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

Re: [Air-l] dissertations and other reports/publications
by D. Silver 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Ooh, I like this idea a lot. Is it feasible? Is it desirable on the part of other list members? I for one would be interested. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver/ On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, david silver wrote: > Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:12:51 -0500 > From: rglentz(a)mail.utexas.edu > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] dissertations and other reports/publications > > May I suggest to the list owners that AOIR consider establishing a > moderated/edited link (members submit blurbettes to the person(s) > responsible for keeping this updated/fresh) from the main AOIR web page for > recent dissertations, publications, etc. from AOIR members in some sort of > categorized arrangement? Somewhat like David's cyberculture book reviews > service, i.e., an alert about new stuff, but a link not the reviews to the > list, etc? I think the most recent post by Professor Hampton was > interesting, but it made me think that there might be many other list > members with interesting work to share who may be a bit more shy about > announcing it? This might also be a way to reduce the volume of postings -- > this is becoming a high volume list. Just a suggestion. RG Lentz, UT/Austin. > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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dissertations and other reports/publications
by rglentz＠mail.utexas.edu 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

May I suggest to the list owners that AOIR consider establishing a moderated/edited link (members submit blurbettes to the person(s) responsible for keeping this updated/fresh) from the main AOIR web page for recent dissertations, publications, etc. from AOIR members in some sort of categorized arrangement? Somewhat like David's cyberculture book reviews service, i.e., an alert about new stuff, but a link not the reviews to the list, etc? I think the most recent post by Professor Hampton was interesting, but it made me think that there might be many other list members with interesting work to share who may be a bit more shy about announcing it? This might also be a way to reduce the volume of postings -- this is becoming a high volume list. Just a suggestion. RG Lentz, UT/Austin.

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Internet surveys
by Laura Gurak 02 Aug '01

02 Aug '01

I am curious what people would consider to be the "top 10" surveys that have been conducted in the past two years dealing with Internet usage at a sort of general level, or that at least begin the survey with a few general questions about "how often do you log in to the Internet" e.g. If people would be kind enough to send me their nominations for such surveys, plus the URL, I will be glad to compile and send to the list. I am trying to compare various ways this question has been asked. Thanks, Laura Gurak ---------------- Laura J. Gurak, Ph.D. Associate Professor Rhetoric Department, University of Minnesota 1994 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 v 612-624-3773 also--Director, Internet Studies Center -- www.isc.umn.edu Faculty Fellow, Law School gurakL(a)tc.umn.edu www.rhetoric.umn.edu/Faculty/gurak.html

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An article on web simulation
by mboudour＠upatras.gr 02 Aug '01

02 Aug '01

Dear all, At the URL: http://thalis.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour/articles/ssweb.pdf you may find a first draft of our article (by Boudourides & Antypas) entitled "A Simulation of the Structure of the World-Wide Web." Abstract: In this paper we are presenting a simple simulation of the Internet World-Wide Web, where one observes the appearance of web pages belonging to different web sites, covering a number of different thematic topics and possessing links to other web pages. The goal of our simulation is to reproduce the form of the observed World-Wide Web and of its growth, using a small number of simple assumptions. In our simulation, existing web pages may generate new ones as follows: First, each web page is equipped with a topic concerning its contents. Second, links between web pages are established according to common topics. Next, new web pages may be randomly generated and subsequently they might be equipped with a topic and be assigned to web sites. By repeated iterations of these rules, our simulation appears to exhibit the observed structure of the World-Wide Web and, in particular, a power law type of growth. In order to visualise the network of web pages, we have followed N. Gilbert's (1997) methodology of scientometric simulation, assuming that web pages can be represented by points in the plane. Furthermore, the simulated graph is found to possess the property of small worlds, as it is the case with a large number of other complex networks. Best, --Moses A. Boudourides Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of Patras 265 00 Rio-Patras Greece Tel.: +30-61-996318 Fax: +30-61-992965 http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour

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new reviews in cyberculture (august 2001)
by david silver 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

AIR'ers, *** apologies for crosspostings *** *** feel free to distribute *** New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (August 2001) Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) <otal.umd.edu/~rccs/> publishes three full-length book reviews. The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies. To date, RCCS has reviewed over 100 books, covering a range of topics, from online culture, communities, and identities to hypertext, digital literacy, and online pedagogy to Internet policy, the digital divide, and online privacy. NEW REVIEWS (http://otal.umd.edu/~rccs/books) include: Lev Manovich, The Language of New Media (MIT Press, 2001). Reviewed by Katie Mondloch. Scott McCloud, Zot!: Hearts and Minds. Published Online. Reviewed by Matt Wolf-Meyer. Review Essay: William J. Mitchell, City of Bits: Space, Place and the Infobahn (MIT Press, 1996) and William J. Mitchell, e-topia: "Urban Life, Jim -- But Not As We Know It" (MIT Press, 1999). Reviewed by Michael Gurstein. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <rccs(a)otal.umd.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver

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Netville dissertation online
by Keith N Hampton 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

Dear all, For those who have expressed an interest in the past. You can now download a copy of my dissertation on the Netville project "Living the Wired Life in the Wired Suburb: Netville, Glocalization and Civil Society" from the publications section of my website http://www.mysocialnetwork.net Cheers, -Keith Abstract: This dissertation addresses the question, what will be the fate of community and social relations as a result of the growth of new home-based information and communication technologies? How have social networks, social capital and community involvement been affected by the rise of personal computers, the Internet and computer mediated communication (CMC)? Will the Internet reconnect the disaffiliated, or will CMC only contribute to a further disengagement of American community life? Survey and ethnographic data from a long-term study of Netville, a wired suburb near Toronto, are used to investigate the effects of advanced communication technology on social relationships. Netville was one of the first residential developments in the world to be built from the ground up with a broadband high-speed local computer network. Netville provided a unique opportunity to observe the effects of advanced information and communication technology on peoples daily interactions with family, friends and neighbours. The wired residents of Netville are compared with a similar group of non-wired residents who lived in the same neighbourhood, but who were never connected to the local computer network. Greater involvement with friends, family and neighbours is inked to use of CMC. Internet use is associated with high levels of in-person and telephone contact, the exchange of support, the growth of personal network and increased community involvement. -- Keith N. Hampton Assistant Professor Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 9-547 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Email: knh(a)mit.edu Phone: (617) 258-0461 Fax: (617) 253-2654 Web: http://www.mysocialnetwork.net

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Oxford Internet Institute
by Reinhold Grether 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

The Oxford Internet Institute webpage has moved to a permanent location: <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/> You may find a Registration and Feedback page on <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/register.shtml> "As part of the process of identifying the individuals or groups who may like to become involved in the OII, and the vast array of potential areas of research the OII may undertake, we have developed a self-registration process. If you have some comment to make or would like to express an interest in future involvement with the OII, then you may consider registering through completing a simple form." Kind regards Reinhold Grether <http://www.netzwissenschaft.com/>

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Online index of printed publications related to the Internet & mental health - UPDATE
by Azy Barak 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

(Sorry for cross posting) My online index for PAPER publications has been updated. See: http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~azy/refindx.htm Azy. __________________________________________________ Azy Barak, PhD Phone: +972-4-824-9374 Professor of Psychology Fax: + 972-4-824-9353 Depts. of Psychology & Education University of Haifa Mount Carmel Haifa 31905 Israel http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~azy/azy.htm email: azy(a)construct.haifa.ac.il

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