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

[Fwd: Call for Articles: A _Biography_ Special Issue]
by jeremy hunsinger 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '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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Sociological Perspectives update (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

possible journal opportunity for folks. see below. 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 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:56:11 -0700 From: Peter Nardi <Peter_Nardi(a)PITZER.EDU> To: "'edboard(a)pitzer.edu'" <edboard(a)PITZER.EDU> Subject: Sociological Perspectives update The annual Pacific Sociological Association meetings have just concluded, and I will sending you our annual report of the journal in the next day or so. Meanwhile, please circulate the following notice to interested researchers about our next special issue. > Call for Papers for Special Issue of Sociological Perspectives on > Media,Popular Culture, and the Arts > > Guest Editors: Denise D. Bielby and William T. Bielby, University of > California, Santa Barbara. > > We invite submissions of original empirical, theoretical, or > methodological scholarship that advance sociological understanding > ofmedia, popular culture, and the arts. Among relevant topics are: > relationships between audiences and those who create culture; aesthetics > and criticism; social practices and new media; sociology of > performance;culture industries and culture work; inequality and difference > in media production and media texts. Regardless of theoretical > perspective or methodological approach, we are especially interested in > papers that transcend the boundary between humanistic interpretation and > scientific explanation. > > Deadline: September 15, 2002. Send 6 copies to Peter Nardi, > Editor,Sociological Perspectives; Dept. of Sociology; Pitzer College; 1050 > N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, 91711. Please check a current issue or > the web page (www.ucpress.edu/journals/sop/) for submission information. > Please note that submissions will undergo the blind review process. >

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RE: [Air-l] Legitimacy of E-Health Medical Information
by Aryne Blumklotz 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

Gary Schwitzer will be speaking about online health communication tools at The Foundation for Accountability's (FACCT) Annual Briefing on consumer-centered health care. For more information e-mail me or check out our website at www.facct.org! Aryne Blumklotz > -----Original Message----- > From: Suzie Allard [SMTP:slalla0@uky.edu] > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:46 PM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Legitimacy of E-Health Medical Information > > > Has anybody researched the area of legitimacy of medical information > in > > online healthcare support communities? > > At U of Kentucky, we just held our biennial Kentucky Conference on > Health > Communication and this year's theme was "Trends and Issues in Cancer > Communication". The top student paper addressed some of your > questions. > The paper was "Knowledge is Power: Information Seeking of Internet > Cancer > Support Group Members" authored by Tamar Ginossar from the University > of New > Mexico. > > The other person who may have some information for you is Dr. Gary > Schwitzer > at the University of Minnesota. He has expertise in online patient > decision-making tools and when he and I talked he mentioned other > types of > online support communities. > > Additionally, our college dean here at UK, Dr. J. David Johnson, has > done > extensive work on cancer-related information seeking and how people > find > information and how valuable that information is. > > Also, perhaps some of the links at the National Cancer Institute's > health > comm site might be useful too -- > http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/hcirb/resources.html > > If you would like more contact information, please feel free to reach > me > off-list. > > regards, > Suzie > > > ************************************************************ > Suzie Allard, KY Opportunity Fellow > University of Kentucky (859)257-3771 > College of Communications and Information Studies > 520 King Library South, Lexington, KY 40506-0039 > e-mail: slalla0(a)uky.edu > homepage: http://sweb.uky.edu/~slalla0/ > *********************************************************** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Legitimacy of E-Health Medical Information
by Steve Fox (NLG) 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Has anybody researched the area of legitimacy of medical information in online healthcare support communities? An example of this would be analyzing online cancer newsgroups to a) see the amount of medical information or advice that is disseminated, b) see who is providing advice or medical information, and c) review the responses and any actions that result from this advice. I'm beginning a small project on this and it would be great to know if anybody out there has done similar stuff or knows of any literature in the area. Cheers, Steve

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Re: [Air-l] Legitimacy of E-Health Medical Information
by Joao Vieira da Cunha 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Steve, Joe Dumit at MIT is doing some work on that. He has a paper on Very Large Scale Conversations & Illness-based Social Movements. His email is dumit(a)MIT.EDU and his webpage is symptom.mit.edu. Hope this helps Joao At 03:51 PM 4/22/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Has anybody researched the area of legitimacy of medical information in >online healthcare support communities? An example of this would be >analyzing online cancer newsgroups to a) see the amount of medical >information or advice that is disseminated, b) see who is providing >advice or medical information, and c) review the responses and any >actions that result from this advice. > >I'm beginning a small project on this and it would be great to know if >anybody out there has done similar stuff or knows of any literature in >the area. > >Cheers, > >Steve > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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New URLs
by Marj Kibby 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

For those of you who have emailed me looking for my webpages, they are finally back. Homepage: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/index… Web Sites Masculinity and Representation http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/mascu… Gender, Sex and the Web http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/gende… Music and the Internet http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/music… Online Teaching and Learning http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/onlin… Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604

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information needed about international Internet research funding
by Alek Tarkowski 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Hi, First, let me introduce myself. My name is Alek Tarkowski, I am a PhD student at the Dept. of Sociology, Central European University in Warsaw, Poland. I am working on a PhD about social influence of Internet and new media, although Internet Studies as a discipline is virtually nonexistent in Poland, and media studies as a whole are rather weak. I've been lurking on this list for a while now. I am writing in hope of getting advice on funding matters. Together with a group of young scholars and students we have formed an Internet Research Workgroup. We are doing some research, but would also like to start translating and publishing key books on this subject - since there are very few readings on the subject available in Polish. We checked with a range of Polish publishers and found out that none of them are able publish a scientific book on this matter without external financing. I am hoping that maybe somebody on the list knows about any sources that could fund such a project: translation into Polish and publishing of scientific books on social studies of the Internet. I will be grateful for any information, sent off the list to this email or atarkows(a)ceu.edu.pl Thanks, Alek Tarkowski

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Fwd: INET/IPV6 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE
by jeremy hunsinger 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

> Are others attending INET this year? I've yet to decide either way and was wondering who else might be there. > Subject: INET/IPV6 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE > > INET/IPV6 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE > Internet Crossroads: Where Technology and Policy Intersect > Washington DC June 18-21 > including > IPv6 Technology Deployment Summit > > > May 1st is the deadline for benefiting from an advantageous price > to attend the INET/IPv6 conference. You can register easily online > at: http://www.inet2002.org/inet-registration.html. > > Don't miss the opportunity to attend tutorials on: IPv6; IP Telephony; > Internet Security; XML Standards, Wireless Security, Domain Names and > ICAAN, etc. > > Sessions on Technology, Internet Policy and Uses of the Internet > include: Future of TCP; Optical Infrastructure; Multimedia Internet; > Network Management; Open Source Software; Security and Anti-Terrorism; > Privacy and Encryption; Economic Regulation; Healthcare; Metrics, > Poverty Reduction, Online Education, etc. > > > > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com

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distracting puzzlement
by Charles Ess 20 Apr '02

20 Apr '02

Sister and fellow aoir-heads: Feel free to ignore the following as perhaps entirely too trivial and of no significance or interest to anyone but me. One of my students was sent a Hallmark e-card from someone using the address: Dr. Charles Ess <imcharlesess(a)hotmail.com> The card was more humorous than not: http://ecardview.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/greeting.jsp?id=EG2189-485477-7888 476 This seems to be a largely harmless joke - but I'm wondering what others might suggest would be the appropriate next step? To begin with, it is bothersome to me that someone has used my name and pretended to be me. This also appears to be a clear violation of the MSN terms of us policy - i.e., under "Use of Services," the listed prohibitions include: "Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others." (see <http://privacy.msn.com/tou/>). In particular, I suspect that the perpetrator is a somewhat socially disfunctional student in a current class who likes to brag a great deal about his (!) computer abilities, including being savvy enough to use the University network in prohibited ways (e.g., to set up his own server utilizing a damagingly large proportion of network bandworth). I've contacted MSN to inquire - but I'd welcome your thoughts and suggestions. Is this a relatively harmless joke, best to be ignored - or is it something that I should pursue with the aim of helping the perpetrator understand that this is an important violation of others' rights? (How's that for Internet research ethics? - smile) Thanks for any advice and counsel you may have to offer. 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/ Education is what is left over after you've forgotten everything that you've learned. (source unknown)

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Aoir Meet @ Cyberculture Working Group
by Donald Snyder 19 Apr '02

19 Apr '02

Dear Aoir Members, This is a great idea and as conference organizer for CWG I totally support it. As a member of Aoir I am extremely pleased with the fact that several of the participants at this years CWG conference are also affiliated with Aoir. For those of you who are in or will be in the DC area next weekend and want more information about the upcoming conference, Critical Cyberculture Studies: Mapping an Evolving Discipline, please visit www.amst.umd.edu/cwg, or email me at dsnyder(a)otal.umd.edu. Featured will be an opening address by Joan Korenman, who is the director of the Center for Women and Information Technology, and the keynote will be given by Donna Haraway, professor at the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Some of the presenters who are Aoir members include David Silver, Radhika Gajjala, Ken Hillis, and Fred Turner. Jeremy, Would you have any interest in saying a few words about Aoir during the opening of the conference about Aoir? As for the social, I am interested, but unfortunately will be swamped with my duties running the show. Still let me know when you are planning to do this and I will try my best to stop by. Sincerely, Donald Snyder Co-President CWG > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:02:36 -0400 > From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Organization: Virginia Tech > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Aoir Meet @ Cyberculture Working Group > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > For those going to the Cyberculture Working Group next week @umd. I > think many AoIR members will be there. If you want to get together and > have a little aoir social hour one night after the conference. if you > are interested, drop me a note, and I'll work on a time. > > -- > 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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