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

request for descriptions of experiences
by Charles Ess 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Colleagues: As part of our effort on the ethics working committee to get a sense of cross-cultural differences concerning guidelines, procedures, and institutions that affect Internet research, we would be grateful for the assistance of the aoir folk in the following way. It is clear that relevant guidelines and decision-making procedures vary considerably from country to country. The typical United States university structure includes an Institutional Review Board (IRB) that has oversight responsibility for university-based research, especially research that runs the risk of harming human subjects in some way. If only because the state of Internet research ethics is not as developed as, say, the ethical guidelines for anthropology, psychology, medicine, etc. - it appears that different university IRBs may be making considerably different sorts of decisions regarding Internet research. On the other hand, in Europe - perhaps most notably, in Scandinavia - apparently stricter guidelines for human subjects research and data privacy exist than can be found in the U.S. At the same time, however - at least in Sweden, according to one of our committee members - there is nothing equivalent to the U.S. university IRB board. Rather, there are national committees with responsibility for ethical oversight - but these committees do not seem to take an active oversight role: rather, they are consulted when a researcher is in doubt. The upshot seems to be: Internet researchers in the U.S. are more directly confronted with the need to justify their research as ethically sound before an IRB board (or its equivalent) than colleagues elsewhere. And while the relevant law and ethical codes may be stricter elsewhere - the very lack of such codes in the U.S. may, paradoxically, issue in relatively stricter limitations on U.S. researchers? This is clearly a crude and limited picture: here's where we would like to enlist your help. We would appreciate not only any general tips and discussion that researchers may be able to provide the committee - e.g., pointers to ethical guidelines and law that we may have missed (please review our website resources - <http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/ethics> and our preliminary report - <aoir.org/reports/ethics.html> to see what we have collected over the psat year), especially outside the U.S. context; descriptions of whatever ethical regulation may exist and how the process works, etc. We would also like to request accounts of specific experiences (in effect, specific case studies) - e.g., examples of where Internet research was either approved or disapproved on ethical or legal grounds, with some description of how these decisions were made, by what persons, institutions, committees, etc. We're hoping that this sort of information from aoir will give us a better picture of "what's going on" not just in the U.S. but around the world regarding oversight of Internet research - specifically as involving the application of particular ethical guidelines and legal requirements - as currently experienced by researchers. People are welcome to share their experiences with the general aoir list if they feel comfortable doing so. Any material sent to me - for distribution to the committee - will be treated in strictest confidence. That means: we will not refer to the material beyond the bounds of the committee without (a) acquiring permission from the author(s) to do so, (b) protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the authors as desired - e.g., by keeping material anonymous, using pseudonyms and other means of disguising sensitive information, etc. Of course, if individuals _want_ to be treated as authors making a contribution, perhaps to be published as part of our reports, web documents, etc., with appropriate attribution - we will happily do so as well. But please make your preference - i.e., for confidentiality or publicity - clear. On behalf of the ethics working committee - thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide. 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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Wellman vs Wellman
by Lachlan Brown 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Barry, Thank you for providing a hypothetical case in this research environment. Thank you also for the ToC of the Internet + Everyday Life book which looks excellent. Ill write early in the week, in the meantime everyone take a break to celebrate the remarkable achievement of our sister Esther among the Babylonians. Lachlan Brown -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a

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Internet research project: BabyBoomWomen@Work2020
by Monika Merkes 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Greetings BabyBoomWomen@Work2020, an interactive Internet research project, will conclude in March 2002. The project explores questions such as: * What are the opportunities and challenges facing women of the baby boom generation regarding paid work and retirement between now and 2020? * What can we - individuals, families, communities, businesses and governments - do now to support women's present and future choices about paid work and retirement? * What policies can or should be implemented now to address the implications of an ageing workforce? If you wish to participate in this project, post your thoughts and ideas to the website or email me within the next two weeks. Contributions are welcome from women and men of all ages. Details at http://HS053287.health.latrobe.edu.au/bbww/ After March, preliminary findings will be available at http://member.melbpc.org.au/~monika/ Monika -- Monika Merkes http://member.melbpc.org.au/~monika/ http://hs053287.health.latrobe.edu.au/bbww/

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Fw: [Air-l] rhetorical analysis on SCMC
by shufang 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Hi, all, If you happen to come across any resources/articles about postmodernist views on synchronous CMC, would you please let me know? Thank you. Shufang Shi shishufa(a)msu.edu.

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A Small Planet
by Ken Friedman 23 Feb '02

23 Feb '02

Friends, A beautiful Web site. Subject: A Small Planet http://luccaco.com/terra/terra.htm Ken Friedman --

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A spam to remember ....
by Ken Friedman 23 Feb '02

23 Feb '02

Friends, Apropos our recent thread on spam, here is one that will surely thrill the members of AIR-L. This is the first time I recall seeing an appeal to advanced technology used to advertise pornography. Ken Friedman --snip-- WITH ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, WHY ARE YOU STILL LOOKING AT OUTDATED PORN? THIS IS TOTALLY UNIQUE HARDCORE PORN!!!!!!! Take our FREE tour and see our ultimate high tech XXX website Click Here My little loyal perverts, have I got something for you! Click Here --snip--

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the double negative
by Lachlan Brown 23 Feb '02

23 Feb '02

Well... The double negative is a victim of Scholasticism in the 15th century. Prior to the application of Latin grammatical rules to the English language when the rough speeche was admitted to the provincial Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, subaltern to the greater Universities of Europe, the double negative, which reinforced refusal, was perfectly good grammar in English. I can assure you that it still is, particularly in situations or in conditions where the language is stressed contextually. It carries and delivers the tremendous force and vigour in the language: 'I never did nothing': 'twice over am I to be considered innocent of the charge!' It is usually accompanied by a bodily gesture and two balled fists. Alliterative English would never be nowhere without the double negative. Consider the Old English Poem 'The Seafarer'... another time maybe. What are 'Nordic Sports' at Luther? Sounds rough and Hebridean. Lachlan Brown Barry Wellman wrote: > Hey, I didn't do nothing wrong. Oh, no, Barry! Not only are the investigation paranoia police after you, now you're going to have the grammar police after you, too! -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http:/…

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mea non culpa
by Barry Wellman 22 Feb '02

22 Feb '02

Hey, I didn't do nothing wrong. I gave out the fact that the guy has just discovered that he was Born (not now using) with the same name as me. He's not identifiable as such on the web or any directory. Is Google-using now a crime? If so I commited again, by searching on Lachlin's name. I didn't give out his current name nor his address. And since when is finding out where someone lives on Mapquest an ethical or a moral crime? I wanted to find out if there was anyone with that name in that city. All I said was "suburban crescents," which limits ID to about 3/4 of the residential parts of that growing city , I'd guess. And actually I think I do know about 1/3 of the people on this list. I will take folks' advice and call the guy, from a non-primary phone and with *67 call-display blocked disabled. As there seems to be some interest: If it's kosher, I will ask my namesake's permission to report back here. If it ain't kosher, I willprovide some summary info. But it may not be for a while, as everyone once in a while I gotta do some work, take a trip (guest lecturing at CMU Wed & Thurs for all those P'burghers online), and even relax for a while. I have neither time nor interest to get into a flame war, & won't respond any mor. But that's my .02. YMMV. 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 ___________________________________________________________________

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Jimpunk visits Mouchette at the m.org.ue
by Lachlan Brown 22 Feb '02

22 Feb '02

http://www.mouchette.org/film/stills/dead.html http://www.jimpunk.com/www/m.org.ue/ -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http:/…

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CFP: THE THIRD WIRELESS WORLD CONFERENCE
by Wendy Robinson 22 Feb '02

22 Feb '02

FYI: Last year's "Mobilize!" conf looked quite intriguing. But I'm just the messenger. If interested in the CFP, please reply to the address below. >The Digital World Research Centre > >ANNOUNCES > >THE THIRD WIRELESS WORLD CONFERENCE: >THE SOCIAL SHAPING OF MOBILE FUTURES > > >17th-18th July 2002 > >Digital World Research Centre >University of Surrey >Guildford >United Kingdom > > >Conference Theme: Location! Location! Location! > >The conference will bring together researchers from different disciplines >and sectors interested in the relationship between location and mobile >technologies. > >Location is one of the driving topics within the mobile industry, but it can >mean very different things. It can imply services and applications, but it >can also have implications for the form factors of future location-sensitive >mobile technologies. There are also public and private locations with >appropriate codes of behaviour in each. Mobile devices may impact these >codes, and may ultimately introduce changes in cultural practices. On a >larger scale, mobile technologies may impact geography, and the way we >inhabit and perceive urban and non-urban spaces. > >Little research has been reported that does more than make conjectures about >what location-based services and form factors might be, or which points >toward the changes in cultural practices that the alteration of public and >private space might be creating. It is in this context that this conference >will bring together leading academic and commercial researchers to report on >the latest empirical and conceptual research in the general area of >location. The conference will be of interest to researchers in sociology, >anthropology, psychology, HCI-CHI, CSCW, design, urban studies, media >studies, and geography. This conference may also be of interest to those who >work in organisations that provide location-based services, and those that >provide the hardware and networks for such services. > >A selection of the proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. > >Themes of interest include: > >- Working and Domestic Life >- Space, Time and Mobility >- Public and Private Spaces & Behaviour >- Usability >- Design and Form Factors of Mobile Technologies >- Modalities of Communication and Interaction >- Consumption, Media and Culture >- Cross-Cultural Studies >- Comparative Technologies >- Organisation and Industry > > >Call for Papers > >Deadline for submission of papers is 25th April. Notification of acceptance >will be sent in 10th May. Final versions of paper will be due 14th June. A >selection of papers will be submitted for publication as a book in >September. > >A restricted-access website and a Bulletin Board will be established on the >DWRC website for announcements, timetable updates, and discussion. > > >Important Dates > >Papers >25th April 2002 Deadline for Conference Paper Submission >10th May 2002 Notification of Acceptance >14th June Final versions >7th July Proceedings posted on DWRC Website > >Registration >31st May Registration deadline > >Contacts >Prof. Richard Harper and/or Dr Amparo Lasen >Digital World Research Centre >University of Surrey >Guildford >Surrey GU2 7XH >United Kingdom > >Telephone: (+44) (0) 1483 689446 >Fax: (+44) (0) 1483 689550 >email: r.harper(a)surrey.ac.uk > a.lasen(a)surrey.ac.uk > dwrc(a)surrey.ac.uk >Website: www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/wireless3.html

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