July 2001 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Computer Gaming List
by Jason Rutter 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ================================================= EMAIL LIST FOR RESEARCHERS INTO COMPUTER GAMING. Research on computer games, computer gaming and the gaming industry is a young but rapidly developing field of inquiry. In an attempt to support exchange of ideas and promote cross-disciplinary discussion in the area a new discussion list has been setup. The Digiplay list aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information and analysis on the gaming industry and gamer research. Multidisciplinary in nature, it is aimed primarily at academic researchers doing work in any area of computer game, gaming, or the gaming industry. You can subscribe either at http://www.topica.com/lists/digiplay or by sending a blank email to digiplay-subscribe(a)topica.com. Please feel free to circulate to interested parties. Jason Rutter Jo Bryce CRIC Dept of Psychology University of Manchester UCLAN Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk j.bryce(a)uclan.ac.uk http://www.digiplay.org.uk/ =================================================

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RE: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #59 - 1 msg
by Dr. Alberto Beuchot 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

Daer Dara: I´m interested in reading the paper you offer. Please email it to me. Thanks! Dr. Alberto Beuchot Center for Teaching and Learning ITESM -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)aoir.org Sent: Jueves, 19 de Julio de 2001 10:01 a.m. To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #59 - 1 msg Today's Topics: 1. Re: Information/research request (Dara O'Neil) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:38:47 -0400 To: air-l(a)aoir.org From: "Dara O'Neil" <dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Information/research request Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I wrote a paper that I'm presenting at the AoIR conference in October that addresses specifically this topic. It's a working paper but I'd be happy to send it to you (or anyone else) who may be interested. The abstract of the paper, "Merging Theory with Practice: Toward an Evaluation Framework for Community Informatics" is below. "Community informatics is defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging evaluation literature on community informatics to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community informatics evaluations fall into five key areas: 1) enhancing strong democracy; 2) increasing social capital; 3) empowering individuals; 4) revitalizing sense of community; and 5) providing economic development oppotunities. This paper aims to develop an understanding or model of community informatics research that synthesizes diverse theoretical perspectives in two ways: first, by presenting a taxonomy of more than 30 evaluation studies based on common methodological and explanatory dimensions; and second, by drawing from this taxonomy to construct an evaluation framework of appropriate indicators and methods for community informatics evaluation research." If you're interested in a copy of the paper, please let me know and I'll forward it to you. Thanks- Dara At 12:01 PM -0400 7/18/01, air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:12:36 -0500 >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >From: rglentz(a)mail.utexas.edu >Subject: [Air-l] Information/research request >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Dear colleagues, > >I'm looking for citations (with urls if available) of any/all meta >evaluations done on community networks and community technology centers in >the U.S. I'm aware of CTCnet's site and publications, NTIA's, etc. etc., >but just curious if any of you have been able to find a source where these >have been researched and cited in academic literature in total? Also, I am >eager to know about the nuanced differences between CTCs and CNs - is there >a working definition? Thank you! > >RG Lentz >UT Austin -- *********************************************************************** Dara V. O'Neil Research Associate II, Georgia Tech Research Institute; & Doctoral student, Information and Telecommunications Policy School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; 151 Sixth St., 038 O'Keefe Building, Atlanta, GA 30332-0837 Tel: 404.894.8445, Fax: 404.894.2184, Email: dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu *********************************************************************** --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l End of Air-l Digest

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Re: [Air-l] Information/research request
by Dara O'Neil 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

I wrote a paper that I'm presenting at the AoIR conference in October that addresses specifically this topic. It's a working paper but I'd be happy to send it to you (or anyone else) who may be interested. The abstract of the paper, "Merging Theory with Practice: Toward an Evaluation Framework for Community Informatics" is below. "Community informatics is defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging evaluation literature on community informatics to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community informatics evaluations fall into five key areas: 1) enhancing strong democracy; 2) increasing social capital; 3) empowering individuals; 4) revitalizing sense of community; and 5) providing economic development oppotunities. This paper aims to develop an understanding or model of community informatics research that synthesizes diverse theoretical perspectives in two ways: first, by presenting a taxonomy of more than 30 evaluation studies based on common methodological and explanatory dimensions; and second, by drawing from this taxonomy to construct an evaluation framework of appropriate indicators and methods for community informatics evaluation research." If you're interested in a copy of the paper, please let me know and I'll forward it to you. Thanks- Dara At 12:01 PM -0400 7/18/01, air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:12:36 -0500 >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >From: rglentz(a)mail.utexas.edu >Subject: [Air-l] Information/research request >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Dear colleagues, > >I'm looking for citations (with urls if available) of any/all meta >evaluations done on community networks and community technology centers in >the U.S. I'm aware of CTCnet's site and publications, NTIA's, etc. etc., >but just curious if any of you have been able to find a source where these >have been researched and cited in academic literature in total? Also, I am >eager to know about the nuanced differences between CTCs and CNs - is there >a working definition? Thank you! > >RG Lentz >UT Austin -- *********************************************************************** Dara V. O'Neil Research Associate II, Georgia Tech Research Institute; & Doctoral student, Information and Telecommunications Policy School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; 151 Sixth St., 038 O'Keefe Building, Atlanta, GA 30332-0837 Tel: 404.894.8445, Fax: 404.894.2184, Email: dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu ***********************************************************************

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July 2001 report
by Steve Jones 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

July 17, 2001 Report of the a(o).i.r. executive committee Prepared by Steve Jones AoIR Executive Committee President: Steve Jones Vice-President: Nancy Baym Secretary: Matt Stoner Treasurer (on leave): Benjamin Bates Interim Treasurer: Wes Shrum Open Seats: Beth Kolko and Sean Cubitt Appointed Seats: Diane Witmer and Fay Sudweeks Student Seat: Matt Williams Publications Officers: Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Breindahl 2001 Conference Coordinator: John Logie 2001 Conference Program Chair: Leslie Shade Ethics Working Group Chair: Charles Ess 1. Introduction & General (Jones) Below is the monthly report from AoIR executive committee members. 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2.1 President (Jones) 2.1.1. Revision to the AoIR bylaws to make them better reflect the shape the organization has taken are still under way. I am hoping to have proposed revisions ready for general discussion within the next couple of weeks. 2.1.2. AoIR elections are also upcoming, and the call for nominations will go out in the next couple or so weeks, too. Remember that only members who have their dues paid up are eligible for nomination, to vote, etc. 2.2 Vice President (Baym) 2.2.1 I've been adding my two cents on the revised bylaws, conference panel organization, future conference planning, and the wonderful forthcoming site for members that Jeremy has put together. 2.3 Secretary (Stoner) 2.3.1 No report. 2.4 Treasurer (Bates) 2.4.1 No report. 2.5 Open Seats (Kolko, Cubitt) 2.5.1 Kolko: No report. 2.5.2 Cubitt: No report. 2.6 Appointed Seats (Witmer, Sudweeks) 2.6.1 Witmer: Nothing to report. 2.6.2 Sudweeks: No report. 2.7 Student Seat (Williams) 2.7.1 No report. 2.8 Publications Officers (Hunsinger, Breindahl) 2.8.1 Hunsinger: Helped with conference stuff. Made an area on aoir.org for conference stuff so that all aoir.org stuff will be in one place. Helped with bylaws revision. Revised and updated current members website. Began working on a significant upgrade to members section that will go gold in august for the elections. 2.8.2 Breindahl: I have been on holiday for the last three weeks. I'll be trying to catch up over the next three weeks, I guess. :) 2.9 2001 Conference (John Logie, Coordinator and Leslie Shade, Program Chair) 2.9.1 Logie: This months' core accomplishments for the "local team" centered around the near-total revision and expansion of the conference website, now available at http://www.aoir.org/2001. The site was reviewed and enhanced by the critiques of a number of members of the local team, especially Dan Burk and Gretchen Haas. The site now features full biographies for each of the keynoters, improvements to the local and registration pages (with a roommate finder supplied by Jeremy Hunsinger), a new page recognizing conference sponsors, and posting of a tentative program schedule. I also worked with the organizers of a pre-conference workshop entitled "Critical Choices in Web Research Design," to add their effort to the overall arc of the conference. This Wednesday programming can be reviewed at http://aoir.org/2001/workshop.htm. The remainder of the program is the core challenge of the coming hours and days. I, as conference chair, am working very closely with Leslie to match our various panels and presentations with the appropriate rooms at Gateway and Radisson. I contracted for additional space at the Radisson when it became clear that the number of submissions would be high. Room spaces vary dramatically in size, so we are working towards matching anticipated demand for particular sessions with available space. To that end, I am creating a database which, when completed, will greatly streamline the room assignment process. These assignments will be posted to the program page at the AoIR/2001 site as soon as possible. Negotiations with food suppliers are ongoing, but it is clear, based on their estimates, that we should be able to maintain the strong precedents estasblished by Nancy Baym at the first conference. Graduate students and international travelers on tight budgets (as well as the simply hungry) will be able to rely on breakfast foods and snacks provided by AoIR. Core concerns for the coming weeks include stablilization of our arrangement with Apple Computers to maintain the high level of technical support established at AoIR 1.0 and determining whether our assigned book exhibit manager (local bookstore Ruminator Books) will, in fact, be able to successfully handle exhibits for the conference. As of this writing, Ruminator has raised, rather than eliminated concern about its ability to do so. I will be working closely with Ruminator to improve the situation, or working closely with the Minnesota team to develop a viable alternative. 2.9.2 Shade: John and I are working on the panel times and venues. We've already configured the panels, and the schedule should be posted _______?????? 2.10 AoIR Ethics Working Group (Charles Ess, Chair) 2.10.1 Elgesem has posted some important comments and questions in conjunction with our linking the recent Guidelines approved by the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH) and (b) Malin Svenningson has provided us with a case study highlighting the arguments for _not_ requiring informed consent and insuring confidentiality in certain kinds of Internet research (primarily chatrooms).

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Fwd: [DW] Post-Doc Digital Citizenship - Service Learning and Digital Divide - Drake University, Iowa
by jeremy hunsinger 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

> > >Digital Citizenship -- Drake University seeks a post doctoral fellow for >the academic year 2001-2002 (2nd year renewal possible). Strong >information technology skills are required. A political science >background is preferred, but not essential. This NSF-funded position >calls for teaching and research related to the use of service-learning >as a method to lessen the digital divide. Project details are on-line >at: > >http://www.drake.edu/artsci/faculty/sshulman/ITR/digitalcitizenship.htm > >Applicants should mail or email a vita with a letter of intent to Dr. >Stuart W. Shulman, Drake University, Environmental Science and Policy >Program, 2507 University, Olin Hall, Des Moines, IA, 50311, (515) 271- >4801, Stuart.Shulman(a)drake.edu. Drake University is an EEO/AA employer. > > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman > Assistant Professor > Environmental Science and Policy Program > Drake University > 2507 University -- Olin Hall > Des Moines, IA 50311 > Stuart.Shulman(a)drake.edu (email) > 515-271-4801 (phone) > 515-271-3702 (fax) > http://www.drake.edu/artsci/faculty/sshulman/index.htm (home page) Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Webmaster/Manager CDDC 526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage Virginia Tech (yes i partially updated it) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614 icq 5535471

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netzwissenschaft.com
by Reinhold Grether 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

Dear colleagues, netzwissenschaft.de has expanded heavily since its launch on October 2, 2000. There are more than 4,000 links on the site, all centered around Internet Studies. To enhance usability for the English speaking community we've set up an US mirror on <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/> On top of the most relevant pages you'll find an English navigation. The Research Essays page <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/sem/pool.htm> contains tons of URLs linking to electronic research papers and some other net relevant texts. Updated on a nearly daily basis this page may best for you to bookmark. In the Book Releases section <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/biblio/neu01.htm> even books-in-progress are listed. The pages on Research Institutes <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/inst.htm> Research Projects <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/proj.htm> Conferences <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/conf/konf01.htm> and Periodicals <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/period.htm> have expanded tremendously signaling the high-speed process of institutionalizing net.SCIENCE. Please note that a more detailed version of the net.RESEARCHERS page <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss.htm> deals with affiliations and research interests: A-E <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss1.htm> F-J <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss2.htm> K-M <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss3.htm> N-R <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss4.htm> S-Z <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/wiss5.htm> Please help me with updating the site and keep me informed about your new research endeavours. Truly Yours Dr. Reinhold Grether <Constance University> <founder of netzwissenschaft.de> <http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/> <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/>

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Information/research request
by rglentz＠mail.utexas.edu 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

Dear colleagues, I'm looking for citations (with urls if available) of any/all meta evaluations done on community networks and community technology centers in the U.S. I'm aware of CTCnet's site and publications, NTIA's, etc. etc., but just curious if any of you have been able to find a source where these have been researched and cited in academic literature in total? Also, I am eager to know about the nuanced differences between CTCs and CNs - is there a working definition? Thank you! RG Lentz UT Austin

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Game Studies: first issue out
by Reinhold Grether 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

Game Studies the international journal of computer game research issue 1 july 2001 is out <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/> "Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published 3-4 times a year at <www.gamestudies.org> Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games." "Our mission - To explore the rich cultural genre of games; to give scholars a peer-reviewed forum for their ideas and theories; to provide an academic channel for the ongoing discussions on games and gaming." Espen Aarseth Computer Game Studies, Year One <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/editorial.html> Marie-Laure Ryan Beyond Myth and Metaphor The Case of Narrative in Digital Media <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/ryan/> Jesper Juul Games Telling stories? A brief note on games and narratives <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/juul-gts/> Selmer Bringsjord Is It Possible to Build Dramatically Compelling Interactive Digital Entertainment (in the form, e.g., of computer games)? <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/bringsjord/index.html> Markku Eskelinen The Gaming Situation <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/eskelinen/> Jesper Juul The repeatedly lost art of studying games Review of Elliott M. Avedon & Brian Sutton-Smith (ed.): The Study of, Games, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. 530 pages <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/juul-review/> Gonzalo Frasca The Sims: Grandmothers are cooler than trolls <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/frasca/>

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FW: [chineseinternetresearch] final draft of thesis - internet co ntrol and the chinese government
by Greg Wise 16 Jul '01

16 Jul '01

Thought this might be of interest. Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: Lokman Tsui [mailto:lokkie@lokman.nu] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:07 AM To: chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] final draft of thesis - internet control and the chinese government Dear all, The final draft of my thesis is available at http://www.lokman.nu/thesis it is in pdf format and about 800Kb. The abstract is below. Comments are welcome. Abstract Initially, the internet was an open medium with certain characteristics that made it hard to control. According to Western journalists and politicians, the efforts of the Chinese government to control the internet are doomed to fail. This study attempts to counter this view and discusses to what degree the Chinese government can control the internet in China and, more than that, to what degree the internet can be used as a means for control. Methodologically, the four modalities of control (the law, architecture, social norms and the market), set forth by Lessig will be used. As a result, this study will offer a legal, technical, social and economical perspective in discussing the degree of internet control in China. Lessig further argues that the architecture of the internet is undergoing changes that continue to enable control. A prime example of using architecture as a means of control is the concept of the Panopticon prison, invented by Bentham and mediated by Foucault. The concept of the Panopticon will be used to show how the internet can be used as a means for control. The conclusions are that the Chinese government are quite capable of controlling the internet in China and that China has the perfect ingredients for deploying a digital Panopticon. This digital Panopticon will continue to improve and develop, driven by the market. These conclusions show that the internet, to contrary belief, can be controlled and even be used as a means for control. Key words internet regulation, internet control, social control, political control, censorship, privacy, surveillance, panopticon, Lessig, internet in China, Chinese Internet, media. -- "The lure of imaginary totality is momentarily frozen before the dialectic of desire hastens on within symbolic chains." http://www.lokman.nu [-silent dreams-] http://www.wongkarwai.net Because We Have Taste ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide "Securing Your Web Site for Business." Get it now! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n094442340008000 http://us.click.yahoo.com/6lIgYB/IWxCAA/yigFAA/89EolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: chineseinternetresearch-unsubscribe(a)egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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CFP: The Interpersonal Internet (2nd call)
by Nancy Baym 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

please distribute as you see fit: CALL FOR PAPERS EJC/REC: Electronic Journal of Communication/ La Revue Electronique de Communication The Interpersonal Internet Internet research has often focused on individuals or groups; in contrast, dyadic interpersonal relationships have received relatively scant attention. Yet an emerging body of evidence suggests that one of the Internet's primary appeals is its ability to facilitate relational development and maintenance. While this effect has been documented, we know very little about the actual formation and maintenance of relationships in and around online contexts. This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication will spotlight interpersonal relationships and the Internet. We welcome work from any research tradition that offers new findings based on well-grounded research and that relates those findings to existing knowledge where appropriate. Submissions are invited that address questions such as (but by no means limited to): How are relationships developed face-to-face maintained, negotiated, or transformed through the Internet? How is Internet use situated in offline interpersonal relational contexts? How do relationships develop within online contexts? How do differences amongst Internet contexts and forms give rise to differences in interpersonal relationships or communication strategies? Manuscripts should be prepared following guidelines of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Authors should be careful to remove all personal references from the manuscript to allow for blind review. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. After acceptance both a hard copy and an electronic copy will be required. Deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is September 1, 2001. Authors are invited to discuss possible contributions with the Guest Editor prior to submission. Authors should submit manuscripts to the Guest Editor: Nancy Baym Department of Communication Studies University of Kansas email: nbaym(a)ku.edu snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

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