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

Re: [Air-l] Distributed Research labs - any examples/links ?
by Irene Berkowitz 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

I believe Vanderbilt University has a media lab like this and I am not sure if they are the archivist, but someone on this list should know where all of the legislation and documents regarding tobacco products in the US are housed. This is a massive project in need of researchers to sort it out and I know that work is being actively funded. I am sorry that I don't know the specifics. You might try contacting Priscilla Murphy at Temple University in Philadelphia. I believe her email address is: murphyp(a)astro.temple.edu . There is also access to several social science libraries online, I believe. The largest is at the University of Michigan and the second largest at Temple. I hope this is the type of information you are looking for. Good luck and I would be interested in your results. Irene Berkowitz DARS Coordinator Office of the Vice Provost Temple University tel. 215-204-7596 fax. 215-204 3175 berkowitz(a)mail.temple.edu >>> niels.windfeld.lund(a)hum.uit.no 10/21/2002 4:53:42 AM >>> Hello At our department of Documentation Studies at the University of Tromsoe (the northernmost university in the world) we are working with the idea of making a distributed research lab, called The Document Academy, by linking a number of groups/departments/people from different places together with the aim of working together on document analysis, document development. It should not only be a place for presentation of research, but a place where the actual research work take place, sharing documents, editing documents etc. It should also include all kind of media/means like writing, images, video and sound. We are planning this together with people at our local center for tele medicine around the case of electronic patient record and people at SIMS/UC-Berkeley. I have heard of examples of that kind of distributed labs from coast to coast in US, but there might be a lot of cases which we do not know, so do any of you have any experience of that kind of work or do you know any working examples of this kind ? thanks Niels Windfeld Lund -- Niels Windfeld Lund, professor, Instituttleder / Head of Department Institutt for dokumentasjonsvitenskap / Department of Documentation Science HUM-FAK, Universitetet i Troms°/University of Tromsoe Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239 http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

2 1

the day after
by Katerina 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

I just arrived back from Maastricht after the intellectually stimulating and inspiring conference of the AoIR. The opportunity to exchange ideas with other scholars and engage in interesting dialogue is particularly valuable and I will do my best to not miss any future AoIR conferences. I am already thinking and planning about next year's meeting in Toronto. One question I have concerning the conference, is whether the papers that were presented will be online soon. thank you once more, Katerina Diamandaki

2 1

call for abstracts Gender and ICT
by E.W.M.Rommes＠wmw.utwente.nl 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

Call for Abstracts The Dutch Gender and Technology Association is pleased to announce a symposium entitled Gender and ICT: Where are we at? It will be held in Amsterdam on 17 January 2003. We shall review the international state-of-the-art and the Dutch situation. A number of internationally renowned speakers have already agreed to open the day¹s discussion, including Wendy Faulkner, Knut Sørensen and Liesbet van Zoonen. During the afternoon there will be parallel sessions. We invite abstracts on the following themes: * social relations of the Internet * gender and the design of ICT * the digital divide Both theoretically and empirically focused presentations are welcome. The deadline for abstracts (max. 400 words) is November 15. The final programme will be available by December 15. The working language of the symposium will be English. Abstracts may be submitted to: Els Rommes e.w.m.rommes(a)wmw.utwente.nl or Sally Wyatt: wyatt(a)pscw.uva.nl . Unfortunately, we have no funding available to help cover expenses of participants. We are considering to turn some of the papers into an edited book (in which publisher Rowman & Littlefield has expressed interest).

1 0

RE: [Air-l] Re: ITU costings
by Matthew Allen 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

Speaking to people in Washington prior to AoIR, I also heard about the international net charging saga. At least from the perspective of DC bureaucrats, the attempt to change the charging to more 'equitably' represent the rest of the world's view was run by Australia's main telecommunications company Telstra. The USA took a very dim view of this; the view in DC is that it was motivated purely by commercial self-interest from Telstra, rather than any desire to pursue reforms that might benefit customers. It is also worth considering the way in which ISPs cooperate to save money by peering and caching, trying to limit the number of requests for information that have to be sent overseas, rather than being handled locally. Matt

1 0

Re: ITU costings
by Adrian Miles 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

At 12:01 -0400 20/10/02, Bram Dov Abramson wrote: >No, they don't. > >I think you're referring to a version -- in these parts they call the game >"broken telephone" -- of an accusation made several years back by >executives of monopoly telcos in several countries. thanks for the detailed correction. appreciate it cheers adrian miles -- + lecturer in new media and cinema studies [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog] + interactive desktop video developer [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] + hypertext rmit [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au] + InterMedia:UiB. university of bergen [http://www.intermedia.uib.no]

1 0

Re: [Air-l] Video Game Addiction
by Robert M. Tynes 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

i like the schema for addiction. thanks. :} -robert On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, elijah wright wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > I've looked at the list, but I don't see sexual addiction on it. Isn't > > that odd? What about pornography? > > see this page ( http://www.jenniferschneider.com/articles/diagnos.html ) > for an explanation of why sexual deviancy isn't included in the DSM > guidelines. > > [i found it with google, know nothing about the site owner, and am > referencing it because it cites the DSM-IV directly.] > > also note table 4, which gives a brief schema for determining whether > something "counts" as an addictive behavior or not.... :) > > ~elijah > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

1 0

air-meet in full swing
by Liss Jeffrey 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

Hey all: The Air-Meet list is in full swing (and voice) with planning for the AoiR-4 conference to be held in October 2003 in Toronto. Join the list, read the archive of posts, and make your views known. Thanks to all who have posted so far. It will be a far better conference with such active participation in the planning phases. In case you need reminding, here are the coordinates to sign on for the discussion: List-Help: <mailto:air-meet-request@aoir.org?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:air-meet@aoir.org> List-Subscribe: <http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-meet>, <mailto:air-meet-request@aoir.org?subject=subscribe> List-Id: AoIR conference management group <air-meet.aoir.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-meet>, <mailto:air-meet-request@aoir.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.aoir.org/pipermail/air-meet/> Liss Jeffrey, PhD adjunct faculty, McLuhan program, University of Toronto founder eCommons/agora project <http://www.ecommons.net> conference chair, AoiR-4 Toronto 2003 <http://www.ecommons.net/aoir>

1 0

new media job
by Sandra Braman 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

Folks -- We're interested in these subject areas no matter how they might be combined in the two people we hire. >UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE > >The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication announces two tenure-track >faculty openings. > >Position #1: Assistant/Associate Professor, New Media > >The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of >Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or >associate professor with an emphasis in new media to begin August 25, 2003. > >The successful candidate will maintain an active research program, teach >undergraduate and graduate courses, advise students, and supervise graduate >theses. Candidates with interests in visual communication, cultural studies, >and/or minority media are especially encouraged to apply. The position is >contingent on budgetary approval. > >Qualifications: Ph.D. in a relevant field, teaching experience, and strong >potential for research productivity. Exceptionally qualified ABDs may be >considered. Candidates for associate rank must demonstrate a national >reputation in research. Applicants should send a vita, a statement of teaching >and research interests, and three letters of recommendation to David Pritchard, >Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI >53201. Questions may be directed to Professor Pritchard at (414) 229-6408 or >pritchar(a)uwm.edu. Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2002. > >UW-Milwaukee, a research university with 25,000 students in a vibrant and >culturally diverse city, is located in a pleasant residential neighborhood near >Lake Michigan. UW-Milwaukee is an equal opportunity, affirmative action >employer that actively encourages applications from women and members of >minority groups. > >Position #2: Assistant Professor, Politics and Media > >The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of >Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor >with an emphasis either on politics and the media or on public opinion (or both) >to begin August 25, 2003. > >The successful candidate will maintain an active research program, teach >undergraduate and graduate courses, advise students, and supervise graduate >theses. Candidates with interests in visual communication, cultural studies, >and/or minority media are especially encouraged to apply. The position is >contingent on budgetary approval. > >Qualifications: Ph.D. in a relevant field, teaching experience, and strong >potential for research productivity. Exceptionally qualified ABDs may be >considered. Applicants should send a vita, a statement of teaching and research >interests, and three letters of recommendation to David Pritchard, Department >of Journalism and Mass Communication, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201. >Questions may be directed to Professor Pritchard at (414) 229-6408 or >pritchar(a)uwm.edu. Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2002. > >UW-Milwaukee, a research university with 25,000 students in a vibrant and >culturally diverse city, is located in a pleasant residential neighborhood near >Lake Michigan. UW-Milwaukee is an equal opportunity, affirmative action >employer that actively encourages applications from women and members of >minority groups.

1 0

NPO/NGO Media & Technology Calendar [10/20/02 - 03:51 PST]
by Art McGee 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

========================================================== NPO/NGO Media & Technology Calendar [10/20/02 - 03:51 PST] ========================================================== Women, Communication Rights, and the Internet World Wide Web, Internet, Cyberspace September 23-October 25, 2002 http://consult.womenspace.ca Paying Artists, Protecting Innovation: New Alternatives for Resolving the Digital Copyright Debate Washington, District of Columbia, United States October 21, 2002 http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle Free Software Expo New York, New York, United States October 23, 2002 mailto:glaserp@sustainsoft.com Center for Innovation in Social Responsibility: Media Responsibility Symposium New York, New York, United States October 25, 2002 http://www.maximizingbonds.org/html/cisr_events.html Online Archives: Perspectives on Networked Knowledge Spaces Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany October 25-26, 2002 http://netzspannung.org/workshops/online-archives/en Focus On September 11: Lessons In Communication New York, New York, United States October 26, 2002 http://www.nyls.edu/content.php?ID=1136 World Congress of Environmental Journalists Colombo, Sri Lanka October 27-31, 2002 http://www15.brinkster.com/slejf/activites/colombo2002.asp Social and Human Capital in the Knowledge Society Brussels, Belgium October 28-29, 2002 http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2002/aug/progr_en.pdf Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Meeting Shanghai, China October 28-31, 2002 http://www.icann.org/shanghai Circuit Riders/N-TEN Regional Conference Chicago, Illinois, United States October 31-November 1, 2002 http://www.nten.org/conferences-chicago Face to Face or Cyberspace: Redefining the Human Touch Independence, Ohio, United States November 1, 2002 http://www.alaoweb.org/02conf Disciplining Dissent: The Curbing of Free Expression in Academia and the Media Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada November 1-3, 2002 http://www.caut.ca/english/events/disciplining Free Software to Free Society? Berlin, Germany November 1-3, 2002 http://www.oekonux-konferenz.org Propaganda: War, Terror & U.S. Empire Chicago, Illinois, United States November 2, 2002 http://www.chicagomediawatch.org/conference2002.html ICT Policy Workshop for Civil Society in Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 6-10, 2002 http://www.apc.org/english/press/archive/apc_p022.shtml Latinos & Technology: Challenges, Choices and Changes Los Angeles, California, United States November 7, 2002 http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=7594 Privacy and Security: Totally Committed Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 7-8, 2002 http://www.epic.org/redirect/cacr.html World Summit on the Information Society: Pan-European Regional Conference Bucharest, Romania November 7-9, 2002 http://www.wsis-romania.ro Aboriginal Film and Video Festival Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada November 7-10, 2002 http://www.imag-nation.com Groundspring (formerly eGrants): Online Fundraising Training Workshop Washington, District of Columbia, United States November 12, 2002 http://www.egrants.org/services/workshops.cfm Groundspring (formerly eGrants) Online Fundraising Training Workshop New York, New York, United States November 14, 2002 http://www.egrants.org/services/workshops.cfm Doors of Perception: The Design Challenge of Pervasive Computing Amsterdam, Netherlands November 14-16, 2002 http://flow.doorsofperception.com Border Crossings: Media Practice in the Age of Convergence London, United Kingdom November 15-16, 2002 http://www.ampe.co.uk/conf3.htm Low Power Radio Barn Raising Conference Opelousas, Louisiana, United States November 15-17, 2002 http://www.prometheusradio.org/barn.shtml Computer Supported Cooperative Work New Orleans, Louisiana, United States November 16-20, 2002 http://www.acm.org/cscw2002 International Association of Science and Technology for Development: Information and Knowledge Sharing St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States November 18-20, 2002 http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm American Society for Information Science and Technology: Information, Connections, and Community Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States November 18-21, 2002 http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM02 Circuit Riders/N-TEN Regional Conference Boston, Massachussetts, United States November 19-20, 2002 http://www.nten.org/conferences-boston Media and Conflict Management in West Africa: Media, Conflicts, and Transformations Banjul, Gambia November 20-22, 2002 http://www.panos.sn/ressources/20_22_nov_2002_banjul_e.htm Fibreculture Conference Circular Quay West, Sydney, Australia November 22-24, 2002 http://www.fibreculture.org/conferences/conference2002 Voices for a Better World: Community Media and Social Justice Kathmandu, Nepal November 24-30, 2002 http://kathmandu.amarc.org Human Factors: Design for the Whole Person Melbourne, Australia November 25-27, 2002 http://www.iceaustralia.com/HF2002 Universal Knowledge and Language Goa, India November 25-29, 2002 http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/icukl2002 Cultural Transformation: Consciousness and New Technologies Skopje, Macedonia November 29-December 4, 2002 http://www.scca.org.mk Development by Design: Open Collaborative Design for Sustainable Innovation Bangalore, India December 1-2, 2002 http://www.thinkcycle.org/dyd02 Information Technology, Communications, and Development Kathmandu, Nepal December 1-3, 2002 http://www.itcd.net Computers in Education Auckland, New Zealand December 3-6, 2002 http://icce2002.massey.ac.nz African Studies Association: Africa in the Information and Technology Age Washington, District of Columbia, United States December 5-8, 2002 http://www.africanstudies.org/asa_papercalltheme.html Open Archives Forum: Open Access to Hidden Resources Lisbon, Portugal December 6-7, 2002 http://www.oaforum.org/workshops Transformations in Politics, Culture, and Society Brussels, Belgium December 6-8, 2002 http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/tpcs1.htm Mediaterra Art and Technology Festival: New Platforms of Spectacle, Communication, and Resistance Athens, Greece December 6-15, 2002 http://www.fournos-culture.gr Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning San Juan, Puerto Rico December 8-11, 2002 http://www.technologytools.org The Communications Network: The Strategic Value of Communications Washington, District of Columbia, United States December 9-11, 2002 http://www.comnetwork.org/info-url2110/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=120566 Conference on Information Systems: Virtual Community Informatics Workshop Barcelona, Spain December 15, 2002 http://web.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-workshop-2002.html Independent Press Association: The Changing Face of the Independent Press San Francisco, California, United States January 17-18, 2003 http://www.indypress.org Infrastructures of Digital Design: Thinking/Building/Living San Diego, California, United States January 31-February 2, 2003 http://infrastructures.ucsd.edu News Culture on the Web Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States February 12-15, 2003 http://www.swtexaspca.org International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems Berkeley, California, United States February 20-21, 2003 http://iptps03.cs.berkeley.edu International Conference on Telecommunications Tahiti, Papeete, French Polynesia February 23-March 1, 2003 http://iutsun1.uha.fr/ICT2003.html Circuit Riders Annual Roundup Oakland, California, United States March 7-9, 2003 http://www.nten.org/roundup Social Informatics and Law Buffalo, New York, United States March 14-15, 2003 http://www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/socinfo02.html Gender and Technology: Research, Revisions, Policies, and Consequences Blacksburg, Virginia, United States March 20-22, 2003 http://www.cis.vt.edu/ws/SEWSA2003.html Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture Seaside, California, United States March 20-22, 2003 http://iwlc.csumb.edu/digitalstream Technoscience, Material Culture, and Everyday Life Hong Kong, China March 26-29, 2003 http://logic.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/~b105685/2003con.htm Computers, Freedom, and Privacy: Freedom to Move, Think, and Speak! New York, New York, United States April 1-4, 2003 http://www.cfp.org Life By Design: Everyday Digital Culture Irvine, California, United States April 11-13, 2003 http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/gradconf.html Building the E-Nation: A Social Science Symposium Sydney, Australia April 24-25, 2003 http://www.mq.edu.au IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Oakland, California, United States May 11-14, 2003 http://www.research.att.com/~smb/oakland03-cfp.html World Wide Web Conference Budapest, Hungary May 20-24, 2003 http://www2003.org International Communication Association: Communication in Borderlands San Diego, California, United States May 23-27, 2003 http://www.icahdq.org China and the Internet: Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition Los Angeles, California, United States May 30-31, 2003 mailto:peter_yu@msn.com, mailto:lqiu@usc.edu Media Ecology Association: Remapping Communication Environments Hempstead, New York, United States June 5-8, 2003 http://www.media-ecology.org/events_conv4_cfp.html Technology Policy and Innovation: Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities Monterrey, Mexico June 10-13, 2003 http://egade.sistema.itesm.mx/monterrey2003 Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization Athens, Greece June 15-17, 2003 http://www.aueb.gr/ifip-isglob03 Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference Houston, Texas, United States June 19-22, 2003 http://www.allianceonline.org/conf2003 Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications Honolulu, Hawaii, United States June 23-28, 2003 http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm Community Technology Centers' Network Conference Washington, District of Columbia, United States June 26-29, 2003 http://www.ctcnet.org/conf2003 Information Communication Technologies in Education Samos Island, Greece July 3-5, 2003 http://www.ineag.gr/ICICTE O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland, Oregon, United States July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon School Libraries: Breaking Down Barriers Durban, South Africa July 7-11, 2003 http://www.iasl-slo/conference2003-call.html World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics Orlando, Florida, United States July 27 - 30, 2003 http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003 The Good, The Bad, and the Irrelevant: The User and the Future of Information and Communication Technologies Helsinki, Finland September 3-5, 2003 http://www.cost269.org/conference.html European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Helsinki, Finland September 14-18, 2003 http://ecscw2003.oulu.fi Communities & Technologies Amsterdam (or Bonn) September 19-21, 2003 mailto:douglas@scn.org Global Congress on Community Networking Melbourne, Australia November 2003 http://www.clik.to/gcn2003 World Summit on the Information Society Geneva, Switzerland December 10-12, 2003 http://www.itu.int/wsis Association of Internet Researchers Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sometime in 2003 http://www.aoir.org/2003 ===================================================== CopyLeft (c) 2002 by Art McGee <amcgee(a)freeshell.org> All Bragging Rights Reserved. [10/20/02 - 03:51 PST] =====================================================

1 0

VG Addiction
by Dmitri Williams 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

I can't speak to formal definitions of addiction, but I can shed some light on the more social and anthropological nature of how we look at addiction and games. I've recently done some content analysis research into how video games have been represented in the media over the last 20 years. What I found was consistent with Wartella & Reeves' theory about new media (cite at end). When a new medium appears, it tends to go through stages of vilification before either being phased out or accepted. The fears generally come first from how the medium is displacing some more valuable behavior, e.g. playing outdoors, reading great books, etc. Then the fears manifest themselves in health risks, physical and psychosocial. This is what I found in coverage of video games, suggesting that there is a social process at work, instead of, or in addition to, actual effects. What I found interesting was that video games actually had a grace period in the media from about 1972 to 1981ish. In this time frame, the users (a telling term, no?) were mostly adults socializing in bars and clubs. But around 1981 or 1982, games suddenly became deviant, especially for adults, and became socially constructed as child's play. At this point, the articles began to use this addiction language strongly, going so far as to suggest that arcades were sources of drugs, gambling and prostitution, and that players were "junkies." My suggestion is not that "games" are or are not addicting. I don't know (although I would really hope that we could recognize game content as highly varied across many dimensions and qualify our stimuli more rigorously than just "games"). Like others, I would be interested in any citations. But what I do know is that how we think of video games--and any other technology, for that matter--is certainly a social construction. It's probably not a coincidence that the shift in attitudes towards video games in 1981 and 1982 was concurrent with a rise in fears about a breakdown in families and a generally conservative movement in US politics. -Dmitri Cite: Wartella, E. & Reeves, D. 1985. Historical Trends in Research on Children and the Media: 1900-1960. Journal of Communication 35:118-133. **************** Dmitri Williams Ph.D. Candidate University of Michigan Department of Communication Studies dcwillia(a)umich.edu http://www.umich.edu/~dcwillia

2 1