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Graduate programs
by T.L.Taylor 08 Apr '02

08 Apr '02

Hi folks. I am trying to compile a list of graduate programs in the humanities or social sciences with an explicit focus on CMC/new media/Internet studies. Discipline doesn't matter - just want to try and get some data on places that are putting an emphasis on this type of work. Maybe there is something like this out there already I haven't yet stumbled upon... Anyway, if you happen to know of any such programs please drop me a line. I'd be happy to share whatever final list I come up with. Thanks much! TL --------------------------------------------------- T.L. Taylor, Assistant Professor North Carolina State University, Dept. of Communication Box 8104, 201 Winston Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-8104 919.515.9738 / 919.515.9456 (fax) tltaylor(a)ncsu.edu / ICQ: 2079193 http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/~ttaylor/

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Archives?
by Mark D. Johns 08 Apr '02

08 Apr '02

Please pardon the bandwidth, but could someone contact me off list to refresh my memory concerning how to access archives of this list? I don't find them on the web site, and I tried sending an INDEX command but it bounced -- I must be doing something wrong. I'm trying to get back to some discussion of online research ethics that took place here on the list about a year and a half ago. Thanks much! -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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CFP: Couch Internet Research Award
by Mark D. Johns 07 Apr '02

07 Apr '02

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couchs theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College Dr. Katherine M. Clegg, University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase Dr. Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2002 International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands), International Institute of Infonomics. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $150, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $50. All three authors will have the opportunity to present their work at a session of the 2002 A.o.I.R. conference. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu . Application deadline is July 15, 2002. Notification of award will be sent out by September 1. Questions and comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication/Linguistics Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu

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Conference & seminar: Community in the Network Society (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 05 Apr '02

05 Apr '02

fyi c b-lo I am just the go-between. Pls reply to responsible people b-lo. 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: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 19:00:37 -0500 From: Keith N Hampton <knh(a)MIT.EDU> To: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> Subject: Conference & seminar: Community in the Network Society Barry, Would you mind forwarding this to AOIR? Thanks, -Keith Apologies for cross-posting Community in the Network Society Face-to-face and globally connected? A day conference to explore the nature of community in the Network Society organised by Community Development Foundation in collaboration with the ESRC Virtual Society? Programme and the Active Community Unit of the Home Office 16 May 2002 Said Business School, Oxford Further information at http://www.cdf.org.uk/html/conf.html Kevin Harris Community Development Foundation 020 7226 5375 www.cdf.org.uk

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CPSR Essay Contest 2001-2002
by jeremy hunsinger 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

Subject: CPSR Essay Contest 2001-2002 May 1st Deadline for Spring Submissions http://www.cpsr.org/essays/2002/contest.html Dear Fellow Educator, First, thank you for your continued support of CPSR. Teachers have a major role in the organization. Our mission calls for education of the public and policy makers. You, as a teacher are especially positioned to facilitate this learning process. A tool is CPSR's essay contest, in which students write about issues of interest to CPSR. Winning students will receive $100 prizes and have their work published on the CPSR website, and the author of the best paper will receive $500 and be invited to participate in CPSR's Annual Meeting 2002. Given CPSR's interest in many areas of the role of technology in society, there are several topics to choose from. For first round 2001-2002 winning essays and contest information see http://www.cpsr.org/essays/2002/index.html. We hope you will encourage your students to participate in this contest. Students and faculty submitting papers can join or renew their memberships in CPSR for one year for $15 and $25, respectively. Or you could take advantage of the renewal discount if you review essays in May. Let me know if you'd like to be a reviewer, and what subjects/areas you want to read. Contact contest(a)cpsr.org with any questions, comments, and/or interest. We look forward to your participation. Best Regards, Susan Evoy Managing Director CPSR E$$ay Contest CPSR E$$ay Contest October 2001 - June 2002 Students will be awarded prizes and have their work published! Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is committed to educating the public and our profession on the social implications inherent in today's information technology. The CPSR Essay Contest is intended to further that commitment, by encouraging faculty members to integrate topics of social responsibility of information technology into their coursework, and encouraging students to consider the issues effecting their lives. CPSR is looking for papers that will advance its work within its Working Groups and interests: • Community Networks • Cyber-Rights • DNS/Internet Governance • Computers in Education • Intellectual Property/Law/UCITA/UETA • Broadband Technologies • Computers & the Environment • Ethics • Privacy • Women in Computing • Working in the Industry CPSR Essay Contest Rules Papers must be the original work of students enrolled at accredited schools during the time that the paper is written, and not previously published. Papers may be dual purpose in that they satisfy a class requirement. A faculty member from the student's school must be willing to certify that writers were enrolled during the time that the paper was written, and that, to the best of their knowledge, the work is original. Faculty do not need to agree with the paper's conclusions. Required Format Papers should be less than 2,500 words in an easily email-shared format among Macintosh and PC software (i.e. text only, Word, or HTML). Papers may include text and graphics. The body of the paper must not identify the author, sponsor, or school, so that judging is performed entirely anonymously. Required Separate/Removable Cover Sheet Information: Title, Author Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, Author School Affiliation and Status (undergraduate or graduate), Sponsor Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email. The body and separate/removable cover sheet should be sent to contest(a)cpsr.org with the name of the appropriate Working Group/Topic/Title to review it as the Subject. Judging Judges will be members of the appropriate CPSR Working Group or general membership. Judges cannot submit or sponsor papers for the Essay Contest during the year. Up to 36 papers will be selected as winners for publication by CPSR, on its web pages and online newsletter. For each topic, a Working Group may select a graduate student and an undergraduate to be awarded a $100 prize. Up to two writers shall be selected to present their paper at the CPSR Annual Meeting 2002 , and receive $500, along with budget travel expenses to attend. These selections are the final judgment of CPSR. A paper may be withdrawn from the contest by the author up to the time that it is scheduled for publication. After that time, it may not be withdrawn. Deadlines for submissions are December 1, 2001 and May 1, 2002. Judgments will be made in February 2002 and July 2002. This contest may be repeated after the 2002 summer recess. CPSR can terminate the contest at any time, and can stop accepting papers for any period of time. CPSR is not responsible for saving papers, or following up/ responding to participants. Entries not meeting contest requirements will not be considered. Participating students and faculty can join or renew their memberships in CPSR for one year for $15 and $25, respectively. www.cpsr.org -- Susan Evoy * Managing Director http://www.cpsr.org/ Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302 Phone: (650) 322-3778 * Fax (650) 322-4748 Email: evoy(a)cpsr.org Join/Renew: http://cpsr.org/store/membership-form.html 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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technology as social status symbols
by myildiz＠indiana.edu 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

Regarding: > 2. Technology as social status symbols (Patrick B. O'Sullivan) Hi, In my home country Turkey, I remember reading a couple of news stories about cutting edge cell phones being status symbols, but I have not seen any scholarly work on it. Mete Mete Yildiz School of Public and Environmental Affairs Bloomington, IN

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re: recent article on EQ
by Jason Christopher Rhody 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

this might be it: http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar02/31536.asp about a man who committed suicide, which his mother links to his addiction to Everquest. also a more general discussion of online addiction and games, as well as the large # of hours people play the game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Rhody Phd Student - English MITH Graduate Assistant U. of Maryland 301-405-8927 www.mith.umd.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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CFP: Labour History of the Information Revolution
by david silver 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

This looks pretty cool -- crossposted from H-AMSTDY. david silver ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 09:48:32 -0600 >From: Greg Downey <gdowney(a)facstaff.wisc.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS The Labour History of the Information Revolution The Information Revolution is considered by many to be an epochal shift in contemporary global economic, social, political and cultural history, comparable with the previous major shift of the Industrial Revolution. Scholars continue to explore and analyze the unparalleled rapid development of information and communication network technologies � most recently that of the Internet and World Wide Web. Fundamental to such work is the underlying question: is global society at large leaving the age of industrialism behind and entering an age of post- industrialism? The consequences of the Information Revolution for labour and labour relations in particular have been studied by a broad range of social scientists and analysts, especially within the realms of social theory, political economy, geography, and cultural studies. Yet in many of these analyses, the historical perspective is often missing. Therefore, it is from a distinct historical perspective that we intend to devote Supplement 11 of the International Review of Social History (IRSH), to be published in December 2003, to the labour history aspects of the Information Revolution. The Supplement will also be published by Cambridge University Press as a book issue in the Spring of 2004. The leading questions of the volume will be: � what has been the role and position of human labour in the development of the Information Revolution; � how have technologies and practices of the Information Revolution in turn influenced work and labour relations; � how have spatial and temporal divisions of labor changed together with new technology-enabled spatial and temporal flows of capital and commodities; and � just how new and unique is this Information Age, or stated differently: just how revolutionary is the Information Revolution? With this approach we hope to invoke explorations and analyses of the historical origins of the information revolution, the historical continuities that can be discerned in its development, and the role and position of labour in it. Our aim is to put together a volume with articles which can deal with this theme in a number of ways. Sample topics might include: � Comparisons between this informational revolution and earlier revolutionary developments in technologies related to information and knowledge, the related position of labour and labour relations, and the broader societal consequences of these developments. For example: printing and typesetting; telegraph and telephone; radio and television; etc. � Historical linkages between changes in "virtual" information infrastructures of networked communication (moving information electronically, whether analog or digital, wired or wireless) and changes in "physical" information infrastructures of networked transport (moving information materially, in the form of paper and film, optical and magnetic media, or humans themselves). For example: postal systems and "next-day" courier services moving documents; commuter railroads and inter- city air shuttles moving people and their ideas. � Geographical comparisons in terms of the changing temporal rhythms and spatial boundaries of production facilities, labor markets, places of capital accumulation, and sites for the reproduction of labor power, as affected by networked information technologies. For example: telephone- based work in skyscrapers; forms of putting out system, such as PC-based telework in suburbs; shifts to "virtual firms" and global corporations. � Historical changes in identity, diversity, and equity as various social groups characterized by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, and other factors are incorporated in the production of information technologies, infrastructures, and commodities under different sets of social relations in different times and places. For example: the early twentieth century construction of the office secretary; educating Cold War computer engineers; and historical origins of present-day "digital divide" discourses. Submission of abstracts and articles: Please submit abstracts for proposed articles before 1 May 2002. Confine the abstracts to 400 - 800 words, stating clearly the definition of the problem(s) that will be dealt with, the sources to be used, and an outline of the main argument to develop in the article. You will receive a response by 31 May 2002. A first draft of the article should be ready for the Editorial Committee by 1 October 2002; the final version must be completed by 1 December 2002. Please, state clearly your name, postal address and e-mail address when submitting your proposal. Proposals should be sent to: Aad Blok, International Institute of Social History, Cruquiusweg 31, 1019 AT Amsterdam, the Netherlands, fax + 31 20 6654181, e-mail abl(a)iisg.nl and Greg Downey, Assistant Professor, School of Library & Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 5115 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, fax + 1 (608) 263-4849, e-mail gdowney(a)facstaff.wisc.edu

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Re: [Air-l] PhD Scholarship Information Required
by muraco 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Korenman <korenman(a)umbc.edu> To: air-l(a)aoir.org <air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] PhD Scholarship Information Required >--On Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:43 AM +1000 Caroline Bennett ><bennett(a)usq.edu.au> wrote: > >> My apologies for posting this enquiry to the mailing list, but it >> seemed an ideal place to ask whether anyone knew of any PhD >> Scholarships being offered currently?. (I attended and presented at >> the first AOIR conference in Kansas but have not been very active >> in the group of late. > >The Center for Women & Information Technology has prepared an online >listing called "Financial Aid for Women in IT." While most of it >probably doesn't apply to you, some of the graduate studies listings >are not restricted to science and technology areas. It does have a >strongly U.S. focus; still, it might be worth a look: >http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/financial_aid.html . > >Good luck. > > Joan Korenman, Director > Center for Women & Information Technology > University of Maryland, Baltimore County > Baltimore, MD 21250 USA > korenman(a)umbc.edu > http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/ > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

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"Death" of a website
by rsiddall 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

AOIR: I am working on a project in which I am looking at several activism websites that were the home of a great deal of communication (bbs, chats, etc.) for a period of a few years, but whose activity has since dwindled to nothing. This despite the fact that the organization they were so boldly against still exists and still operates as it always has. My guess at this stage of the project is that I will use current community/identity research as a way to explain this phenomenon, but I wanted to throw this out to the list: Is anyone aware of instances in which this research has been used as I intend it? And/or are there other approaches you may be aware of that I am missing and which would better inform my paper? Your help is appreciated. Ralph Siddall ralph-siddall(a)uiowa.edu Ralph W. Siddall The University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies Department of Rhetoric (319) 335-0178

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