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

RE: [Air-l] participation patterns
by Ellis Godard 25 Sep '01

25 Sep '01

Chris Helland asked: > >Has there been any good publications or work that > >looks at the number of sites people look at when they > >surf? I would like to know--based on averages--how > >many sites do people normally visit when they are > >online? (X sites per hour or any information like > >that) I shared your question with a friend who formerly developed top search engines and now writes software to grep web traffic data. He suggested the following thoughts and sources: > Most of the good data on this is proprietary and sold for bazillions of > dollars. The best of breed seems to be http://www.netvalue.com/. > This type > of info is also the marketing fuel for advertising campaigns, and the > conduits are the AOLs and MSNs and big ISPs of the world who know how > valuable it is. They aren't "supposed" to maintain this information for > privacy reasons; but they do. Tracking software (Inon-ISP) can > only tell you > -- from one site -- where the person came from and where they went next. > > The "big" conclusions that probably won't help you much: when > people first > come to the net, they surf a lot. Lots of exploring. Then they stop, and > stick with one or more portals; net has become much more > utilitarian and far > less exploratory, branding takes hold, and so on. But you probably knew > that. :-) > > There is some pretty good demographic info @ > http://cyberatlas.internet.com/ Good luck, Chris! Ellis

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election information 9/24/01
by jeremy hunsinger 25 Sep '01

25 Sep '01

send corrections, additions, bios, etc. to nominate(a)aoir.org more information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0 the current list: President Steve Jones Vice President Nancy Baym Secretary Ulla Bunz Nils Zurawski Treasurer Ben Bates Open Seats Matt Allen Ulla Bunz Mia Consalvo Charles Ess Laura Gurak Nick Jankowski Klaus Bruhn Jensen Lisbeth Klastrup Geert Lovink Michel Menou Kate O'Riordan David Silver Gitte Stald Barry Wellman -- Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 virginia tech blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614

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technology and symbolic praxis
by Douglas Galbi 25 Sep '01

25 Sep '01

Thinking about how the Internet and other information and communiations technologies affect the economy of symbols? As additional food for thought, the following paper is available at http://www.galbithink.org : A New Account of Personalization and Effective Communication To contribute to understanding of information economies of daily life, this paper explores over time given names of a large number of persons. Analysts since at least the 1940s have both condemned and praised mass media as a source of common culture or shared symbolic experiences. Names, however, indicate a large, long-term decline in shared symbolic experience, a decline that the growth of mass media does not appear to have affected significantly. Study of names also shows that action and personal relationships, along with time horizon, are central aspects of effective communication across a large population. The observed preference for personalization over the past two centuries and the importance of action and personal relationships to effective communication are aspects of information economies that are likely to have continuing significance for industry developments, economic statistics, and public policy. ―--------------------- Comments and suggestions welcomed.

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bio for open seat candidate
by Andrea Baker 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

Hello, all-- The slate of nominees contains many excellent candidates so far. Nominated by another member of our group for an open council seat, I decided to put my bio on this list too. An idea is to make use of all the nominees for future committees and projects. thanks, andrea Andrea Baker, Ohio University bakera(a)ohiou.edu open seat nominee Research about Cyberspace: Presented papers and wrote published articles from an ongoing, long-term study of people who become couples after meeting online, 1997-present. Interested in ethical issues in online research, and methodologies of studying online communications. Previously followed group efforts to pass and defeat the Communications Decency Act. Online Activities: Host of Life Online, a discussion forum at Howard Rheingold's Brainstorms and of the Culture forum at the Utne Café. Teach distance education classes at the undergraduate level since 1998. A(O)IR: For first conference 1.0, organized a panel of two psychologists and a sociologist on "Online Relationships", and moderated a panel including an anthropologist, a sociologist and a psychologist from Spain on, "Discourse of Chat". For IR 2.0 will present how online couples communicate, and attend pre-conference workshop on designing web research. Upcoming Call for Papers: Organizer and moderator of open session, "The Internet and Society", American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 2002. Deadline for submitted papers, January 10, 2002. Goals: (1) To further ties to other disciplines, making sure announcements of A(O)IR's conferences go into newsletters of national and international associations, including library science, linguistics, and computer technology, in addition to the traditional social sciences and humanities. (2) To foster more participation among the applied specialists and activists who create and maintain online social networks in business, in local communities, and in political arenas. (3) To continue the practice of involving students in the conference, on panels and with special awards and inducements to attend.

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response to nomination
by Charles Ess 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

Following the other accounts of nominees is hard business indeed! In any case, I'm deeply flattered to be nominated to an Open Seat by Nancy Baym. Some particulars: My publications are in ethics(interdisciplinary, East/West), hypertext and democratization, history of philosophy, Continental philosophy, feminist biblical studies, and philosophical perspectives on CMC. I've edited two volumes on computer-mediated communication - the second with Fay Sudweeks. With Fay Sudweeks, I've co-chaired two international and interdisciplinary conferences on "Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication" (CATaC). I've given invited lectures at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Paderborn (Germany), the Open University (Milton Keynes, UK), Ohio University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. I¹ve lived abroad for three years (Germany, Switzerland, France), as well as traveled through (what was Eastern) Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. I've served on the Board of Directors of ASIANetwork, with specific responsibilities for CMC-related projects and policies. This past year I've served as Chair of the AoIR ethics working committee. It has been extraordinary to see what an international and interdisciplinary group of researchers, scholars, and philosophers can discern regarding the many thorny ethical problems occasioned by Internet research. This experience has convinced me yet again of the value of interdisciplinary/ international discussion, which I take to be one of the primary benefits of AoIR. My interests are helping AoIR to continue to grow and thereby enrich the possibilities for international/interdisciplinary dialogue - dialogues which, in many cases, promise to provide needed insight and direction in our understanding of CMC technologies and their multiple uses both locally and globally. Cheers and best wishes, Charles Ess Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Center Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC 2002: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/ "...to be non-violent, we must not wish for anything on this earth which the meanest and lowest of human beings cannot have." -- Gandhi

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music and the internet
by Jens Maigaard 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

greetings! I am about to embark on the project of writing my thesis on the topic of the sociotechnical implications of file sharing and the .mp3 format. My focus will be the proliferation of the technology and the following debate and legal actions by the involved parties. The theoretical framework will be centered around Bruno Latour and others' work known as Actor Network Theory. If anybody knows of any prior reseach on the topic, be it from a technical, sociological, judicial or any other point of view, I'd be grateful to hear about it. Thank you, Jens Maigaard Department of Information Studies University of Aarhus Denmark

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participation patterns
by Christopher Helland 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

I am looking for information about peoples participation patterns when they are online. Has there been any good publications or work that looks at the number of sites people look at when they surf? I would like to know--based on averages--how many sites do people normally visit when they are online? (X sites per hour or any information like that) Thanks for your help, Chris ===== Christopher Helland Doctoral Candidate Centre for the Study of Religion University of Toronto 123 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 2E8 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

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Elections Update
by Nancy Baym 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

There seems to be a little bit of confusion, so let me take a minute to clarify the elections process and timeline. TODAY, September 24, is the last day to nominate yourself or someone else.It's not too late! VOTING begins on Wednesday September 26th and continues through October 9 The new executive committee begins duties at the end of the general meeting at the conference (Oct 14) Voting and running are limited to dues-paying members and will be conducted through the website. The member website (www.aoir.org/members) is the official election place -- all nominees who submit bios will have them posted there. People may or may not choose to post their bio to air-l, but you should remember that air-l is considerably larger than the number of people who are dues-paying members (and not all members of aoir are subscribed to air-l). When the time comes to vote and you choose amongst candidates, please remember that after today when Jeremy gets the chance to upload them, the website will be the place to find statements/bios of all who have submitted them. Thanks and if there are remaining confusions or questions, please address them to me, steve, or any other executive committee member for clarification. Nancy

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yet another open seat candidate
by Jonathan Sterne 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

Hi, I am writing you all to accept a nomination for an open seat. Here's a little about me and my platform: Who I am: I am an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focuses on technology and communication, broadly defined, and I have published several articles about the internet and new communication technologies. I also co-direct _Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life_, which is one of the oldest continuously running publications online. I've been online in one form or another since 1984. My full c.v. (more or less) is available at http://www.pitt.edu/~jsterne/webcv.html if you have more questions about my experience. My platform: I am a musician, academic, intellectual, and activist. My work in an open seat would reflect this background. Specifically, I will promote: 1. Increased intellectual breadth and depth in internet scholarship -- within and without the organization. Internet studies is a young field, and it still needs to make connections with longer, more established intellectual traditions so that it can both extend them and challenge them. I am especially interested in seeing internet scholarship connect up with other studies of media and social relations. 2. I believe that all research works within and promotes specific sets of values. While acknowledging that any healthy scholarly organization must be resolutely pluralistic in the approaches and orientations is admits and fosters, I will work actively to promote "critical" scholarship within AoIR. "Critical" is of course a buzzword for lots of different things: I mean to promote research that is driven by an intellectual engagement with fundamental philosophical or social/cultural-theoretical questions, or research that is driven by political and ethical engagement with questions of access, social justice, and social change. I am also interested in promoting scholarship that connects with the use of new technologies for new forms of creative expression. 3. Like every other candidate that has ever run for an elected position in a scholarly organization, I would like to promote connections between AoIR and other organizations or community groups. But in specific, I would like to forge connections between AoIR researchers and groups actively working to democratize communication and technologies through access intiatives, education, and other approaches. And I would like to forge connections between AoIR and groups that are using new technologies in their battles for social justice around the world. I hope that this platform is sufficiently concrete and distinct that it helps you decide whether to vote for me. If you support my platform, I hope that I will get your vote. Thanks for reading. Sincerely, --Jonathan P.S. I am happy to answer questions via email, though I may be offline for several days starting Wednesday.

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UNSUBSCRIBE
by Dr. Pierre Hostettler 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. election information (jeremy hunsinger) > 2. Re: election information (Nancy Baym) > 3. FW: [Air-l] election information (Ellis Godard) > 4. RE: nominations (Bunz, Ulla K) > 5. air statement -- david silver (D. Silver) > 6. Re: networks (Niels Ole Finnemann) > 7. nomination ..... (Nils Zurawski) > 8. nomination (Kathleen O'Riordan) > 9. election information 9/24/01 (jeremy hunsinger) > 10. RE: election information 9/24/01 (Bunz, Ulla K) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:34:25 -0400 > From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Organization: Virginia Tech > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] election information > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > This is a list of everyone that has accepted nominations as of 12:30pm > Sunday as compiled to the best of my ability. There are several > outstanding nominations, and there were a few well reasoned rejections. > If there are errors, Please send me a note at nominate(a)aoir.org so that > I can do what you request. There are more people actually in the > process, considering running, trying to decide what position to run for, > I encourage all interested parties to run, send a note to > nominate(a)aoir.org to get on the ballot or nominate someone to be on the > ballot. More information about the elect will be provided on the > members website at http://aoir.org/members > > again contact nominate(a)aoir.org if there are any problems: > > The List: > > President > > Steve Jones > > Vice President > > Nancy Baym > > Secretary > > Treasurer > > Ben Bates > > Open Seats > > Mia Consalvo > Charles Ess > Laura Gurak > Nick Jankowski > Klaus Bruhn Jensen > Michel Menou > Gitte Stald > Barry Wellman > > -- > Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy > CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu > 526 major williams hall 0130 > virginia tech > blacksburg, va 24061 > 540-231-7614 > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:39:26 -0500 > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > From: Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] election information > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Hey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not > seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your > buddy now! Nancy > > >Open Seats > > > >Mia Consalvo > >Charles Ess > >Laura Gurak > >Nick Jankowski > >Klaus Bruhn Jensen > >Michel Menou > >Gitte Stald > >Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________ > Nancy Baym, Communication Studies > University of Kansas > NEW! email: nbaym(a)ku.edu > NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA > NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > From: "Ellis Godard" <ellisgodard(a)starband.net> > To: <Air-l(a)aoir.org> > Cc: <nbaym(a)ku.edu> > Subject: FW: [Air-l] election information > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:29:42 -0700 > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > I do not know how many other grad students are on the list. But if getting > my PhD within the next year does not disqualify me, I would be honored for > the opportunity to serve in an open seat. I have helped network sociologists > in cyberspace for nearly a decade, including web site design as well as > initiation of the first two Usenet newsgroups about sociology > (alt.sci.sociology and sci.sociology). I also have some relevant experience, > ranging from departmental committees (such as the Computing Committee) to > executive boards (such as the Netspace Foundation, a volunteer nonprofit > which provides discounted online services to other nonprofits). > > I have studied cyberspace for almost as long, including a Master's thesis on > social movements and cyberspace, several conference participations, a > forthcoming dissertation on social control in cyberspace ("The Moral Order > of Cyberspace: Conflict Management and Social Structure Online"), and an > article soon to be under review, as well as teaching several courses on the > subject. And I have recently broadened my scholarship to consider > communications studies, including a book chapter out next spring in a volume > edited by two Professors of Communicaton, and an invited participation at > the Eastern Communication Society meetings in April. > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Ellis Godard > godard(a)virginia.edu > University of Virginia > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of > Nancy Baym > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:39 AM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] election information > > Hey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not > seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your > buddy now! Nancy > > >Open Seats > > > >Mia Consalvo > >Charles Ess > >Laura Gurak > >Nick Jankowski > >Klaus Bruhn Jensen > >Michel Menou > >Gitte Stald > >Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________ > Nancy Baym, Communication Studies > University of Kansas > NEW! email: nbaym(a)ku.edu > NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA > NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla(a)ukans.edu> > To: "'air-l(a)aoir.org'" <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: RE: [Air-l] nominations > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 17:25:05 -0500 > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Who am I? > Those of you who attended Aoir 1.0 in Lawrence may remember me as the smiley > person at the top of the stairs, chiming, "Good Morning! Registration is > down here and to your right!" > When I'm not playing hostess, I teach and research as a doctoral candidate > in Communication Technology at the University of Kansas. As I will graduate > this year, I am disqualified for the Graduate Seat, which I would have loved > to run for. So, I'm forging ahead, and I will now accept Nancy Baym's > nomination for an Open Seat. > > International and Interdisciplinary Experience > Growing up in Belgium and attending universities in Germany, New Zealand and > the United States I have learned the value of intercultural collaboration. > Along those lines, I recently suggested a joint conference between Aoir and > the German Online Research conference (or any other qualified organization). > I am officially in Communication Studies, but my research and teaching draw > from various fields, such as cyber studies, communication studies, > human-computer studies, psychology, and sociology. I strongly support > international and interdisciplinary endeavors. > > Committee Experience: > In preparation for Aoir 1.0, I have helped Nancy Baym with local > organizational issues. Together with some students, I also filmed the Aoir > 1.0 video and took conference pictures. I am currently involved in the > Instructional Development Division of the Southern States Communication > Association, and have ties into both the National and the International > Communication Association. I have served on several departmental committees. > I like to get things done. > > I want Aoir to: > - become increasingly international both in membership and in conference > location > - become increasingly interdisciplinary, maybe even to the degree of > branching into different divisions (not to be confused with "majors") during > conferences > - become an even stronger presence online, so that Aoir's website will > become a valuable resource on all things Internet Research related for both > members and non-members > - work towards the future, so that maybe Aoir could eventually publish its > own journal > - recruit academic "youngsters" and foster their development through, for > example, more workshops, seminars or cross-university courses > > Thanks. See you in Minnesota! > ulla > ******************************************** > Ulla K. Bunz > Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant > University of Kansas > 102 Bailey > Lawrence, KS 66045 > 785-864-1160 > ulla(a)ukans.edu > ******************************************** > Never Surrender ... > ******************************************** > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:09:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: "D. Silver" <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-l] air statement -- david silver > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Last week, Nancy Baym nominated me for an open seat position in the > upcoming AIR election. I'd like to accept the nomination and offer a > brief personal statement. > > Instead of using my time to broadcast my qualifications, I'd rather > discuss what I would work towards if elected. Within two short years, the > existing council and members of AIR have established a dynamic academic > space to discuss Internet research. It is now time, I believe, to expand > *dramatically* the conversations and communities. Building on the > directions already put forth by AIR, I propose we work towards a more > diverse and inclusive association, especially in terms of > interdisciplinarity, internationalism, and, well, funkiness. > > As evident in last year's conference and this year's program, AIR is, by > all accounts, interdisciplinary. Yet it seems to me that it remains > dominated by communications, media studies, and sociology. If elected, I > would work proactively to invite scholars from fields like ethnic studies, > women's studies, queer theory, and labor studies, as well as from fields > like anthropology, computer science, history, literature, psychology, and > public policy. I would work towards a massive and member-generated > database of academic and professional mailing lists, to which we could > send information regarding our organization. I would work to encourage > members to establish more special interest groups, and I'd encourage all > of us to do what Steve Jones does tirelessly: to attend non-Internet > specific conferences and spread the word. > > Last week, Charlie Breindahl encouraged members to think internationally. > I agree wholeheartedly with Charlie, even if it means I'm not elected. > Through the center I run (www.com.washington.edu/rccs) I have worked hard > at this task, publishing reviews of books written by authors from outside > the US and, in some cases, in languages other than English, and > maintaining a collection of syllabi and researchers from around the world. > Yet it's not nearly enough and, if elected, I would suggest a task force > on international issues and explore options of using translation software > to make AIR's Web site and discussion list more linguistically inclusive. > > This is getting long, my apologies. I'm almost through. > > Although members of AIR have done an admirable job of keeping up with a > field that changes as I type, we need, I believe, to search wider, go > deeper, get stranger. Some of us, myself included, are too comfortable > with derivative scholarship, looking once again at LambdaMOO and its 17 > users -- :) -- while ignoring environments like Quake and Asheron's Call, > online communities that attract hundreds of thousands of users. How can > we enliven our scholarship? How can we expand our conversations to > include communities outside of academe? As academics, how can we improve > (or begin?) our conversations and collaborations with digital artists and > activists? And, perhaps most importantly for many of us, how can we help > one another keep up with our students -- students who demand more and more > classes in cyberculture and bring with them a significant amount of > experience, expertise, and curiosity? In other words, how do we > rediscover, highlight, and fly high the less explored aspects of the Net, > the funky elements that attracted so many of us to the Net in the first > place? If elected, I will jumpstart such discussions. > > Finally, if elected, I will try my hardest to inaugurate on-site hot tub > parties at all AIR conferences. Thank you for your time, > > david silver > school of communications > university of washington > faculty.washington.edu/dsilver > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:27:55 +0200 > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > From: Niels Ole Finnemann <finnemann(a)imv.au.dk> > Subject: [Air-l] Re: networks > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > <fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>Aldon, > > I am sorry if I misunderstood your posting (air-l 117, 118). I admit > that I read the sentence: > > »If we work from a model of human knowledge and learning as being based > on neural networks then any organization is a network of neural > networks, an internet« as if it meant that the function of the human > mind in general was based on the neural network model and that all > sorts of networks, the internet included, could be understood on the > basis of this model. > > Now, I am not sure what it means. > > However, in your reply you make a similar analogy, saying that »neural > networks ... provide a model for storing of information, just as RAID 5 > arrays present a similar model for storing information«. > > As you describe these two models, they are in no way similar. > > In neural networks, »it is the network itself, and its connections that > store the information and not the individual nodes« while in RAID »the > information is spread across several different drives with some > redundancy built in«. > > I suppose that it means that the information in the Raid model - > contrary to the neural net-model - is actually stored in a number of > distinct nodes. > > Lets take it a little further. When it comes to the storage of > organisational information, we will always find that it is distributed > and stored in much more complex ways than any of these two models, > since information is both stored in computers (digital form), in > printed texts and reports, eventually in videos, tapes and other > traditional media, in the memories of many individuals, as explicit > knowledge as well as in the form of tacit knowledge (Polanyi) etc.. > Even the internet exist in a relationship with the whole matrix of > available media, both when it comes to the social use of the internet > in general and when it comes to the strategic use of the net within a > specific organisation. > > There cannot be an organisation - not even a fordist or a leninist one > - in which the information is not distributed in a number of different > ways, in a variety of medias and minds, in a variety of semiotic codes > and according to a number of different »models« of which we so far have > only mentioned a few. In this respect I can follow Wilford Uncapher > (air-l, 118) where he points to a number of aspects which seems of > relevance for a theory of networks. The neural net and Raid models are > to flat, they cannot present the whole array of complexity, e.g. the > variety of heterogenous scales present in all organised communicational > systems. > > They also lack a historical perspective. Distributed information is a > constituent part of any sort of division of labor, whether »physical« > or »intellectual«. It is not a new historical phenomenon, and if we > want to identify new forms of distribution we can only do so if we are > able to identify older forms. > > Finally, however, I agree that it is highly relevant to analyse the > function(s) and various forms of redundancy used in all sorts of > communication. This is not simply a matter of the amount of redundancy, > a matter of more or less, it is also a - tricky - matter of functions > and forms, not to say definitions. E.g. in Shannon's famous 1948-paper > he employs at least three and maybe four different definitions of > redundancy, though without making the differences explicit. > > (For those interested I have discussed his notions of redundancy and > among other things shown that redundancy in various forms can be used > both as a means of stabilisation and of (unexpected and perhaps > uncontrolled) innovation of new forms and procedures. See the paper > Redundancy and Codes, available as html or pdf at > http://www.hum.au.dk/ckulturf/pages/publications/nof/redundancy.htm ) > > Maybe network organisations could be defined as organisations which are > based more on redundancy than on regulations and rules, but anyway, all > sorts of organisations in the whole history of mankind have been based > both on rules and redundancy functions in one mixture or another. > > Finally, a comment concerning the assumed new network-organisation of > Bin Laden, mentioned in various postings. Taking into account for > instance the various national Resistence-movements in Europe during > WWII, Viet Cong, ANC and other organisations in South Africa, Rote Arme > Fraction, Brigada Rosso (Italy), ETA (Spain), IRA, The real IRA, The > various Hizbollah groups, a list which could be continued with numerous > guerilla-movements throughout the 20th century, I think the claim that > a new kind of (terrorist) network organisation has emerged need to be > substantially qualified. > > Niels Ole Finnemann > > </fontfamily>PS excuse me the strange codes appearing in my former > posting and perhaps also in this. > > *************************************************** > > Niels Ole Finnemann > > Lektor, dr. phil. > > Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab > > Aarhus Universitet > > Niels Juelsgade 84 Tlf: 89 42 19 34 > > 8200 Aarhus N > > > > Mail: finnemann(a)imv.au.dk > > http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/adresselisteekstern.html/finnemann/ > > Leder af Center for Internetforskning > > http://imv.au.dk/cfi/ > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:45 +0200 > To: nominate(a)aoir.org, air-l(a)aoir.org > From: Nils Zurawski <zurawsk(a)uni-muenster.de> > Subject: [Air-l] nomination ..... > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > I do accept the nomination made by Nancy Baym. Although I am not > 100% sure about the tasks of a secretary, I would also be willing and > happy to provide my time and services for aoir in this position. > > on myself...... > I am a trained sociologist and anthropologist and did research in the > field of ethnic identity and Internet. I am less than many people on > this list an Internet researcher, but I do research on, about and > with the Internet as part of my work and research interests. It is > mainly the Internet in a global social context that I am interested > in as well as its anthropological sides and features. Apart from that > I work on issues such as violence, identity, surveillance, social > interface. Thus my networks extend into areas that until now have not > heard about aoir and are new to internet research. More under > http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski > > my interest/goals in the aoir..... > I am very much interested in bringing in more Europeans and other > people not living in North America, to help widening the scope and > outreach of aoir and to make it known among the research community. A > European conference finds my strong support and even the future idea > of regional chapters. > > I cannot attend the IR2.0 this year, despite earlier plans, but hope > to be in contact and discussions with some of you anyway. > > Best wishes > > Nils Zurawski / nilz > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:29:44 +0100 > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > From: K.S.O-Riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk (Kathleen O'Riordan) > Subject: [Air-l] nomination > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > I accept nomination for an open seat. > > As a member of the committee I would like to continue to develop AoIR's > commitment to becoming both an international and interdisciplinary > organisation. > > The AoIR organisation has already become relevant to, and inclusive of a > diverse community. There is however, much further to go in this direction. > Like Jeremy I would also like to see areas of social analysis such as queer > theory, feminism and postcolonial theory inform the work of the organisation > more extensively. There are already these elements in place but again such > directions need to be sustained and developed. I would also like to see the > work of the ethics committee further sustained. > > I have served on the AoIR ethics committee and was also present at AoIR 1. I > unfortunately will not be able to attend AoIR 2 but hope to see it in Europe > next year. > > Academically I come from a literature and critical theory background but moved > into media studies and IT at postgraduate level. I then developed a research > project specific to Internet Research around my DPhil. I have also carried > out additional research into cross-platform media such as Big Brother. I am > interested in looking further at the convergence of media and communication > forms and also in continuing to map a history of communications to better > understand these periods of change. I am also invested in both developing and > analysing the interdisciplinary and international elements of the field. > > At present I teach and research media studies, multimedia and IT in the > Cultural studies framework of Continuing Education in the U.K. > > Kate O'Riordan > Arts C304 > CCE > University of Sussex > Falmer > Brighton > BN1 9RG > > Tel: 01273 877774 > Email: k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk > > -- > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:09 -0400 > From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Organization: Virginia Tech > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01 > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > send corrections, additions, bios, etc. to nominate(a)aoir.org more > information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0 > the current list: > > President > > Steve Jones > > Vice President > > Nancy Baym > > Secretary > > Ulla Bunz > Nils Zurawski > > Treasurer > > Ben Bates > > Open Seats > > Matt Allen > Ulla Bunz > Mia Consalvo > Charles Ess > Laura Gurak > Nick Jankowski > Klaus Bruhn Jensen > Lisbeth Klastrup > Geert Lovink > Michel Menou > Kate O'Riordan > David Silver > Gitte Stald > Barry Wellman > > -- > Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy > CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu > 526 major williams hall 0130 > virginia tech > blacksburg, va 24061 > 540-231-7614 > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla(a)ukans.edu> > To: "'air-l(a)aoir.org'" <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: RE: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:53:41 -0500 > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Jeremy-small problem... I can remember neither my nickname, nor my password, > nor my code... > Help? > ulla > ******************************************** > Ulla K. Bunz > Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant > University of Kansas > 102 Bailey > Lawrence, KS 66045 > 785-864-1160 > ulla(a)ukans.edu > ******************************************** > Never Surrender ... > ******************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > From: jeremy hunsinger [mailto:jhuns@vt.edu] > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 8:48 AM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01 > > send corrections, additions, bios, etc. to nominate(a)aoir.org more > information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0 > the current list: > > President > > Steve Jones > > Vice President > > Nancy Baym > > Secretary > > Ulla Bunz > Nils Zurawski > > Treasurer > > Ben Bates > > Open Seats > > Matt Allen > Ulla Bunz > Mia Consalvo > Charles Ess > Laura Gurak > Nick Jankowski > Klaus Bruhn Jensen > Lisbeth Klastrup > Geert Lovink > Michel Menou > Kate O'Riordan > David Silver > Gitte Stald > Barry Wellman > > -- > Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy > CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu > 526 major williams hall 0130 > virginia tech > blacksburg, va 24061 > 540-231-7614 > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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