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Fwd: [C-Fit_Community] 20th Anniversary of the Internet
by jeremy hunsinger 15 Dec '02

15 Dec '02

Begin forwarded message: > From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson(a)realmeasures.dyndns.org> > Date: Sat Dec 14, 2002 4:03:20 PM US/Eastern > To: C-FIT_Community(a)realmeasures.dyndns.org, > C-FIT_Release_Community(a)realmeasures.dyndns.org, > fairuse-discuss(a)nyfairuse.org, DMCA_Discuss(a)lists.microshaft.org, > DMCA-Activists(a)gnu.org > Cc: dpreed(a)reed.com > Subject: [C-Fit_Community] 20th Anniversary of the Internet > Reply-To: C-FIT_Community(a)realmeasures.dyndns.org > > > (Forwarded from Interesting People list) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:02:54 -0500 > From: Dave Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > To: ip <ip(a)v2.listbox.com> > > I still have the button and still have the memories of tht > week djf > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Bob Braden <braden(a)ISI.EDU> > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 10:08:38 -0800 (PST) > To: ietf(a)ietf.org > Cc: internet-history(a)postel.org > Subject: The 20th anniversary of the Internet > > > We ought not to let pass unnoticed the impending 20th > anniversary of the Internet. The most logical date of > origin of the Internet is January 1, 1983, when the ARPANET > officially switched from the NCP protocol to TCP/IP. Six > months later, the ARPANET was split into the two subnets > ARPANET and MILNET, which were connected by Internet > gateways* (routers). > > The planning for the January 1983 switchover was fully > documented in Jon Postel in RFC 801. The week-by-week > progress of the transition was reported in a series of 15 > RFCs, in the range RFC 842 - RFC 876, by UCLA student David > Smallberg. > > There may still be a few remaining T shirts that read, "I > Survived the TCP/IP Transition". People sometimes question > that any geeks would have been in machine rooms on January > 1. Believe it!! Some geeks got very little sleep for a few > days (and that was before the work "geek" was invented, I > believe.) > > So, on New Year's Eve, hoist one for the 20th anniversary of > the Internet. > > Bob Braden > > ____________________________________________________ > > * Routers brought to you by Bob Hinden of BBN. > > ** Prominent survivors included Dan Lynch of Interop fame. > And of course Vint Cerf was working the Levers of Power at > ARPA. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > Archives at: > http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ > > C-FIT Community Discussion List > List Parent: seth.johnson(a)RealMeasures.dyndns.org > C-FIT Home: http://RealMeasures.dyndns.org/C-FIT > > To Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Send "[Un]Subscribe C-FIT_Community" To > Listserv(a)RealMeasures.dyndns.org > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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come to Toronto!
by Barry Wellman 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

Folks, The University of Toronto now offers guaranteed funding for all accepted graduate students, including those from abroad. The specs are below, edited a bit to focus on the interests of list members. Please contact me -- or other department members -- if interested. Feel free to forward to others. 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 ___________________________________________________________________ Graduate Research in Sociology at the University of Toronto The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto offers guaranteed financial support to first-class students who want to become professional sociologists. Masters students receive one year of funding. Doctoral students receive four-year funding. This support is often a combination of fellowships and assistantships. As a large and strong department, we encompass diverse interests. Our areas of special strength include the sociologies of: Internet and Technology, Social Networks, Community and Urban, as well as Crime, Deviance and Addictions; Comparative Welfare States; Demography; Ethnicity, Health; Immigration and Settlement; Social History; Social Policy. We are particularly looking for students prepared to study with faculty and fellow students in these areas. Students who have experience with computer packages for analyzing qualitative and quantitative data will find ample opportunity to develop their interests. You will benefit from the University of Toronto's many resources: one of the world's largest libraries, excellent computer facilities (including two labs in the department), and the numerous research centres, such as Community and Urban Studies and the Knowledge Media Design [Internet and Society]; as well as Criminology; Gender; Human Development, Aging and the Life Course; Industrial Relations; International Relations. Statistics Canada's on-campus Research Data Centre provides unparalleled opportunities to work with the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, the Youth in Transition Survey, the National Population Health Survey, the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, and related datasets. For further information and downloadable application forms, contact our Web site at http://www.utoronto.ca/sociology. Please note that applicants from outside Canada are required to submit GRE scores. If you have a special interest in my areas of expertise, I will be pleased to correspond with you.

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MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 4 Dec 2002 to 13 Dec 2002 (#2002-24) (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

Forgive the x-posting, but this seems sufficient useful data to call to folks' attention. It's big bucks, so suitable only for a well-funded research project. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman -------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:42:10 -0500 From: Jason Kowal <jasonkowal(a)telegeography.com> To: Martin Dodge <m.dodge(a)ucl.ac.uk> Subject: TeleGeography Adds 20, 000+ Data Points to the International Traffic Database Dear TeleGeography subscriber, Following a year of painstaking research, we've finally uploaded more than 20,000 new data points to our _International Traffic Database_, including over 7,000 cross-border route totals. The entire Database -- which covers six years and 203 countries -- now contains over 120,000 statistics that you can search, filter, and export for use in your own analysis. A subscription to the _International Traffic Database_ includes: - Searchable and exportable access to over 7,000 cross-border routes - Results filtering by year, country, region, volume, growth, or traffic balance - National telecom indicators such as main lines, mobiles, and teledensity - One complimentary print copy of _TeleGeography 2003_ How does the Database differ from _TeleGeography 2003_? Our 300-page companion report to the Database -- _TeleGeography 2003_ -- takes a look behind the numbers to uncover the trends in traffic, pricing, competition, and new technologies such as Voice-over-IP. This annually published report includes the most current year's top outgoing routes for 123 countries -- about 2,300 routes. The Database, however, includes six years of outgoing and incoming data for every route we've researched from over 200 countries -- generating a database containing in excess of 7,000 outgoing and 4,000 incoming routes. The new data are freely available to existing _International Traffic Database_ subscribers for the remainder of their subscription. If you have purchased the _TeleGeography 2003_ report, you can upgrade to a full Database subscription for $3500. If you haven't purchased _TeleGeography 2003_ yet, or need to renew your subscription, the price for both the report and the Database is $5700. For additional details, and to test the free demonstration version of the _International Traffic Database_, please visit: <http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/voice/db/itd/index.html> As always, please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you might have. Best regards, Jason Kowal President Tel: +1 202 741 0020 Fax: +1 202 741 0021 PS: You may also be interested in TeleGeography's Holiday Map Sale: Buy any two maps for the price of one until December 23rd. Please visit our Wall Map page at the link below to make your selection: <http://www.telegeography.com/maps/index.html> ------------------------------------------- TeleGeography sends email updates to TeleGeography subscribers every month or so announcing new publications and events. We do not share our email lists with any third parties. You can opt out of our email program by replying to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject field. Please contact Heather Tinsley at htinsley(a)telegeography.com with any questions. ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 4 Dec 2002 to 13 Dec 2002 (#2002-24) ***********************************************************************

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special issue on new media industry
by Gina Neff 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi all, Just wanted to let Air-ers know about a special issue out on work and organization in new media. best, Gina Environment and Planning A 2002, volume 34, issue 11. Theme issue: Fragile sector, robust practice: project ecologies in new media Guest editor: Gernot Grabher Guest editorial Fragile sector, robust practice: project ecologies in new media G Grabher Distributing intelligence and organizing diversity in new-media projects Monique Girard, David Stark Constructing innovativeness in new-media start-up firms Wolf Heydebrand, Annalisa Mirón Shifting new media: from content to consultancy, from heterarchy to hierarchy Scott Lash, Andreas Wittel Project work in context: regulatory change and the new geography of media Susan Christopherson Gina Neff Research Associate Center on Organizational Innovation Columbia University New York, NY 10027

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request for colleague
by Nancy Baym 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Our university has a webzine meant to publicize its research. The fellow who runs it wants to overhaul it and is seeking information about "how people look at the World Wide Web -- how they use it, where they linger and why, or whether they linger at all." He says he wants "to incorporate more flash -- and slideshows, video and all the rest -- in order to communicate university research and information -- so I need to know how people are using the web, whether their reading habits are different, whether prose is different on the web and so on." Rather a broad set of questions, I know, but if you have any good tips for him, could you please email them to him? His name is Roger Martin, rmartin(a)kucr.ku.edu The website in question is http://129.237.227.3/explore/v2n2/intro.html Thanks in advance, Nancy

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CFP China and the Internet conference
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers > > CHINA AND THE INTERNET > Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition > > During the past decade, the Internet community in > China has grown exponentially. What was once foreign > to the Beijing literati has now become home to 46 > million Chinese. While worldwide Internet development > has slowed down due to the dot-com clash, the Internet > community in China continues to expand. > > To explore this interesting phenomenon, the conference > brings together scholars, researchers, policy > analysts, industry leaders, journalists, and legal > practitioners around the world. Among the issues > addressed are: Why can China sustain the Internet boom > despite the current adverse conditions? What is the > social, economic, and cultural impact of the Internet > on China? What roles do government authorities, > information technology firms, individual users, and > foreign businesses play in shaping the new technology > in China? How can China develop its information > society under a socialist market economy? > > The conference will be held at the University of > Southern California in Los Angeles on May 30-31, 2003. > It will be jointly sponsored by the Annenberg School > for Communication at the University of Southern > California, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at > Yeshiva University, Programme in Comparative Media Law > and Policy at the University of Oxford, and the School > of Journalism and Communication at Peking University. > > Papers presented at the conference will be selected > for publication in a journal or as a conference volume > (or both). We welcome submissions from all > disciplines. Partial or full travel grants will be > available to graduate students and international > attendants whose papers have been accepted for > presentation. > > If you are interested in submitting a proposal for > presentations or panels on any of the following > topics: > > - China's Internet policy and regulation > - usage patterns and social change > - regional network developments > - China's e-government initiatives > - e-commerce and the Internet market > - online journalism in China > - network security > - discourse of online citizen > > or if you have any further questions or suggestions > about the conference, please contact Prof. Peter Yu at > the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law > peter_yu(a)msn.com or Jack Qiu at the Annenberg School > for Communication (lqiu(a)usc.edu) > > All proposals will be peer reviewed and should consist > of at least 2 pages of single-lined text. To > facilitate the process, authorship and contact > information should be included on a separate sheet. > The deadline for submission is December 15, 2002.

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Digital Society Project
by Charlie Breindahl 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Versión español al frente, versión portuguesa a continuación, versión inglesa al final. ________________________________________________________________ Comunicación científica a la comunidad de Internet y a la comunidad de la Sociedad de la Información. La Sociedad Digital www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org La presente comunicación tiene como objetivo informar a la comunidad de Internet y a la comunidad de la Sociedad de la Información las novedades de los últimos meses del Proyecto La Sociedad Digital. La Sociedad Digital es un proyecto abierto a la comunidad de Internet y de la Sociedad de la Información en el ámbito iberoamericano principalmente, pero no restringido exclusivamente a él. Se trata de la creación del primer espacio de convergencia para los especialistas de habla castellana y portuguesa, bajo la forma de un Portal de la Sociedad de la Información (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) La estructuración de este espacio comprende, en primer lugar, una subdivisión por áreas temáticas consideradas trascendentes para el desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información, tales como lengua, brecha digital, gobierno digital, estudios especiales, legislación, situación por países, etc. Una segunda subdivisión apunta a elementos de interactividad como noticias, proyectos, observatorios de información, etc. que apuntan a generar un espacio de intercambio y sinergia entre los especialistas de la región, en la búsqueda de modelos de aplicación y resultados de investigaciones, para que todos sus participantes puedan beneficiarse, construyendo, entre todos, el espacio de la Sociedad de la Información en su tránsito hacia la Sociedad del Conocimiento. Invitamos, en consecuencia, a todos, a visitar el Portal, integrarse, enviar sus aportes intelectuales y usar todos los recursos en él disponibles, los que son, por supuesto, de uso libre y gratuito. (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) Pueden comunicarse a info(a)sociedaddigital.org. Todos los comentarios, aportes y observaciones serán bienvenidos. Muy cordialmente, El Presidente del Consejo de Directores de La Sociedad Digital, Prof. Dr. Ricardo Petrissans de Aguilar ricardo(a)sociedaddigital.org La presente comunicación se realiza por única vez. Se trata de una comunicación científica destinada a los miembros de la Comunidad Científica Iberoamericana. En caso que este mensaje sea considerado por su receptor como carente de interés, rogamos se sirva deletear el mismo. Muchas gracias. _______________________________________________________________ Comunicação Científica à comunidade da Internet e à Comunidade da Sociedade da Informação. La Sociedad Digital comunica aos usuários da Internet e à comunidade da Sociedade da Informação La Sociedad Digital - www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org A presente comunicação tem como objetivo informar à comunidade da Internet e à Comunidade da Sociedade da Informação as novidades dos últimos meses do Projeto da Sociedade Digital. La Sociedad Digital é um projeto aberto à comunidade da Internet e à Sociedade da Informação no âmbito ibero-americano, principalmente, porém não restrito exclusivamente a ele. Trata-se da criação do primeiro espaço de convergência para os especialistas de idioma castelhano e português, sob a forma de um Portal da Sociedade da Informação (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) A estruturação deste espaço compreende, em primeiro lugar, uma subdivisão por áreas temáticas, consideradas transcendentes para o desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação, tais como idioma, brecha digital, governo digital, estudos especiais, legislação, situação por país, etc. Uma segunda subdivisão aponta para elementos de interatividade como notícias, projetos, observatórios de informação, etc., no sentido de gerar um espaço de intercâmbio e sinergia entre os especialistas da região, na busca de modelos de aplicação e resultados de investigações, para que todos seus participantes possam se beneficiar, construindo entre todos o espaço da Sociedade da Informação em seu trânsito até a Sociedade do Conhecimento. Convidamos, então, a todos para uma visita ao Portal, para se integrarem, enviar suas contribuições intelectuais e usar todos os recursos nele disponíveis, que são de uso livre e gratuito. (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) Para se comunicarem, utilizem info(a)sociedaddigital.org Todos os comentários, contribuições e observações serão bem-vindos. Cordialmente Prof. Dr. Ricardo Petrissans de Aguilar Presidente do Conselho de Diretores de La Sociedad Digital ricardo(a)sociedaddigital.org A presente comunicação se realiza uma única vez. Trata-se de comunicação científica destinada aos membros da Comunidade Científica Ibero-americana. Caso esta mensagem seja considerada pelo receptor como carente de interesse, pedimos que seja deletada. Muito obrigado. ________________________________________________________________ Scientific message to the Internet Community and to the Information Society Community. The Digital Society www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org This message has the objective of informing the Internet Community and the Information Society Community the latest news about The Digital Society Project. The Digital Society is a project open mainly to the Internet Community and the Information Society Community in Latin American, however without restrictions to any other countries or regions in the world. It is about the creation of the first forum to portuguese and spanish speaking specialists, under the structure of an internet gate (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) The structure of this space is divided, in its first level, into areas considered of extreme importance to the development of the Information Society, such as language, (brechas digitais), e-Government, special studies, legislation and country information. On a second level, there are interactive elements such as news, special projects and information centres designed to promote interchanges and synergy between regional specialists, always searching for new models, applications and research results, benefiting all users and paving the road between the Information Society and the Knowledge Society. Therefore, we invite everyone to visit the Internet site, integrate yourself in the community, contribute with your knowledge and use all free available resources. Our address : (www.sociedaddigital.org / www.asociedadedigital.org) Please send any queries and comments to info(a)sociedaddigital.org. All comments, queries and contributions are welcome. Cordially, President of the Digital Society Board of Directors Ricardo Petrissans de Aguilar, MSc, PhD. ricardo(a)sociedaddigital.org This message will only be sent once, since it is intended to be directed to the members of the Latin America Scientific Community. If it is not of your interest, please delete it. Thank you for your time and attention.

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asist coference Long Beach, CA Oct. 20-23, 2003
by jeremy hunsinger 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

> > > Call for Papers > > Humanizing Information Technology: > From Ideas to Bits and Back > > American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual > Conference Long Beach, CA Oct. 20-23, 2003 (click here for important > due dates) > > Papers, posters and presentations are solicited in a wide variety of > information and technology related areas, including: > > > • Information management, organization and access, including > classification and representation, metadata, taxonomies, indexing, > XML, information architecture, digital libraries. > > • Information seeking and use, including research on the role of > information in daily lives and in work and the professions, use of > various types of information technology, social contexts of > information seeking. > > • Information retrieval: information system performance, search > engines, natural language processing, data mining, intelligent > retrieval, multi- and cross-lingual retrieval. > > • Interactivity: user and usability studies, design of human-computer > interfaces, visualization, for all types of information technology. > > • Ethical, social, political, legal and economic issues related to the > role of information in society, such as privacy, copyright, > information policy, as well as the social role of information > technologies such as the Internet and the World Wide Web. > > • Information production, transfer, and delivery, electronic > publishing and dissemination. > > • Technologies for computing and networking: information > communication, collaboration, information security, e-commerce. > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Re: [Air-l] Internet History/Stages, was Internet in Everyday Life
by Lisa-Jane McGerty 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Thanks to Steve for some thought-provoking comments. I've also recently grappled with the issue of Internet/internet though for slightly different reasons. In my PhD thesis (now almost completed) I abandoned early on the use of Internet with the capital 'I', preferring instead to use 'internet'. This was partly due to the fact that other media are not capitalised, as Steve points out, and also that using the capitalised version somehow implied that it is set apart from the everyday, that it should somehow stand out or is mysterious. As my thesis is looking at everyday domestic uses of the internet this seemed wrong. Also, using 'Internet' seemed somehow to reify all the biases inherent in the early history of the technology (the gender, class, and ethnic biases particularly) which I did not want to do. So I now always use 'internet', although I always try to pin this down by stating what I really mean by the term (i.e. am I just referring to the WWW, or to other aspects of the wider global internet, or to some historical interpretation of it, or whatever). I just wanted to throw this in as this is the first time I've seen this topic discussed anywhere! Lisa Lisa McGerty Applied Social Sciences University of Bradford, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Jones <sjones(a)uic.edu> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [Air-l] Internet History/Stages, was Internet in Everyday Life > Email overload, I'm finally picking up threads of conversations from > days ago.... > > In short, although my talk focused largely on issues related to > immersive virtual reality, it began by discussing networks, and I did > say that I thought it is time to abandon the notion of an "Internet" > and think about an "internet." (With due respect for citation, this > occurred to me after a lengthy phone conversation with Joe Turow in > which he noted that other media are not capitalized.) The former I > use to refer to the process, begun in the 1960s with U.S. government > funding, of connecting computers and standardizing communication > among them. The latter I use to refer to the networking of computers > that may or, more importantly, may not rely on that process. In this > latter category are included any type of networking project, from > home networking to wireless network to cellular networks to Internet2 > and so on. In other words, _the Internet_ is an internet (i.e., > internetwork) but _the internet_ is a medium akin to other media > (e.g., television, radio, etc.). > > The larger point was that use of the term "network" embedded in these > is itself important, whether we are discussing the actual, as in > hardware, software, etc., or more importantly when discussing the > symbolic, as in the relatively recent popular use of networks as > metaphors for everything from stock markets to relationships to > biology. That's what made me strongly consider _internet_, for I've > been reminded of the ways in which a signal point in the development > of media is when we begin to use it symbolically and metaphorically > to compare other aspects of life to it. > > I expect to develop this further when I get to taking the talk and > turning it into something publishable at some point, but in relation > to the discussion at hand that's what Ulla was referring to, and > while it doesn't really sort out the matter of "Internet eras," > perhaps it does provide still another way to think about the > development of the technology and its uses (symbolic and otherwise). > > Thanks, > Sj > > At 7:29 PM -0500 11/25/02, Ulla Bunz wrote: > >last week at the national communication association Steve Jones was > >featured in a keynote conversation. He talked about "internet" > >versus "Internet." > > > >Steve, are you willing to repeat the main thoughts here briefly? > > > >Ulla > > > > > >> > >> From: david silver <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> > >> Date: 2002/11/25 Mon PM 07:12:30 EST > >> To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >> Subject: [Air-l] Internet History/Stages, was Internet in Everyday Life > >> > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> i just returned after giving a class lecture which featured an abbreviated > >> history of the internet and found barry's post quite interesting. besides > >> information about his and caroline haythornthwaite's book, he included the > >> following excerpt from the introduction: > >> > >> *** > >> > >> Excerpts from the Editors' Introduction, > >> Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite: > >> > >> _The Internet in Everyday Life_ is about the second age of the Internet as > >> it descends from the firmament and becomes embedded in everyday life. The > >> first age of the Internet was a bright light shining above everyday > >> concerns. In the euphoria, many analysts lost their perspective. The rapid > >> contraction of the dot.com economy has brought down to earth the > >> once-euphoric belief in the infinite possibility of Internet life. > >> > >> *** > >> > >> i'm curious about this notion of two stages of the internet. if i'm > >> reading the paragraph correctly, the authors suggest the net has had two > >> stages: before and after the dot.com crash. i'm interested in hearing > >> what others think about this concept of a two-staged internet history. > >> > >> in my own lecture this morning, i tracked a number of stages, all of which > >> contain, i believe, significant differences between them. for example > >> (and this is the abridged version): > >> > >> 1960s/early 1970s - ARPANET > >> > >> 1975 - a more social internet with lists like SF-Lovers > >> > >> 1979 - a more public internet (here i'm defining the internet more > > > expansively) with the introduction of usenet groups > >> > >> late 1980s/early 1990s - mass influx of users via prodigy/compuserve/aol > >> > >> 1991 - a more distributive (and later graphical) turn with berners-lee's > >> world wide web, followed by mosaic (1993), and netscape (1994) > >> > >> 1995 - netscape goes public, wall street goes crazy, dot.com daze begins > >> > >> etc etc etc. > >> > >> (like all historical stages, these are complex and reflect an interesting > >> intersection among social and cultural contexts, technological > >> developments, economic conditions, etc.) > >> > >> thoughts? > >> > >> david silver > >> http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

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CFP: Digital Games & Society
by Jason Rutter 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

Apologies for any cross posting. Digital Games and Society A special edition of Information, Communication and Society CALL FOR PAPERS Academic research and debate around digital games, gaming industries and the associated practices has begun to rapidly expand and develop in recent years. New empirical and theoretical investigations have broadened previous concerns with text-based analysis and debate over violent content by exploring more broad social, economic and cultural questions. Recent technological developments in gaming platforms and network access have reshaped domestic leisure, social interaction and contemporary forms of consumption. Further, the growth of mobile gaming, the promise of always-on gaming connections, and experiments in mediated reality and pervasive/convergence games (such as EA's Majestic) have raised important questions about access, identity, privacy and the nature of public/private spaces which have yet to be fully explored. In response to these developments Information, Communication & Society (iCS) are planning to publish a special edition on digital gaming in December 2003 with Jason Rutter (CRIC, Manchester University) and Jo Bryce (University of Central Lancashire) as guest editors and hence invites the submissions of papers for consideration for inclusion. Given the international and interdisciplinary remit of iCS papers are being called for on, but not restricted to, the following computer, video and mobile game themes: * New and newly mediated forms of interaction and identity * User demand, consumption and production * Game cultures, communities and social organisation * Globalisation and localisation * Everyday experiences of digital gaming * Gender, exclusion and negotiated involvement * Digital gaming and education * Labour markets, ethical practices and international distribution Papers should not exceed 7000 words and include an abstract of up to 300 words along with a list of up to six key words. They must represent original, unpublished, work which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere Please send email submissions (preferably in as a Microsoft Word file) to Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk The deadline for receipt of complete papers is 6th December 2002. More information on iCS, paper layout and references can be found at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1369118x.html. Authors are recommended to consult this and/or the journal itself before submitting a paper for consideration. Questions about the special edition should be directed to Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk. -- Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow) ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter

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