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Fw: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #78 - 3 msgs
by Jeremy W. Crampton 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

This cost is one reason why we are working on a model which will predict Internet access across a locality. Our focus is on GIS for policymaking tools. I will talk about this at the conference, and hopefully get some good suggestions (we'll only have preliminary data unfortunately). __ Jeremy W. Crampton President, NACIS http://www.nacis.org & http://monarch.gsu.edu/jcrampton/ The reason for this paucity is, of course, that sizing Internet user populations is an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process. A really interesting doctoral thesis to read would be one which took apart and compared the various methodologies as a way of explaining the wide divergences in results. Or: data points are memes, and they travel, but in so doing they obscure their origins; call it a fetish for numbers. cheers Bram -- / Bram Dov Abramson / babramson(a)telegeography.com

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #78 - 3 msgs
by Jeremy W. Crampton 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

This cost is one reason why we are working on a model which will predict Internet access across a locality. Our focus is on GIS for policymaking tools. I will talk about this at the conference, and hopefully get some good suggestions (we'll only have preliminary data unfortunately). __ Jeremy W. Crampton President, NACIS http://www.nacis.org & http://monarch.gsu.edu/jcrampton/ > The reason for this paucity is, of course, that sizing Internet user > populations is an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process. A > really interesting doctoral thesis to read would be one which took > apart and compared the various methodologies as a way of explaining > the wide divergences in results. Or: data points are memes, and they > travel, but in so doing they obscure their origins; call it a fetish > for numbers. > > cheers > Bram > -- > / Bram Dov Abramson > / babramson(a)telegeography.com

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Re: [Air-l] Research consultancy startup
by Zunt＠aol.com 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

In a message dated 8/13/2001 9:32:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, carey(a)newnorth.net writes: > I have started a part-time home-based research business. Would you have any > suggestions as to future projects I could pursue? > > Thank you for any assistance- > > Carey This is a tough question to address absent a good understanding of your interests, talents, and motivation. I'm surely not trying to be cute here, but chances are that if you reflect on those topics for a while, you might get closer to a satisfactory answer on your own. If you've done that and find yourself in a rut, it might be very worthwhile--in terms of focus--for you to work up a formal business plan using a software package or trusted advisors/consultants, and to network with others who operate independent research/evaluation enterprises. The same folks who compete with you on some RFPs might, in other cases, have need of your services on projects they can't handle alone. Try to find a long-term mentor (as distinguished from the consultants mentioned above) who has been successful doing what you want to do--not necessarily an easy task, but often possible. Seniors in a field are often quite flattered to be approached and can be deep wells of useful information gained through their years of experience. Along those lines, your local university might provide a link to a group of retired business executives who serve as advisors. Your ISP provides several megs of space for you to develop a web site; you might take advantage of that to attract folks who have a need you can fulfill. The American Evaluation Association (eval.org) has a topical interest group for independent contractors. It also has a very active e-mail list called EVALTALK; the archives might be quite useful to you. Hope this helps as a start...I expect others here can fill in some gaps. Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #77 - 6 msgs
by careyfoster-hanke 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

I have started a part-time home-based research business. Would you have any suggestions as to future projects I could pursue? Thank you for any assistance- Carey ----- Original Message ----- From: <air-l-request(a)aoir.org> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #77 - 6 msgs > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [cc]Microsoft's really hidden files (jeremy hunsinger) > 2. Re: [cc]Microsoft's really hidden files (Zunt(a)aol.com) > 3. thanks to Air-l (Barry Wellman) > 4. Collaborative Research in Intranets (Charles S Hendricksen) > 5. An ONLINE Survey on the Use of Internet in Greece (mboudour(a)upatras.gr) > 6. RE: Collaborative Research in Intranets (Mary A. Ferguson) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:03:21 -0400 > From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] [cc]Microsoft's really hidden files > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > At 11:48 AM 8/10/01 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 8/10/2001 9:37:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jhuns(a)vt.edu > >writes: > > > > > >The English article on which they base their story/inquiry is here: > > > > > > > >http://fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml > > > > > > > >Tough as it is to approach such a clearly named website with an open mind, I > >took a look at the document and found enough questionable information to > >inspire me to write this little memo. > yes, well there is a trend in resistance/anti-corporate sites that uses > appends this word or the word sucks to one side or another of the company > name. The reasons are obvious, in part I theorize that it helps to unify > the people who have the strongest opinions about such a thing. > > > > >There are ways around those problems which do not involve rants directed at > >the authors/vendors of particular operating systems and other software tools. > > the question for me was why is this necessary. my e-mail and browsers work > fine without such things, so why do they do it. this is not the first time > that microsoft has done something that has privacy implications. they used > to include all kinds of extraneous information in word and excel files, > though i haven't looked in them recently. > > having just went through my semi-annual nt(thankfully i only have one > microsoft system)review, maintenance, and upgrade, i am less than enthused > with microsoft products and strategies, so i reposted this to the list for > perusal. > > I think any rant is actually quite useful and quite interesting, this > included, though i don't think it really qualifies as a rant, especially > when the rant points out questionable practices involved. > > >But a word to the wise here: Be certain about your intentions and the > >effects of your contemplated action *before* you edit your Windows registry. > >Back up the registry before you edit it, because an editorial mistake there > >can cause the most exquisite of migraines ;>). > > > always good advice when dealing with windows. backup everything often. > > 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 > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: Zunt(a)aol.com > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:21:11 EDT > Subject: Re: [Air-l] [cc]Microsoft's really hidden files > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > In a message dated 8/10/2001 12:09:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jhuns(a)vt.edu > writes: > > > my e-mail and browsers work fine without such things, so why do they do it. > > Other folks find those features useful. I sometimes allow cookies to be > stored on my machine to help me get quicker access to various web functions. > I also have cached web pages on occasion to speed delivery of content. I > don't cache my old e-mail, but know folks who do for their own reasons. > > The author advises me to "erase all [my] cache files, all [my] cookie files, > and all of [my] e-mail correspondence. " My reply is simple: No thanks. > I'll erase what I don't need on my machine, and will do it on my own terms. > When my drive gets sufficiently filled with junk, I'll shift what I need and > wipe it clean. No big deal, and to my way of thinking, no need for > conspiracy theories ;>). > > I'm surely not a defender of contemporary bloated software that generates > bloated files and bloated file structures, but am stuck in a position where I > use what's easily available to get jobs done as efficiently, effectively, > etc., as I can. And I don't mind folks complaining re: their perceptions of > product quality. What bugs me about that article is that the argument is > based on a factual error: the existence of supposedly hidden files that I can > actually see. Hyperbole and crudeness while presenting a straw man just > doesn't set well with me. > > You must be leading a blessed life to get away with a semiannual maintenance > routine ;>). > > Cheers, > > Bob Briggs > Westport, MA > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:41:42 -0400 > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Cc: wenhong chen <wenchen(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > Subject: [Air-l] thanks to Air-l > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Some weeks ago, Wenhog Chen, Jeph Boase and I asked AoIR-niks for leads to > information on world wise use of the Internet. A number of folks were kind > enough to respond privately. Wenhong has compiled the information. It > appears below. > > She, Jeph and I thank you all. Our handiwork will appeat in The Internet > in Everyday Life, edited by Caroline Haythornthwaite and myself, published > by Blackwells in Spring-Summer 2002. > > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ > To Live is To Network To Network is To Live > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:11:23 -0400 > From: Wenhong Chen <wenchen(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > Cc: Jeff Boase <jeff.boase(a)utoronto.ca> > Subject: thanks to Air-l > > > A couple of weeks ago, Barry, Jeff and I asked for your help for reliable > data on international internet use. Now, we would like to thank Eszter > Hargittai, Joan Koreman,, Ian Ketcheson, David Neice, Greg Wise, Jeremy > Crampton, Gitte Stald, Jenni Shi and others for their valuable info. > Furthermore, we compiled a short list of websites where you may find > interesting data on global digital divide and internet usage in different > countries. > > > Commercial site: > Industry Almanac: http://www.c-i-a.com/199809iu.htm > Nua: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi) > CyberAtlas - http://cyberatlas.internet.com > E-Marketer - (http://www.emarketer.com > www.telegeography.com > > Organizations: > http://www.oecd.org//dsti/sti/it/prod/it-out2000-e.htm > http://www.undp.org/hdr2001/ > http://www.itu.int > http://www.idc.com. > > We are working on our paper on international internet use and we are now > using data on internet penetration rate from a report of international > labor organization (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pkits/) > > > Thanks again! > > Wenhong > > ---------------------------------------- Wenhong Chen Graduate > Student Department of Sociology > U of T > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:05:43 -0700 (PDT) > From: Charles S Hendricksen <veritas(a)u.washington.edu> > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-l] Collaborative Research in Intranets > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Friends, > > There must be a lot of distributed scientific research being conducted on the WWW. I've been working as a facilitator with research teams for several years now using tools that I've developed and appropriating existing software as needed by the research team. The tools do not interest me nearly as much as the behavior of the team, especially when measured with the metric of participation. The tools are, of course inseperable from the environment, but so are issues like funding, publication of products, and the research methodology. By methodology, I refer to how research is conducted rather than how data is analysed. > > Of particular interest to me is research with these characteristics: > 1) long-term (over three years) > 2) large-scale (perhaps 7 to thirty researchers) > 3) dedicated to the thorough examination of a well-bounded issue domain > 4) interdisciplinary > 5) fluid, distributed membership > 6) web-based > > The research efforts I've been advocating are driven by the criticism of documents, to include essays, references, definitions, models, papers, etc. The use of asynchronous tools is preferred in order to allow reflection and to blunt power structures. Synchronous activity is of course not to be denied! However, such meetings need to be documented (where are the minutes of your last meeting?) > > I expect there are a few of you doing work on similar projects, but that the WWW sites are protected from public viewing. I would like to share experiences with others as fortunate as myself working with such exciting enterprises. > > > Charlie Hendricksen veritas(a)u.washington.edu > > "Information technology structures human relationships." > "Models relate ideas." > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:06:06 +0300 (EET DST) > From: <mboudour(a)upatras.gr> > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] An ONLINE Survey on the Use of Internet in Greece > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > > > As there was a request and a discussion in this list about available > surveys on the use of Internet at various national contexts, I would like to > inform you that at the URL: > > http://hyperion.math.upatras.gr/survey/grinet/ > > you may find an ONLINE survey on the use of Internet in Greece. > > To see the updated results please click the button "Results" at the bottom > of the page. > > Cheers, > > --Moses Boudourides > > mboudour(a)upatras.gr > http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Subject: RE: [Air-l] Collaborative Research in Intranets > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:59:43 -0400 > From: "Mary A. 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Suggestions for Sigs
by Dorine Andrews 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

I understand the interest to "sort out" different information, but one of the joys of reading the air list is to get a continual flavor of issues in the different areas -- especially the ones I am not that familiar with. I would favor keeping a single list for now. Thanks, Dorine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorine Andrews, DCD Research Professor Communications, Culture & Technology Program Georgetown University (202) 784-4338 dca4(a)georgetown.edu (home) 703-412-3113 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Digital Utopia? Digital Dystopia: Rendering the Artistic Object UC Graduate Conference
by Wendy Robinson 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

>X-Sieve: cmu-sieve 2.0 >From: "Robert Hamm" <rbh1(a)umail.ucsb.edu> >To: <rbh1(a)umail.ucsb.edu> >Subject: Digital Utopia? Digital Dystopia: Rendering the Artistic Object >UC Graduate Conference >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:31:15 -0700 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) >Importance: Normal > >Dear UC chairs and MSO's: > >Please forward this message to all the current graduate students in your >humanities or social science program. In an effort to save trees and paper, >we are only doing this call for papers by electronic means. Therefore, this >email call is your student's only chance to participate in this conference, >funded in part by the Office of the President, through the Digital Cultures >Project Multi Campus Research Group. > >William B. Warner >Professor of English >Director, The Digital Cultures Project >http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/ >Department of English >University of California/ Santa Barbara >Santa Barbara, CA 93106 >Home phone: 805-569-5636 >Home fax: 805-569-5436 > >Dear UC Graduate Students: > >We invite you to submit a proposal for the following conference: > >Digital Utopia? Digital Dystopia: Rendering the Artistic Object > >02.01.02 - 02.02.02 >The conference will be held at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA. > >Deadline for the submission of proposals is October 15, 2001. > >This conference aims to examine a variety of aesthetic, political, and >pragmatic effects of digital technology on the status of the artistic >object. We welcome and encourage interdisciplinary and unorthodox >approaches. > >We are considering proposals by graduate students for 20-minute workshop >presentations expanding on any of the following areas: > >Production: Impact of digital technologies on questions of medium. >Reception: Theorizing notions of interactivity and audience. >Politics: Questions of communities, access, and the rhetoric of revolution. >Language: Developing a language of aesthetics specific to digital media. > >Sessions are scheduled in 2-hour slots, with a suggested maximum of four >presentations from varied disciplines per session. Each workshop will be >facilitated by a plenary speaker from the first day: Katherine Hayles, UC >Los Angeles; Steve Kurtz, Carnegie Mellon; and Lev Manovich, UC San Diego. > >Submission format: We encourage electronic submissions. Please submit a >one-page proposal or abstract and a current résumé to Amy Pederson >(pederson(a)humnet.ucla.edu) by September 30, 2001. Alternatively, mail your >proposal to: >Digital Cultures Graduate Conference >Department of Art History >UC Los Angeles >Box 951417 >Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417 > >You can find out more about the this conference by going to the Digital >Cultures Project website devoted to this conference: >http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/gradconf.html > >Please note: all submissions for the conference should be sent not to me or >Robert Hamm but >to Amy Pederson: pederson(a)humnet.ucla.edu > >Yours, >William B. Warner >Director, The Digital Cultures Project

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Faculty positions in behavioral IS at Indiana University Bloomington
by Rob Kling 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

Faculty Positions (Assistant/Associate Professors) SLIS, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University's Information Science School at Bloomington (SLIS) invites applications for two Assistant/Associate Professor positions. All areas of specialization, from digital libraries to organizational informatics, that are pertinent to the school's academic programs will be considered. The successful candidates will complement the school's developing research agenda in the social and cognitive analyses of interaction between people, organizations, technologies and information, particularly in relation to the development of the Internet and World Wide Web. We seek truly outstanding individuals with strong research and teaching records. In both its research and teaching, SLIS is committed to exploring the cognitive, contextual and social processes that characterize information behavior at individual, organizational and societal levels. The school maintains good working relations with colleagues in other academic units such as Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Journalism, Education, and Law through joint and adjunct faculty appointments as well as through interaction with Fellows in the Center for Social Informatics. The school is also an active player in IU's Digital Library Program (http://www.dlib.indiana.edu) and the university's new, multidisciplinary School of Informatics (http://informatics.indiana.edu/) Information about SLIS's faculty, degree programs and research activities, including the Center for Social Informatics (http://www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI) and the Usability Laboratory, can be found at http://www.slis.indiana.edu/ SLIS has an interdisciplinary faculty whose backgrounds include information science, computer science, psychology, linguistics, library science, sociology, and political science. Its faculty was recently ranked #1 in North America for its scholarly productivity and impact. The school continues as one of the top-ranked programs of its kind in the nation and offers a Master's of Information Science (MIS) degree and a Ph.D in Information Science, plus the MLS. Indiana University is a major public university with about 1500 faculty and 35,000 students on the Bloomington campus. The campus hosts 110 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. Indiana University has also been rated as one of the best networked universities in the U.S. Nestled in the hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is within a day's drive of more than half of the U.S. population. It is a half of a day's drive or less to locations in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. Bloomington is situated in beautiful forested rolling hills and farmland and is about one hour south of Indianapolis (and its airport). The Bloomington campus of Indiana University has been described as "one the five most beautiful in the nation." Its limestone buildings are situated on a wooded, beautifully landscaped campus that includes a meandering stream and an arboretum.Bloomington also has a lively performing arts scene with well over a thousand concerts on and off campus each year. Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, offering a full range of benefits, including TIAA/CREF. Salary is competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. To apply, submit a letter of application which explains some of the ways that you can help to strengthen SLIS's programs, references (three for an assistant and six for an associate professor appointment) and curriculum vitae. Informal inquiries are encouraged, and can be made to the co-chairs of the search committee (see below), to whom applications, nominations and curricula vitae should be sent. Debora Shaw, Ph.D, Associate Dean Rob Kling, Ph.D, Professor of Information Science & Information Systems School of Library and Information Science Main Library 011D 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 3907 phone: (812) 855-3261; fax: (812) 855-6166; E-mail: shawd(a)indiana.edu Applications will be reviewed as received. Starting dates open. --- Rob Kling http://www.slis.indiana.edu/kling The Information Society (journal) http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS Center for Social Informatics http://www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI SLIS - IU's Information Science School Indiana University 10th & Jordan, LI Room 005C Bloomington, IN 47405-1801 812-855-9763 // Fax: 855-6166 Read & contribute to the .... Social Informatics Home Page --> http://www.slis.indiana.edu/SI a resource about research, teaching, conferences & journals

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Re: [Air-l] [cc]Microsoft's really hidden files
by Zunt＠aol.com 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

In a message dated 8/11/2001 1:14:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, architext(a)fragment.nl writes: > follow their links to check yourself with the ShieldsUp! service of GRC.com: > > https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 > Here's some measure of agreement...this is a very handy site for security testing (and as I reported to Frank off-list, their robot says that my little 4-box network seems to be set up quite nicely [ temporary sigh of relief ;>) ]). That's more accident than design, because I've never dug into my own system security issues very deeply; I am my own system administrator with but limited access to high-order system gurus. I wonder if some of the problems that folks encounter might be solved by taking advantage of the various product patches that Microsoft makes available at their website (look for "update" rather than "upgrade"). I check in there from time to time to see what's new and install the things that look important; the results seem to have worked out ok. Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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Re: thanks to Air-l
by Bram Dov Abramson 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

>Commercial site: >Industry Almanac: http://www.c-i-a.com/199809iu.htm > Nua: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi) > CyberAtlas - http://cyberatlas.internet.com > E-Marketer - (http://www.emarketer.com >www.telegeography.com > >Organizations: >http://www.oecd.org//dsti/sti/it/prod/it-out2000-e.htm >http://www.undp.org/hdr2001/ >http://www.itu.int >http://www.idc.com. Actually IDC is a commercial site -- which charges far, far higher prices than any of the "commercial sites" listed for anything they publish, as it happens. (On the converse side is E-Marketer, whose research process consists of "aggregating" the work that everyone else does.) Keep in mind too that many, even most, of these statistics tend to rest heavily on the others. This is especially the case for Internet user statistics: ITU, eMarketer, and NUA all recompile other data and add it together, despite what are often fairly important differences in methodology between the different data sets they are reusing. Not sure what ILO is using, and can't recall off the top of my head what's in the HDR -- IDC, maybe? -- but it would be surprising were their research not compiled from somewhere else. (OECD has some nice and fairly cautious numbers on broadband deployment AFAIK the only original research on human Internet user populations in the work above is that undertaken by very large firms such as IDC; another source is Ipsos-Reid (formerly Angus Reid), the Canadian company now owned by France's Ipsos. I'm not sure how the fellow at C-I-A compiled his data, but I believe -- this is usually the case -- it has to do with multiples of Internet hosts; the multiplier may be derived as dependent on other variables. The reason for this paucity is, of course, that sizing Internet user populations is an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process. A really interesting doctoral thesis to read would be one which took apart and compared the various methodologies as a way of explaining the wide divergences in results. Or: data points are memes, and they travel, but in so doing they obscure their origins; call it a fetish for numbers. cheers Bram -- / Bram Dov Abramson / babramson(a)telegeography.com / / Director of Internet Research / TeleGeography, Inc. / / tel: +1 202 741 0047 (new numbers) / fax: +1 202 741 0021 (we've moved)

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Suggestion for AOIR SIGs (special interest groups)
by rglentz＠mail.utexas.edu 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

Dear colleagues, It seems from the posts that several significant topic areas are emerging that might eventually deserve some special interest group designation? A suggestion, as this list grows, and in order to keep the weekly volume of posts to something reasonable, might be to establish (unless this has already been done?) several SIGs with their own mailing lists, e.g., CMC, Internet policy, etc.? This might be a way to organize such things as new books/dissertations so that it's easier to mine the volume of work being produced in Internet-related studies. I'm assuming in suggesting this that all of this work in interdisciplinary, so the categories might be established based on the problems being addressed, not on methodology? Something to think about. B. Lentz, UT Austin

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