
    published work, ongoing work in progress or even a new research idea
    or agenda. No template is provided, but at least title, authors,
    their affiliation, the text of the abstract and, especially in case
    of previously published work, reference(s) should be included.
    Submissions are non-archival, and not formally published.
    Type 1 submissions will be judged based on relevance for the MISDOOM
    symposium.
 2. *Full papers*: up to 15 pages in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer
    Science (LNCS) format describing original unpublished and new
    research. The work should be structured like a research paper, and
    cover the context of the problem studied, the research question,
    approach/methodology and results in 6 to 15 pages. It should be
    formatted according to the LNCS Word or LaTeX template

<https://www.springer.com/de/it-informatik/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines>.
    Type 2 submissions will be judged based on scientific quality and
    relevance for the MISDOOM symposium.

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