January 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-l] Flame Wars
by Frank Schaap 10 Jan '02

10 Jan '02

Robert wrote: > Has anyone out there participated in a flame war?(The more recent, the > better.) If so, I'd been interested in hearing about it. I'd be interested to know normal an occurance a flamewar is. Sort of a statistical thing: how many people experience being in a flamewar how often. I've seen some happen here and there, but those with explicit name calling (in my personal observation) seem limited to Usenet and don't much happen on the mailinglists I frequent. Personally I think I've never been a participant in a flamewar, even though as a list moderator I've had to solve some thorny issues... maybe because I don't hit send immediately, even when I feel miffed. Frank. (not much of an informant today) -- The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources ==> http://fragment.nl/resources/

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For any folks in the midwest interested in game design, gender and, technology research:
by Thom Kevin Gillespie 10 Jan '02

10 Jan '02

Brenda Laurel, designer of the Rockett computer game series with Purple Moon will speak twice at Indiana University in Bloomington this Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, January 13th from 4:30-6 p.m. Brenda will talk in the auditorium in the education building at 201 North Rose Ave. in Bloomington. Her talk will be on Children and Story Space. On Monday, January 14th from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union she will speak on the topic of Gender and Technology Research. Brenda Laurel is a designer, researcher and writer. Her work focuses on interactive narrative, human-computer interaction, and cultural aspects of technology. Her career in human-computer interaction spans over twenty years. She holds an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in theatre from the Ohio State University. Brenda was one of the founding Members of the research staff at Interval Corporation in Palo Alto, California, where she coordinated research activities exploring gender and technology, and where she co-produced and directed the Placeholder Virtual project. She was also one of the founders and VP/Design of a spin-off company from Interval - Purple Moon - formed to market products based on this research. Mattel acquired Purple Moon in 1999. In 1990 she co-founded Telepresence Research, Inc. to develop virtual reality and remote presence technology and applications. She has worked as a software designer, producer, and researcher for companies including Atari, Activision, and Apple. Brenda Laurel is the author of the Utopian Entrepreneur [MIT Press 2001] and Computers as Theatre [Addison-Wesley 1991; 2nd edition 1993], Brenda is also the editor of the Art of Human-Computer Interface Design [Addison-Wesley 1990] and a collection of essays entitled Severed Heads. Additional information can be found at http://www.tauzero.com/Brenda_Laurel/index.html Brenda's talks are part of the IDEAS project and presented by the MIME program in Telecommunications and co-sponsored by the department of Instructional Systems Technology, Betsy Gatewood in the Business School, the School of Informatics and the Digital Media Arts Program in the department of Fine Arts. Initial funding for the IDEAS speaker series came from Ken Gros Lewis. For information about Brenda's talks and her schedule at IU send mail to thom(a)indiana.edu

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Back in the Temple of Uruk ...
by Ken Friedman 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Dear Colleagues, Joining Eszter Hargittai, I also request that members of this list do not carelessly repost earlier messages. Careful editing will make the Internet a better place to live. After general spam and porn spam, the third great email irritation is careless posting to lists that are better served by selective editorial attention. In the old days, when we wrote on paper or pressed cuneiform wedges into clay, we used a technology called "quoting." A quote was a selective passage taken from a relevant text and applied to the topic or theme at hand. Back in the Temple of Uruk, the head scribe instructed us on how to do this. We were taught to take a passage of text, surrounding it with the little double-wedge signs of quotation, to write carefully, "so that my name should be established for distant days and never fall into oblivion, so that my praise should be spread throughout the Land, and my glory should be proclaimed in the foreign lands." Then we would bake the tablet and hand it to a runner who would take it on the post-road that served as a pre-electronic Internet located in the linked highway nodes, river routes, oases, and cities of our physical world. (The physical world involved a kind of reality that existed before virtual reality.) In the AIR world, all these functions happen using electrons to transfer messages at the speed of light. Nevertheless, the habits once instilled by the temple scribes and carried forward into the eras of papyrus and parchment would do well here. We are still close to the era when Thomas Sprat of the Royal Society wrote that good scientific and scholarly communication required, "a close, naked, natural way of speaking; positive expressions; clear senses; a native easiness." Needless clutter defeats the plain language and clarity we ought to encourage. Those who write carefully are more widely read and far more useful than those who litter notes with carelessly repeated headers, footers, forwarding arrows, and nested passages of clutter. Those who write carefully will join the great Sumerian who proclaimed, "Wherever I look to, there I go; wherever my heart desires, I reach. By the life of my father holy Lugalbanda, and Nanna the king of heaven and earth, I swear that the words written on my tablet are true!" Best regards, Ken Friedman The Sumerians also had careless forwards and reposts. This is my favorites, found in level 3 of the Suen excavations, > I entered the E-kic-nujal like a mountain > kid hurrying to its habitation, when Utu spreads > broad daylight over the countryside. I filled > with abundance the temple of Suen, a cow-pen > which yields plenty of fat. I had oxen slaughtered > there; I had sheep lavishly butchered there. I had > cem and ala drums resound there and caused tigi > drums play there sweetly. I, Culgi, who makes > everything abundant, presented food-offerings there > and, like a lion, spreading fearsomeness from the royal > offering-place, I bent down and bathed in flowing water; > I knelt down and feasted in the E-gal-mah of Ninegal.

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AoIR 3.0 reviewers in place
by Klaus Bruhn Jensen 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Colleagues: I take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers, who will help prepare a quality program for our October conference. Below you will find the aggregated list (which may still be supplemented) as well as the list of instructions for reviewers. In some cases, I have taken the liberty of suggesting a coordinator; feel free to contact me off list in this regard. Reviewers will receive more information regarding the conference system managed by Jeremy Hunsinger in the near future. In order to keep the mail volume down, communication between reviewers, coordinators, and myself as program chair will next migrate to a separate list. However, I welcome your suggestions and comments regarding the conference program also in the months ahead. Klaus. ***** GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW OF SUBMISSIONS TO AoIR 3.0 - Above all else, AoIR seeks to promote the highest standards in research about the Internet and its social implications. - An important quality of Internet studies tends to be the inclusion of interdisciplinary dimensions, in addition to disciplinary perspectives from across the social, human, and natural sciences. - It is also taken for granted that AoIR seeks diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, and national or regional origin of presenters as well as topics. - A minimum of two researchers review each submission via the designated submission system, and seek consensus. In case of initial differing assessments, the reviewers are encouraged to consult each other, before passing on their review to the topic coordinator and the program committee. - Once the review process has been completed, the program committee and program chair consult the topic coordinators and, as necessary, individual reviewers, so as to ensure transparency through the next stages of the planning process. ***** Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Internet Research *Michel Menou <Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr> [COORDINATOR] *Charles Ess <cmess(a)lib.drury.edu> *Danyel Fisher <danyelf(a)acm.org> *Jennifer Stromer-Galley <jstromer(a)asc.upenn.edu> *Kirsten Foot <kfoot(a)u.washington.edu> *Laurel Ralston <LAURIE.RALSTON(a)asu.edu> *Tracy Kennedy <tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca> *Yvonne Waern <waern(a)dsv.su.se> Internet Access, Use, and Effects *Ulla Bunz <ulla(a)ukans.edu> *Leslie Shade <shade(a)aix1.uottawa.ca> [COORDINATOR] *Andrew Wenn <Andrew.Wenn(a)vu.edu.au> *Patricia Gannon-leary <patricia.gannonleary(a)unn.ac.uk> Psychology and the Internet *Laura Gurak <gurakl(a)umn.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Greg Monaco <greg(a)greatplains.net> *Kirk St.Amant <stam0032(a)tc.umn.edu> Individuals, Groups, and Communities Online *Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn(a)uiuc.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Lori Kendall <Lori.Kendall(a)purchase.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Karla Saari Kitalong <kitalong(a)pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> *Lorna Heaton <lheaton(a)videotron.ca> Privacy, Surveillance, and Security on the Internet *Ellis Godard <ellisgodard(a)starband.net> [COORDINATOR] *Nilz Zurawski <zurawsk(a)uni-muenster.de> Internet Policy, Law, Ethics, and Politics *Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> *Wendy Sutherland-Smith <wsutherlandsmith(a)bigpond.com.au> [COORDINATOR] *Moses A. Boudourides <mboudour(a)upatras.gr> *Stuart I. Offenbach <stuartio(a)purdue.edu> Teaching and Learning on the Internet *Robin Cheesman <robin(a)ruc.dk> [COORDINATOR] *Simon Heilesen <simonhei(a)ruc.dk> *Lorna Heaton <lheaton(a)videotron.ca> *Ann De Vaney <adevaney(a)uci.edu> The Internet in Writing and Publishing *Radhika Gajjala <radhika(a)cyberdiva.org> [COORDINATOR] *Karla Saari Kitalong <kitalong(a)pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> *Naomi Baron <nbaron(a)american.edu> Ethnicity, Race, Identity, Gender, and Sexuality Online *Sue Cranmer <sue(a)jcranmer.freeserve.co.uk> [COORDINATOR] *Greg Monaco <greg(a)greatplains.net> *Linda Jean Kensicki <kensicki(a)umn.edu> *Lisa Nakamura <nakamurl(a)sonoma.edu> *Susannah Stern <sternsu(a)bc.edu> The Internet in Cultural Contexts *Lori Kendall <Lori.Kendall(a)purchase.edu> *David Silver <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> *Kirk St.Amant <stam0032(a)tc.umn.edu> *Charles Ess <cmess(a)lib.drury.edu> [COORDINATOR] The Internet in History *David Silver <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Nalini Kotamraju <nalinik(a)socrates.berkeley.edu> *Sally J. McMillan <sjmcmill(a)utk.edu> *Frederick Turner <fturner(a)MIT.EDU> Digital Art and Aesthetics *Ira Nayman <ira(a)ecommons.net> [COORDINATOR] *Thom Kevin Gillespie <thom(a)indiana.edu> *Andrejevic, Mark <MAndrejevic(a)mail.fairfield.edu> *Moses A. Boudourides <mboudour(a)upatras.gr> *Troels D. Johansson <troelsd(a)hum.ku.dk> *Michael Arnold Mages <marnoldm(a)du.edu> Gaming on the Internet *Gitte Stald <stald(a)hum.ku.dk> [COORDINATOR] *Frank Schaap <architext(a)fragment.nl> *Thom Kevin Gillespie <thom(a)indiana.edu> E-Commerce, E-Business, and the Value of Digital Content *Mattia Miani <katanankes(a)yahoo.com> [COORDINATOR] *Andrew Wenn <Andrew.Wenn(a)vu.edu.au> *Sally J. McMillan <sjmcmill(a)utk.edu> New Technologies and New Media *Nicole Ellison <nellison(a)usc.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Cheryl E. Ball <ceball(a)chartermi.net> *Johannes Strobel <jse09(a)mizzou.edu> *Nalini Kotamraju <nalinik(a)socrates.berkeley.edu> E-Sectors (e-health, e-entertainments, e-other...) *Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> [COORDINATOR] *Monica Murero <Monica.Murero(a)MERIT.UNIMAAS.NL> *Mete Yildiz <myildiz(a)indiana.edu> -- ____________________________________ Klaus Bruhn Jensen Professor, dr.phil. Department of Film and Media Studies University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark kbj(a)hum.ku.dk http://www.ifm.ku.dk ____________________________________

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netiquette needs a new command
by Barry Wellman 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Replying, including a message, is often useful in personal messages to provide context. It is never useful to include a digest in a reply. A summary of what you're replying about will do (and include note taking skills;-) My guess is that people reply including the whole digest out of sheer, unthinking habit. Reply is often the default.

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RE: FW: [Air-l] CFP: Internet Research 3.0
by FrankThomasFT＠netscape.net 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Thank you all, I now received the CfP Frank Gina Neff <ginasue(a)panix.com> wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- >From: jeremy hunsinger [SMTP:jhuns@vt.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:51 AM >To: air-l(a)aoir.org; cyberculture; isait(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu; cddc(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu; cirasi-liste(a)uqam.ca >Subject: [Air-l] CFP: Internet Research 3.0 Net / Work / Theory in Maastricht > >CALL FOR PAPERS > >Internet Research 3.0: NET / WORK / THEORY >International and Interdisciplinary Conference >of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) >International Institute of INFONOMICS and University of Maastricht > >Maastricht, The Netherlands >October 13-16 2002 >Conference Website: http://www.aoir.org/2002 >Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2002. >Submissions: http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/ > >The Internet has become an integral, ubiquitous part of everyday life >in many social domains and international contexts. Yet, most of the >public attention on cyberspace remains fueled by utopian or dystopian >visions, rather than being informed by the growing body of research on >the Internet as a complex fact of modern life. >Internet Research (IR) 3.0, an international and interdisciplinary >conference, will feature a variety of perspectives on Internet research, >in order to develop a better theoretical and pragmatic understanding of >the Internet. Building on the previous well-attended international >conferences, the IR 3.0 will bring together prominent scholars, >researchers, and practitioners from many disciplines, fields and countries >for a program of presentations, panel discussions, and informal exchanges. > >This year's theme is Net/Work/Theory. Contributors are called to >reflect on how to theorize what we know about the Internet and on how >to apply what we know theoretically in practice. The conference will >be held for the first time in Europe, whose intellectual environments >have traditionally been a source of social and cultural theory. > >IR 3.0 will be hosted by the International Institute of Infonomics in >the beautiful city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. As the city in >which one of the key treaties of the European Union was signed, >Maastricht also symbolizes a changing Europe in a changing >international setting. The conference will provide opportunities to >network, learn from other researchers, hear from leading players in >Internet development, and enjoy the "art of fine living" of Maastricht, >in the south of the Netherlands. > >The Association of Internet Researchers invites paper, presentation, >and panel proposals from AoIR members and non-members on topics >that address social, cultural, political, economic, and aesthetic aspects of >the >Internet. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions as well as submissions >from any discipline. Panel presentations that establish connections across >disciplines, institutions, and/or continents are especially encouraged. >We also seek presentations that will make creative use of Internet >technologies and techniques. > >SUGGESTED TOPICS: >Theoretical and Methodological approaches to Internet Research >Internet Access, Use and Effects >Psychology and the Internet >Individuals, Groups, and Communities Online >Privacy, Surveillance, and Security on the Internet >Internet Policy, Ethics, Law, and Politics >Teaching, Learning and the Internet >The Internet in Writing and Publishing >Ethnicity, Race, Identity, Gender, and Sexuality Online >The Internet in Cultural Contexts >The Internet in History >Digital Arts and Aesthetics >Gaming on the Internet >E-commerce, E-Business, or Value of Digital Content >New Technologies and New Media >E-Sectors (e-health, e-games, e-entertainment, e-other...) > >This list is not meant to be exclusive, but to trigger ideas and >encourage submissions from a range of disciplines. The organizers will >take an active role in generating and joining the various interests in >appropriate formats > > >FORMAT OF PROPOSALS >Proposals can be of three types - papers, presentations, and panels. >Each person is entitled to submit 1 paper, 1 presentation, and/or 1 panel >proposal. > >PAPERS >Proposals for papers: 150-250 word abstract. >CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS/DEMONSTRATIONS >Creative presentations (surprise us!) and Internet-related project >demonstrations (including digital arts) are encouraged. The format for >these proposals is the same as those for regular papers (150-250 word >abstract). >PANELS >Panels will generally include three to four papers or presentations. >The session organizer should submit a 250-500 word statement describing > the session topic, include abstracts of up to 250 words for each paper or >presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the >session. >WORKSHOP >We also invite proposals for pre-conference workshop. These proposals >should be submitted as soon as possible (no later than January 15, 2002) >so that the workshops can be publicized. >GRADUATE STUDENTS >Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals. They >should note their student status with submission for consideration of >a special Student Award. If you intend to be a candidate for the Student >Award you must also send a final version of your proposal (final paper) >by 15th September 2002. > >FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS >Submission will be accepted from 15th December until 15th February 2002. >All proposals should be submitted electronically at: >http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/ >It is preferred that you use HTML to minimally format your paper. >Average time allotted for a paper or presentation will be 15 minutes. >Average time allotted for a panel will be 1 hour and 30 minutes, including >discussion time. If these time constraints are not appropriate for your >panel/presentation, please include that in your abstract. Please include >any equipment or special considerations that might affect your presentation. > > >DEADLINES >Proposal submission: 15th December, 2001- February 15, 2002 >Author notification: April 1, 2002 >Presenter's Registration to the conference: September 15, 2002 >Student Award: Final paper due September 15, 2002 > >CONTACT INFORMATION >If you have questions about the conference, program, or AoIR, please >contact: > >Conference Coordinator: Monica Murero, >Infonomics and University of Maastricht, Monica.Murero(a)infonomics.nl >Program Chair: Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen: >kbj(a)hum.ku.dk >A(o)IR President: Steve Jones, sjones(a)uic.edu >More Information about IR 3.0 can be found on the Conference Website: >http://www.aoir.org/2002 >For more information about the Association of Internet Researchers, >including information on joining the Association, visit AoIR' s website >at http://aoir.org >For more information about the International Institute of Infonomics >visit our website at http://www.infonomics.nl > > >-- >jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy >cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu >526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com >virginia tech -under construction >blacksburg, va 24061 >540-231-7614 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > > -- Dr. Frank Thomas FTR 34 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 75009 Paris France __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. 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AoIR 3.0 CfP
by FrankThomasFT＠netscape.net 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Dear list members, I am new to the list, am working in social research on the Internet, and like to give a paper on AoIR 3.0. I demanded the Call for Papers but unfortunately, got no answer. I don't know why. Can anyone please be so kind to forward me the CfP ? Thank you. Frank Thomas -- Dr. Frank Thomas FTR 34 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 75009 Paris France __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Funding for research on Innovation and Organizational Change
by Ken Friedman 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Dear Colleagues, This NSF funding program will interest researchers at US schools. Best regards, Ken Friedman From: Naman, John L. [mailto:jnaman@nsf.gov] Researchers at US academic institutions should be aware of the opportunity to have their research funded by the Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Proposals must be received at NSF no later than 5pm on February 1, 2002. IOC supports research using theory combined with empirical validation to expand the concepts, models, and methodologies of change in organizations and institutions. Proposers should work with partner organizations in industry, education, health care, government, or service. A high priority of the program is to develop valuable research perspectives across disciplinary lines. Little known facts: 1. Last year IOC received 74 proposals and recommended approximately $3.5 million in new award grants. 2. Investigators are not required to be U.S. citizens. Awards go to U.S. academic institutions on behalf of individuals. Multi-institutional arrangements and partnerships are permitted and encouraged. 3. Proposals must reflect a real partnership between researchers and one or more organizations. Research that is proposed must include data from real organization(s). 4. IOC proposals are peer reviewed to determine intrinsic merit and broad impact. 5. The unit of analysis is organization-level, not individual (for information about other programs in economics; decision, risk and management sciences; etc. visit http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ To view abstracts of current awards, visit http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ioc/research.htm Proposal Guidelines http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ioc/guidelin.htm Deadline for proposals: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ioc/deadline.htm IOC Homepage: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ioc/start.htm John Naman, Ph.D., Program Director Innovation and Organizational Change Program National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd, Suite 995 Arlington VA 22230 T: 703.292.7260 F: 703.292.9068 E: jnaman(a)nsf.gov -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Technology and Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management Visiting Professor Advanced Research Institute School of Art and Design Staffordshire University

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job opening; call for panelists
by david silver 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Folks, An interesting tenure track position in Electronic Media and Culture and a great looking call for panelists for next year's American Studies Association annual convention. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver *** WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY College of Liberal Arts: Electronic Media and Culture NOTICE OF VACANCY Position: The Department invites applications for a tenure track position as Assistant Professor in an appropriate department, with primary teaching in the Electronic Media and Culture program on the Vancouver branch campus located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, beginning August 2002. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate classes with a 2-2 (with an academic year consisting of two semesters) teaching load, pursue an active research agenda, and engage in service activities for the department, university, and community. We seek a qualified candidate to teach in the interdisciplinary B.A. program in Electronic Media and Culture, a liberal arts-based curriculum exploring relationships between technology and meaning-making both in contemporary and historical contexts. Washington State University is a multi-campus comprehensive land grant institution with a commitment to undergraduate and graduate instruction, research and extension. The Vancouver campus (est. 1989) offers upper division undergraduate and graduate instruction for the southwest area of the state. It is a rapidly growing campus, with a current enrollment of 1,600 expected to grow to 6,000 in the coming years. Qualifications: ABD or terminal degree in appropriate field required. Discipline open, with special consideration given to candidates with proven national research profile in digital technology as social practice and teaching experience in higher education. Concentrations might include information architecture, media studies, artificial intelligence, hypermedia learning and/or digital research, among other fields. Rank and Salary: The appointment is at the Assistant Professor rank, in an appropriate department. The salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications: Candidates must provide TWO copies of each of the following: letter of application summarizing qualifications, current curriculum vitae (with the names of three references), graduate transcripts, teaching evaluations (if available). Send application materials to: Beth Montee Electronic Media and Culture Search Committee Washington State University at Vancouver 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue Vancouver, WA 98686-9600 Closing Date: Deadline for submission of applications is March 1, 2002. Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action educator and employer. Members of ethnic minorities, women, Vietnam or disabled veterans, persons with disabilities, and people over the age of 40 are encouraged to apply. *** A panel proposed for the American Studies Association annual convention, Houston, TX, November 14-17, 2002 The language associated with new media and connected cultural and economic forces derives almost exclusively from English (the "World Wide Web" is a most obvious example). This panel seeks to explore the cultural contexts surrounding the global dissemination of the language of new media. What associations are implicit in the terms concerning information technologies? How does the terminology circumscribe the use of new media technologies? What are the cultural, political, social and economic ramifications of the spread of this language within and beyond U.S. borders? Please send 500-word abstracts and brief c.v. by January 12, 2002 to Jillana Enteen at jillana(a)rcnchicago.com Jillana Enteen

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SPAM
by David Palfreyman 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Hi all, It seems ironic that this interesting discussion on spam is hard to pick out (in my digest version of the list), from among the accumulation of quoted messages, headers, html, etc... :-) David Palfreyman Zayed University, Dubai :-D

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