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Book review of Language and the Internet
by Ken Friedman 24 Nov '01

24 Nov '01

Dear Collagues, This book review of Language and the Internet, by David Crystal from World Wide Words, a free email newsletter. Details below. Ken Friedman Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 08:49:26 +0000 Reply-To: editor(a)WORLDWIDEWORDS.ORG From: World Wide Words <worldwidewords(a)LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG> Subject: World Wide Words -- 10 Nov 01 To: WORLDWIDEWORDS(a)LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG WORLD WIDE WORDS ISSUE 262 Saturday 10 November 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent each Saturday to 13,000+ subscribers in at least 113 countries Editor: Michael Quinion, Thornbury, Bristol, UK ISSN 1470-1448 <http://www.worldwidewords.org> Mail: <editor(a)worldwidewords.org> ------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is best viewed in a monospaced font. 3. Review: Language and the Internet, by David Crystal ------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not entirely unknown for World Wide Words subscribers to e- mail me, receive a reply, and then respond suggesting that my reply was terse or rude. That false perception arises because people new to the Internet are more familiar with the conventions of letter- writing. They regard the comparative brevity of e-mail, its lack of formal salutations and the inclusion of "framing" devices such as selective quoting from their messages as indications of a lack of courtesy. This is a good example of one way that online and offline communications differ, and one to which David Crystal pays special attention. He gives a linguist's appraisal of the Net, which he points out is not a monolithic creation, but rather a set of disparate methods of communications that include e-mail, chatrooms (a term he uses to cover media such as mailing lists, Internet Relay Chat and Usenet newsgroups), World Wide Web pages, and virtual worlds such as MUDs and MOOs. His book is aimed more to readers who are unfamiliar with these mechanisms than to those who are, so there are detailed explanations of the characteristics of each communication method. As a result, much description will be obvious enough to anybody familiar with a given technique, though few people are conversant with all of them. He largely dismisses the common view that online communication (he calls it "Netspeak") is illiterate and dumbed-down language. He agrees that much of it is non-standard, playful, highly deviant in bending the usual rules of language, tolerant of typographic and spelling errors, and full of new words. But he is fascinated by its variety and innovation and devotes much space to describing its special (and evolving) character. He takes a very positive view, suggesting that "The phenomenon of Netspeak is going to change the way we think about language in a fundamental way, because it is a linguistic singularity - a genuine new medium". He argues that the analogy of online communications with speech rather than formal writing is too simple: chatrooms, IRC and the like are too constrained by their response times and the slow speed of typing to be considered as a good analogy of speech; Web pages, e-mail and other mechanisms are too transient or easily modified to be equivalent to the printed word. "On the whole," he says, "Netspeak is better seen as written language which has been pulled some way in the direction of speech than as spoken language which has been written down." He suggests that online language is best viewed as neither of these things, but rather as a new species of interaction, a "third medium", which is evolving its own systematic rules to suit new circumstances. David Crystal writes as accessibly as ever. But by the nature of his theme his book is academically oriented and its readers need to know some basic linguistics. It will appeal especially to someone with a professional or informed interest in linguistics who wants to explore the special nature of language on the Net. [Crystal, David; Language and the Internet; published by Cambridge University Press; pp272; ISBN 0-521-80212-1; publisher's price GBP13.95. Professor Crystal is editor of - amongst others - the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language.] 6. 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clarification lit. on e-commerce / new economy firms?
by Philip Howard 24 Nov '01

24 Nov '01

Dear AIR: thanks for the so much off-list feedback, I'm assembling the reference list. Just as a clarification, I am especially eager to find some traditional sociology of work or organizational behavior studies using ethnography or other qualitative methods used in an e-commerce firm. For this particular purpose we don't need useability studies or virtual ethnographies. I'll keep what's been sent to me in the ref. list anyway. p. Philip Howard ph. (773) 274-6817 / c. (202) 271-7170 / p-howard(a)northwestern.edu Sociology, Northwestern University - http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~pho442/ Survey2001 Project - http://survey2001.nationalgeographic.com Pew Internet & American Life Project - http://www.pewinternet.org

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2nd CFP: Playing With the Future
by Jason Rutter 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ================================================= PLAYING WITH THE FUTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTER GAMING APRIL 5-7, 2002 Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester Manchester, England Deadline for submissions: Friday, December 21, 2001. Computer games have now been taking up room in people's homes for over twenty-five years. The mid-seventies fad for the black and white block graphics of Pong has turned into an industry worth over $6 billion in the USA alone. The new generation of consoles along with the almost frenetic development in graphic and CPU technologies for PCs demonstrates a time of great technological innovation for gaming technology and this is reinforced by the growing importance of new methods of gaming-related retail such as web-based e-commerce and interactive digital television. Further, gamers are becoming increasingly organised and professionalised through growing consumer gaming exhibitions, national and international gaming competitions and arenas such as LAN parties and online gaming. At this rapidly moving point in the gaming industry the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) will be hosting a conference of computer gaming, gamers and the gaming industry on the 5th-7th April 2002 at The University of Manchester. Bringing together researchers from sociology, psychology, games design, cultural studies, economics, management and other disciplines, along with members from various sectors of the gaming industry such as developers, publishers and retail the central aims of the conference are: * To provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information and analysis on the gaming industry and gamer research * To foster research links between academic research and the gaming industry and develop new networks of research activity * To offer students a supportive environment for sharing and developing their idea with more established researchers * To facilitate dissemination of work produced for the conference in printed and electronic format The organisers welcome submissions from any discipline, as well as work from those producing games and other leisure-orientated new media or working within associated industries. Panel presentations which establish connections across disciplines, institutions and/or continents are especially encouraged. We invite paper, presentation, and panel proposals on, but not restricted to, the following areas: Gamers: Gamers as producers Gaming communities Ethnographies of gamers Gender differences Gaming Industries: Organisational culture E-commerce and bricks & mortar retail Market values and sectors Marketing Strategic alliances Gaming Effects: Gaming and health Gaming and development Games software in education Gaming technologies: Technological convergence Avatars and AI Console wars Gaming via WAP, WED and dTV Games: Textual analysis Gender in games Constructing gameplay Character and narrative Gaming history Legal Aspects: Software piracy Game certification IPR and copyright Gamers as a consumer market Individual paper and presentation proposals should be no more than 500 words. For panel proposals, the session organiser should submit a 250 word description of the panel topic along with abstracts of up to 500 words for each paper or presentation in the panel. The organisers are keen to encourage experimentation with panel formats to enable exchange and development. A guide for panel submission can be found at: http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz/panelguide.htm Abstracts and proposals should be submitted electronically to Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk in RTF, Word or PDF format or sent to: Jason Rutter ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, The University of Manchester, Ground Floor, Devonshire House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz/cfp.htm FOR CONFERENCE UPDATES JOIN THE DIGIPLAY LIST AT http://www.topica.com/lists/digiplay/ Deadline for abstracts: Friday, December 21, 2001. Accepted authors notified: Friday January 21, 2002

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Re: [Air-l] lit. on e-commerce / new economy firms?
by radhika gajjala 23 Nov '01

23 Nov '01

a url of interest to this thread http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1ecdr01.en.htm ___________ Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik http://www.cyberdiva.org http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/4425/ __________

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Fwd: [CC] [congress-crew@ccc.de: CfP: 18th annual Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin, Germany] (fwd)
by jeremy hunsinger 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

> > [Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this CfP] > > * Deutsche Fassung weiter unten * > > ************************************************************************* > > Call for papers: 18C3: 18. Chaos Communication Congress 27.-29. December > 2001 > > Papers are being solicited for the eighteenth annual Congress of the > Chaos Computer Club e.V., Germany, to be held in Berlin, Germany, from > December 27th through 29th. The congress is intended to > promote the technical, social and political interchange of ideas among > hackers, security professionals, artists, nerds and other lifeforms, > watching how technology affects society. > > Unlike earlier incarnations, this years congress will not only address > the > German speaking population. It is our goal to have at least the main > track > of the conference held in English and translated to German or held in > German > and translated to English. > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > - wrecked use of mainstream technology > - obfuscating code, technology and user minds > - IPv6 technology and security, practical experience, 6bone statistics > etc. > - Ttchnical developments and protocols in the Internet > (e.g. Differentiated Services, constraint-based-routing, MPLS, traffic > engineering, policing, COPS, TCPng, streaming protocols, > Peer2Peer-Networks, ENUM etc.) > - telephone networks (wired & wireless, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS) > - access technology (cable modems, satellite, WLL etc.) > - surveillance technology, LI, state of the art and how to trick it > - security policy and privacy Issues > - security infrastructure, architecture and standards (PKCS,CMA, CDSA > etc.) > - watching them watching us and how to sharpen the picture > - eavesdropping on (streaming) protocols (e.g. internet telephony) > - operating system/platform security (any OS you can think of) > - internet, communications & networking security, including wireless > technologies (WaveLAN, HiperLAN, etc.) > - AAA > - intrusion detection and monitoring > - cryptograpic algorithms, technology, toolkits, applications, etc. > (e.g. AES, elliptic curves, PGP, GnuPG etc.) > - smartcards & embedded anything > - biometrics > - copyright, copyleft, copywrong, "interlec-duh-al capital", > digital rights management and the street performer protocol, > DMCA vs Freedom of Speech > - privacy, private data and public data and the difference, if any > - misuse of (multi)media technology, "secure" devices ... > - art & beauty in the global village > - reverse engineering technology how-to's > - circumvention devices & security countermeasures > - political and legislative trends, open and hidden, concerning > the net and communication technology > - crypto-politics in national security > - German issues as TKÜV and equivalents in other countries > - European issues as Cybercrime-Convention and equivalents > - hacker ethics and history > - Developments in Mobile Networking (e.g. Wireless LAN, > Ad-Hoc Networking, Tracking of Persons, etc.) > - activism, hacktivism and other forms of political work > - Organisational structures of NGOs > - Underground Banking > - conspiracy theories > - discordianism > > Lectures are expected to be highly relevant in practice or better be > darn funny. Sales droids have been known to disappear without traces > on past events. Interactive Workshops welcome. Hands-On anything even > more welcome. > > Intelligent beings wishing to present a paper should submit title and an > one- or two-paragraph abstract (in German or English), references and > URLs, > a short biography, and contact information to congress-crew(a)ccc.de RSN, > no > later than December 1st. > > Notice of acceptance will be sent out as soon as possible. Final > presentations should be in English or German and be up to 45 or up to > 100 > minutes long, including a question-and-answer period. > > As this is a non-profit organisation and non-profit event, the CCC will > not be able to compensate travel or hotel costs let alone a speaker > honorar, > well, maybe travel costs. We are, however, able to arrange accomodation > for low or no cost. > > The preliminary agenda will be published on the web > http://www.ccc.de/congress/ in the near future. Registration information > will be posted, too. > > So, do you dare to speak in front of people who might have downloaded > your > script from your computer in advance and spotted all the logical errors? > > Do you read me, HAL? > > ************************************************************************* > *** > > Call for Papers: 18C3: 18. Chaos Communication Congress 27.-29. Dezember > 2001 > > Für den 18. jährlichen Congress des Chaos Computer Club e.V. werden > Vortragende und Veröffentlichungen erbeten. Der Kongress findet > zwischen dem > 27. und dem 29. Dezember in Berlin, Deutschland, statt. Das Ziel des > Kongresses ist es, den Austausch von technischen, gesellschaftlichen und > politischen Ideen zwischen Hackern, Sicherheits-Experten, Künstlern, > "Nerds" und anderen Lebensformen, die sich mit dem Einfluß von Technik > auf > die Gesellschaft beschäftigen, zu fördern. > > Im Gegensatz zu den Kongressen in der Vergangenheit soll dieser Kongress > nicht in erster Linie nur die deutschprachige Bevölkerung ansprechen. Es > ist unser erklärtes Ziel, zumindest die Hauptveranstaltungen der > Konferenz > auf deutsch mit englischer Simultanübersetzung bzw. auf englisch mit > deutscher Simultanübersetzung anzubieten. > > > Die Themen des Congresses sind u.a.: > > - kreative Nutzung von etablierter Technik > - Verschleierung von Code, Technik und den Gedanken der Nutzer > - IPv6 Technologie und Sicherheit, praktische Erfahrungen, 6bone > Statistiken > - Entwurf neuer Protokolle im Internet (z.B. Differentiated Services, > Constraint based Routing, MPLS, Verkehrsplanung, Policing, COPS, > TCPng, > Streaming, eer2Peer-Netze, ENUM usw.) > - Telefonnetze (drahtgebunden/drahlos, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS usw.) > - Netzwerk-Zugangs-Technologie (z.B. Kabelmodems, Satelliten, WLL usw.) > - Überwachungs-Technik, "Lawful Interception", Stand der Technik und wie > man sie austrickst > - Sicherheits-Strategien und Schutz der Privatsphäre > - Sicherheits-Infrastruktur, -Architektur und Standards (PKCS, CMS, CDSA > usw.) -- "watching them watching us" > - Abhören von Daten- und Telefonverkehr > - Betriebssysteme und Plattformen > - Internet-, Datenübermittlungs- und Netzwerk-(Un)Sicherheit, > insbesondere > auch von drahtlosen Netze (WaveLAN, HiperLAN/2 usw.) > - AAA > - Eindringlingserkennung und -überwachung > - Kryptoalgorithmen, -technik und -anwendungen (z.B. AES, elliptic > curves, > PGP, GnuPG usw.) > - "Smartcards" und "Embedded Systems" > - Biometrie > - Urheberrecht, "Copyright vs. Copyleft", "interlec-duh-al capital", > "Digital Rights Management" und "Street Performer Protocol", Gesetze > (DMCA, EU) und Meinungsfreiheit > - Informationale Selbstbestimmung, private und öffentliche Daten und > deren > Unterschied (falls vorhanden...) > - Miß/Gebrauch von Multimedia, "sicheren" Geräten > - Kunst und Schönheit im globalen Dorf > - Die Kunst des Reverse Engineering > - Geräte zur Umgehung von Kopierschutzmethoden, > Sicherheits-Gegenmaßnahmen > - Politische und gesetzgeberische Entwicklung, im Offenen und > Verborgenen, > Netz- und Kommunikationstechnik betreffend > - Krypto-Politik als Element der sog. Nationalen Sicherheit > - Themen, die Deutschland betreffen (z.B. TKÜV, "Otto-Katalog"), > ähnliches > in anderen Ländern > - Themen, die Europa betreffen (z.B. Cyber-crime Convention usw.) > - Hacker-Ethik und Geschichte > - Entwicklungen in mobilen Netzen (z.B. FunkLAN, AdHoc-Netze, > Standortbestimmung und Bewegungsprofile von Personen usw.) > - Aktivismus, Hacktivismus und andere Arten politischer Arbeit > - Struktur von Nichtregierungs-Organisationen > - "Underground Banking" > - Verschwörungstheorien, "Discordianism" > > Interaktive Workshops und praktische Vorführungen werden bevorzugt. > > Intelligente Wesen, die vortragen möchten, werden gebeten, bis zum > 1. Dezember 2001 den Titel und eine einen oder zwei Absätze lange > Zusammenfassung des Vortrags (auf englisch oder deutsch), Verweise > und URLs, eine Kurzbiographie und Kontakt-Informationen an > <congress-crew(a)ccc.de> zu schicken. > > Die Benachrichtigung über die Annahme des Vortrags wird so schnell > wie möglich verschickt. Die Vorträge sollten auf englisch oder deutsch > gehalten werden und bis zu 45 oder bis zu 100 Minuten lang sein, > inklusive Fragen aus dem Publikum. > > Da dies eine gemeinnützige und nicht gewinnverfolgende Veranstaltung > ist, kann der CCC leider keine Kostenerstattung geschweige denn ein > Honorar zahlen. Lediglich unter besonderen Umständen ist eine > Reisekostenerstattung möglich. Wir können jedoch günstige Unterkünfte > vermitteln. > > Die vorläufige Agenda wird im Web unter http://www.ccc.de/congress > veröffentlicht. Das gleiche gilt für Informationen zur > Teilnehmer-Registrierung. > > Also, traust Du Dich, vor Leuten zu sprechen, die möglicherweise im > voraus > Dein Vortragsskript aus Deinem Computer gezogen und alle logischen > Fehler > gefunden haben? > > Do you read me, HAL? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: chaos-update-unsubscribe(a)lists.ccc.de > For additional commands, e-mail: chaos-update-help(a)lists.ccc.de > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~cantsin/homepage/ > http://www.complit.fu-berlin.de/institut/lehrpersonal/cramer.html > GnuPG/PGP public key ID 3200C7BA > > > -- > Cyberculture(a)zacha.org > http://www.zacha.org/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture > http://www.cyberculture.zacha.org/ > > jeremy hunsinger on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy

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ICT/ IT for Development Jobs
by Vikas Nath 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Dear Colleagues, This particular website- DevNetJobs at http://www.devnetjobs.org is a comprehensive, easy to browse site for jobs in the International Environment and Development Sector including ICT for Development. It is run by Development Professionals from around the world and runs a weekly email list with over 9500 subscribers. You could join the mailing list by sending a blank email to developmentjobs-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Cheers, Vikas Nath Inlaks Fellow. LSE, UK

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position at ISU in New Media Technology
by Dr. Richard C. Vincent 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Indiana State University Department of Communication Assistant Professor; Tenure Track; New Media Technology Seeks a tenure track assistant professor to teach in the Department of Communication's undergraduate and graduate programs beginning August 2002. The successful candidate's responsibilities will include teaching/developing courses in New Media Technology, its economics and services as studied from a social science perspective; and Broadcasting/Multimedia Production. Ability to teach courses in broadcast journalism desired. Other teaching assignments will be chosen from the following: Media History, Media and Society, Broadcast Law, Broadcast Writing, Broadcast Management, Web Design, Media Effects, and Research Methods. Service to the University, College and Department and a sustained program of research/publication/creative projects required. Ph.D. required. Previous relevant professional experience desirable. Salary: competitive, commensurate with experiences. Further information on ISU and the Department of Communication found at http://web.indstate.edu/comm/. Applicants should send a letter of application, current vita, samples of scholarly and/or creative work, evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), three letters of recommendation (placement file copies acceptable), and copies of graduate transcripts (official copy required prior to employment) to: Dr. Sharon Russell, Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809. E-mail: cmrusse(a)ruby.indstate.edu; telephone: (812) 237-3214; fax: (812) 237-3217. Complete applications will be reviewed beginning on January 4, 2002, and will continue until the position is filled. AA/EOE.

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The Internet in Everyday Life
by Barry Wellman 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

I am delighted that the special Nov 2001 issue of _The American Behavioral Scientist_ is out: "The Internet in Everyday Life," edited by Caroline Haythornthwaite and myself. It contains 11 empirical articles (quant and qual) placing the Internet in the context of everyday life. The table of contents is below. You can check out the issue by going to www.sagepub.com and following the links to the journal (URL is too huge to copy here.) Caroline and I are just finishing editing a revised and expanded (20 articles) book, The Internet in Everyday Life, which Blackwells will publish this summer, in hard and soft cover. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ Introduction: The Internet in Everyday Life Haythornthwaite, Caroline Days and Nights on the Internet: The Impact of a Diffusing Technology Howard, Phillip.; Rainie, Lee.; Jones, Steve The Internet, 1995-2000: Access, Civic Involvement, and Social Interaction Katz J.E.; Rice R.E.; Aspden P. Sociability, Interpersonal Relations, and the Internet: Reconciling Conflicting Findings Nie Norman Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital? Social Networks, Participation, and Community Commitment Wellman, Barry; Quan Haase, Anabel; Witte, James; Hampton Keith Digital Living: The Impact (or Otherwise) of the Internet on Everyday Life Anderson, Ben; Tracey, Karina Long Distance Community in the Network Society: Contact and Support Beyond Netville Hampton, Keith; Wellman, Barry The Impact of Community Computer Networks on Social Capital and Community Involvement Kavanaugh, Andrea; Patterson, Scott Juggling Multiple Social Worlds: Distance Students Online and Offline Kazmer, Michelle.; Haythornthwaite, Caroline Using E-Mail for Personal Relationships: The Difference Gender Makes Boneva, Bonka; Kraut, Robert; Frohlich, David Real and Virtual Social Ties: Connections in the Everyday Lives of Seven Ethnic Neighborhoods Matei, Sorin; Ball-Rokeach, Sandra An Online Data Web Site for Internet Research: Some Features and an Example Robinson, John; Neustadtl, Alan; Kestnbaum, Meyer

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Comm and Technology position(s) at Virginia Tech ... (fwd)
by Ed Lamoureux 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

just in case you missed this one. Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Speech Communication and Multimedia Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 ell(a)bradley.edu http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell Fax: 309-677-3446 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:24 -0400 From: CIOS/Comserve Support Staff <support(a)CIOS.ORG> Reply-To: COMMJOBS hotline <COMMJOBS(a)CIOS.ORG> To: Multiple recipients of COMMJOBS <COMMJOBS(a)CIOS.ORG> Subject: Comm and Technology position(s) at Virginia Tech ... Job Announcement: Department of Communication Studies, Virginia Tech The Department of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech invites applications for one or more tenure-track positions (rank open). These positions are intended to strengthen a "communication and technology" cluster within the Department and College of Arts and Sciences. We seek colleagues who can contribute to research and teaching in several areas, including but not limited to communication campaigns, computer-mediated communication, health communication, international or global communication, strategic communication, telemedicine, visual media, and/or the economic, social, cultural effects of interactive media. Applicants should be interested and able to work with interdisciplinary teams within and across college divisions. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in communication or a related field, as well as a demonstrated record or the potential for scholarly publication, external funding, and successful teaching. ABD will be considered if near degree completion. Screening of applications will begin Dec. 14, 2001, pending final budgetary approval; applications will continue to be accepted until positions are filled. Applicants should furnish curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching philosophy, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references. Application packets should be sent to Beth M. Waggenspack, Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Shanks Hall (0311), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Phone (540) 231-7625. E-mail bwaggens(a)vt.edu The Department of Communication Studies has 25 full-time faculty with over 750 undergraduate students and a newly-launched graduate program. With an enrollment of over 26,000 students, Virginia Tech is Virginia's largest Research 1 institution and is ranked among the nation's "Top 25" public universities. For further information on the Department and university go to http://www.comm.vt.edu/new/index.htm The home of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, was recently cited as one of America's "Top 10 Dream Towns" for its combination of technology, culture, and outdoor activities. It is home to the Blacksburg Electronic Village. A university community of approximately 30,000 full-time residents, Blacksburg is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Jefferson National Forest and the New River. To learn more about the community and surrounding regions, see the Blacksburg Electronic Village at http://www.bev.net/. The College of Arts and Sciences is deeply committed to recruiting, selecting, promoting, and retaining women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities. We strongly value diversity in the college community and seek to assure equality in education and employment. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should notify Beth M. Waggenspack, e-mail bwaggens(a)vt.edu, (540-231-7625, TTY 1-800-828-1120) by the application deadline.

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online data archive
by Eszter Hargittai 19 Nov '01

19 Nov '01

Regarding the discussion about an online data archive, I thought the following may be of interest: http://www.webuse.umd.edu/data_analysis.htm It's administered by the Webshop folks at UMaryland. The idea is to gather all sorts of Internet use related data sets and make them available to wide use. The data on this site are available via an interface that allows for immediate analysis of the data. Something potentially helpful that I have not seen yet would be a detailed description of some of the larger data sets. Codebooks are nice, but they can take days to decode. The Current Population Survey of the Census is very well documented and all the computer and Internet supplement data are available on the BLS Ferret Web site, but figuring out all the screens (which are not consistent year-to-year for the four supplements) can take several days. However, once done, it's all pretty straight forward. So it may be worth it to write up explanations of the screening procedures and other basics of large data sets that can then be used by others. I'll keep you posted if I end up doing this for the CPS. Eszter --- http://www.eszter.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com

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