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rhetorical analysis on SCMC
by shufang 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

Dear all I'm going to do a literature review on synchronous CMC research that takes a rhetorical or discourse analysis approach. If you happen to come across any relevant articles/resources, please advise. Thank you. Shufang Shi shishufa(a)msu.edu.

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re: graduate programs
by Cheryl E. Ball 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

Rob (& others interested...)-- (1) Don't worry about the MFA; if you apply to the right program, they'll be itching to have you and your experience that your MFA has offered you. I speak as one who has an MFA in poetry and who now is in a PhD program studying new media. Granted, I'd done some electronic work while getting my MFA, but everyone is always intrigued when I start talking about a field other than Rhet/Comp, which is the area that many of our grads come from. (2) As for programs, I just *have* to recommend the one I'm currently in: Rhetoric and Technical Communication in the Humanities Dept. at Michigan Technological University <http://www.hu.mtu.edu>. Right now, I'm taking a class with Anne Wysocki on new media and we're reading a range of books (both theoretical and practical, but focusing more on the theory-side of things) and creating our own new media works <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~awysocki/courses/HU6112-S02/page0.html>. And, being in a Humanities department offers so many possibilities for cross-disciplinary work/research, with scholars in the field of cultural studies, film studies, new media, rhet/comp, rhetoric, communication, etc. etc., (even for those of us with an MFA who feel we may not be as theoretically prepared while our practical experience speaks loads more than the MAs of others students ;) In any case, Michigan Tech rocks. I'd love to talk about it more. If anyone wants to know more about our program, email me off-list. We also have a summer institute, if you just want to get a taste of things MTU and interactive/new media design: http://www.hu.mtu.edu/ciwic. --Cheryl. http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~ceball ceball(a)mtu.edu ceball(a)chartermi.net

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Online Copyright Registration
by Ellis Godard 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Now you can register your songs in one browser window while you steal someone else's in another... TI: Electronic Registration: The Copyright Office has signed an agreement with the National Music Publishers Association to register and deposit musical works via the Internet AU: JN: Library of Congress Information Bulletin PD: 2001 VO: 60 NO: 2 PG: 35 PB: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS: 0041-7904 PE: FEB

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paid subscriptions in the news
by Gina Neff 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Hello all, Thought this headline might be of interest: The Non-Profit Way: ConsumerReports.org Crosses the 800,000 Paid Subscribers Mark by Rafat Ali VentureReporter.net Thursday, March 07, 2002, 3:03 PM ET The article reports that ConsumerReports is now the biggest subscription service online, with the Wall Street Journal second at 630,000 subscribers. Gina Gina Neff Department of Sociology Columbia University ginasue(a)panix.com 212.568.0965

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Request for information: Journalists reporting Internet stats
by RG Lentz 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Dear AOIR colleagues, I'm seeking to contact researchers focusing on how journalists report Internet statistics. Is there a body of work here to link to? Thank you, B. Lentz (UT-Austin)

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3 queries & thanks
by Barry Wellman 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Folks, I want to thank the at least a dozen people who sent me great info about diasporas and the Net today. I will summarize it when I get a chance, which may not be till March, because of 2 deadlines. The best story I heard was about the guy giving a Powerpoint talk at a major US grad university that is wireless equipped, when his mother's babytalk chat to her little son popped up in an Instant Messaging window to the amusement of all. As you may have gathered, I am pushing towards finishing a review piece. I have a few other queries for info? 1. I'd appreciate leads into IM and SMS. Not just prevalence, and who is doing it for what. Both adolescent and adult based. And special kinds of speech communities. 2. Anything about teens' use of the Net to engage in community would also be appreciated -- IM, email, chat, Usenet, etc. 3. I have heard that Internet phone is one of the most commonly used Net things in the developing world. Is this true, and if it is, where is it documented and analyzed. As for diasporas, when I become post-deadline, I will digest this for AOIR list, so no need to post your private messages to the list. 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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trans-national diaspora networks
by Lachlan Brown 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Barry, Great stuff. Yes I think I can help you there. Please include me on the list. Lachlan >Folks, I'd be grateful if anyone could point me to their (or others') work about how the Internet links trans-national diasporic communities where some folks have migrated from the home country and others haven't. I'm mostly interested in email, but also Internet phone, web boards, Usenet, et al. En passant, the lovely Monsoon Wedding has some nice offhand references to this, as the families come from Houston, Dubai, etc. for a Delhi wedding. Pls reply to me personally, and I will then summarize for the list. Barry -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Travelocity.com is giving away two million travel miles. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3969773;6991039;g?http://svc.travelocity.com/…

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something totally different
by Thomas Burg 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Dear Members: I dare to ask something on the margins of this list. We at our university have to invent Master Programs that are internationally comparable. That means here in Austria we are moving from national to international systems and naming. Due to a lack of tradition we struggle with the meaning of MA and MSc programs. We cannot distinguish precisely what makes up the one or the other. Our field is that of New Media, Telematics, Knowledge Management - thus more on the production and management side. We found several programs out there that cover more or less similar contents and courses but are named MA or MSc without any comprehensible reason. Some colleagues are opting for MSc as the default label for our programs but I'm not so sure about that. Thanks for listening Thomas N. Burg, ______________________________________ Center for New Media http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/newmedia Donau Universitaet Krems Dr. Karl Dorrek Strasse 30 A-3500 Krems, Austria Fon +43-2732-893-2520, Fax -4500 Mobile: +43-699-11656971

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[Fwd: CFP: Digital Resources for the Humanities 2002]
by jeremy hunsinger 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

-- 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 this email was sent from my office

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RE: [Air-l] advice requested regarding web archiving programs
by Bunz, Ulla K 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Nicky, For my dissertation research I used WebCopier, and was quite pleased with it. You can download it for free at www.maximumsoft.com, and you get a trial period of a month or so. After that, some of the functions cease working. I never bought it, just downloaded what I needed within that time. But even if you have to buy it, it's very cheap. If I remember correctly it costs less than $50. Someone else in our department bought it based on my recommendation and is happy with it. The nice thing about WebCopier is that you can tell it how "deep" you want to download. So, for example, if you have a website that is part of a larger domain (i.e., a student website on the university server) you can choose whether you want to download the entire domain, or just the student website. You can also choose to download only a certain limit of memory size, or a certain number of pages, whatever you want. The program is very easy to use, and conveniently saves everything in one folder. Of course, it automatically downloads all images, links (including external links), libraries, etc. Once the sites/pages are downloaded, you can upload them on your own server or just keep them on your harddrive. They are now static and won't change anymore. So, yes, it served my purposes well, and I recommend it. Check it out and see if it works for you. Best of luck, ulla ************************* Ulla K. Bunz University of Kansas 102 Bailey Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-1160 ulla(a)ukans.edu ************************* -----Original Message----- From: ] I'm looking for a good program in order to download and archive the sites. WebRecord Research Pro Version 2.0 had been recommended to me, but it is no longer available.

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