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

iCS Special Issue
by Loader, Brian 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Dear list members, I thought you may be interested in the contents of the most recent issue of Information, Communication & Society which is a special issue on Work, Difference and the New Media Industries edited by Nina Wakeford CONTENTS Editorial Comment Nina Wakeford ARTICLES Keeping Up: Web Design Skill and the Reinvented Worker Nalini P. Kotamraju Hot Jobs in Cool Places. The Material Cultures of New Media Product Spaces: The case of the South of Market, San Francisco Andy C. Pratt Internet Technologists as an Occupational Community: Ethnographic Evidence Daniel Marschall Cool, Creative, and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Europe Rosalind Gill Trusting Strangers: World Relationships in Four High-Tech Communities Jan A. English-Lueck, Chuck N. Darrah and Andrea Saveri Playing at Work: Understanding the future of work practices at the Institute For the Future Lonny J. Brooks and Geoffrey Bowker If you would like to see the abstracts or order a copy go to the journal website at: www.infosoc.co.uk Brian D. Loader General Editor, iCS CIRA, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BA UK Tel: +44 (0) 1642 342710 Fax: +44 (0) 1642 342711 www.infosoc.co.uk b.d.loader(a)tees.ac.uk

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RE: [Air-l] Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #407 - Ethnographers and human subjects
by Frank Schaap 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Michel wrote: > Long (?) ago they brought some living specimens of exotic > people to show them in > in public exhibitions and zoos > So any one from European suburbs can see a "real" Boshiman woman. And this is brilliantly shown in a Dutch movie by director/writer Alex van Warmerdam called "De Noorderlingen" (The Northerners (??)). It's not the main narrative of the movie though. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105019 No clue if this is available with English subtitles. Recommended. Frank.

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #407 - Ethnographers and human subjects
by Michel J. Menou 08 Jun '02

08 Jun '02

Long (?) ago they brought some living specimens of exotic people to show them in in public exhibitions and zoos So any one from European suburbs can see a "real" Boshiman woman. Michel alrao> Message: 2 alrao> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 12:43:21 -0400 alrao> To: air-l(a)aoir.org alrao> From: Joe Walther <walthj(a)rpi.edu> alrao> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Science News Online: The Social Net alrao> Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org alrao> Interesting discussion about research ethics, and I appreciate Jim Hudson's alrao> perspective from the IRB point of view. My interpretation of the Code of snip alrao> How do ethnographers deal with this when the Internet has nothing to do alrao> with it? (Seriously asking.)

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Re: feedback evaluating websites
by Joyce.Lamerichs＠Alg.VLK.WAU.NL 08 Jun '02

08 Jun '02

Dear all, I received a lot of information, regarding the evaluation of websites.An overview is provided below.I have adapted peoplesÀ replies to provide a condensed overview for the list. thank you very much for your feedback! Joyce Lamerichs Communication and Innovation Studies Wageningen University Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (Eds.) (2001). The Internet and HealthCommunication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (Eds.) (2001). Public Communication Campaigns, 3rded. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE (chapters with references to prior academic web site evaluations on evaluating health web sites in) Preece, Rogers and Sharp (2002) "InteractionDesign: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. John Wiley $ Sons" (www.id-book.com) One third of this book is about evaluation, of which a fair amount deals specifically with the Web (from the field of Human-Computer Interaction) Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think ISBN 0-7897-2310-7 Flanders, Vincent. Web Pages That Suck ISBN 0-7821-4020-3 Lisa Nakamura's work on Cybernetic Tourism and David Silver's work on the Blacksburg Community Network (in Kolko, Nakamura and Rodman "Race in Cyberspace"). (analysis of marginalized group representation or non-representation online/ provides a good framework for similar analysis) Mary E. Virnoche. Science, Technology and Human Values, "The Seamless Web and Communications Equity..." 1998. 23:199-220. It provides a framework for analyzing community network decision making, part of which includes the types of interface design and content developed -- couched in a discussion of designing for democracy. Two references on useability and access issues. The first is bibliographic. The second more geared to student work. http://www.go.vic.gov.au/Research/WebSiteIssues/AccessibilityUsability/usea… http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ncys/ysa/nn/01-march.htm An analysis of telecenter Web sites that looked for more than usability features - the paper was just for a seminar, but the data analysis section might give you some ideas for your students. It's here: http://php.indiana.edu/~ccourtri/TelecenterHomePages.pdf Gill, H. S. & Yates Mercer, P. (1998). The dissemination of information by local authorities on the World Wide Web. Journalof Information Science, 24(2), 105-115. See (http://www.brent.gov.uk/) or(http://www.dorset-cc.gov.uk/). (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at paym(a)soi.city.ac.uk) (Original abstract) See also : http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfmgb/web.htm>

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Fwd: (SeWeb) Book on the Semantic Web
by jeremy hunsinger 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

I don't know how many people are following the work on the Semantic web project, I'm on the periphery as usual, but this book looks interesting so I'll forward it from the seweb list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Vladimir Geroimenko <vladg(a)soc.plym.ac.uk> > Date: Fri Jun 07, 2002 04:29:00 AM US/Eastern > To: seweb-list(a)cs.vu.nl > Subject: (SeWeb) Book on the Semantic Web > > Dear all, > > Just to let you know that the book > > Geroimenko, V., University of Plymouth, UK and Chen, C., Drexel > University, USA (Eds.) > "Visualizing the Semantic Web: XML-based Internet and Information > Visualization", Springer Verlag, August 2002. - 220 p. > > is now available to order. It costs only £49,50 (or EURO 79,95 :). > > If you are interested please visit Amazon at > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1852335769/qid%3D1021557287/026-12… > > or Springer (scroll the Web page down if necessary) at > http://www.springer.de/cgi/svcat/search_book.pl?isbn=1-85233-576-9 > > > Best wishes > Vlad > -- > Vladimir Geroimenko > MSc, PhD, DSc, MBCS > Senior Lecturer in Computing > > Address: School of Computing, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, > UK > Visiting Address: 9 Kirkby Place, Room 210 > Surgery Hours: Thursdays, 1pm - 3pm > > Tel: +44-(0)1752-232612 > Fax: +44-(0)1752-232540 > Email: vladg(a)soc.plym.ac.uk > Web: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/vladg/ > > > 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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new book
by Nancy Baym 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Congratulations to aoir member Lori Kendall on the release of her new book _Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online_ (U of California Press)! A copy just arrived in my morning mail and it looks wonderful. Back blurb reads: "In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. Despite the common assumpotion that the online personas people craft for themselves bear little resemblance to reality, Kendall discovers that the members of BluSkyu stick surprisingly close to the facts of their actual lives and personalities. "

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #407 - new book
by Valdis 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Another excellent new book about living and working in the connected/networked world is... "Linked: The New Science of Networks" by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi An excellent overiew and integration about the latest research in the networks, their topologies and their applications. See: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738206679 Enjoy! Valdis Krebs http://www.orgnet.com

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IRB Review: How did you do it?
by Mark D. Johns 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Dear Colleagues, If you have had experience completing an Institutional Review Board approval (or disapproval) for ONLINE social research, we would like to invite you to share your experience with us for possible inclusion in a book chapter we are preparing for an edited volume concerning online research. The current AoIR list conversation concerning IRB procedures is very timely! Lack of specific rules and requirements for online research, and disagreements concerning the nature of online discourse on the part of IRBs, often cause frustration for researchers. In order to better prepare future researchers for IRB reviews, my colleagues (Sarina Chen and Jon Hall from the University of Northern Iowa) are seeking the specific experiences of veteran online researchers in dealing with IRBs. To participate, please go to our research web site, http://rtr.luther.edu and log on using the UserID of IRB (without the quotes) and the password of survey (again, no quotes). ID and password are not case sensitive. You may omit the name or alias box on the log in screen, as your responses will be anonymous. Please contact me off list at johnsmar(a)luther.edu if you have questions or difficulties. THANK YOU in advance for taking a few minutes to share with us your experience with IRB review for online social research. -- 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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RE: [Air-l] ethics question in researching the internet
by Charles Ess 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Andrea, There seems to be general agreement that if the group's site and\or chatroom is clearly identified as a public site, these are roughly analogous to a public space in which observation without informed consent is allowable. On the same analogy, however, _recording_ and\or publishing information made available in that public space - e.g., crafting a log of notes, including verbatim quotes from a website or chatroom, reproducing the webpage in a book for publication, etc. - is _not_ allowable without either informed consent and-or anonymization of the original text and author(s). Some persons and-or national traditions are more strict than others. The US tends to be more lenient, especially if any risk to the subjects of research is minimal (and all possible steps are taken to minimize that risk) while the benefit of such research is great. On the other hand, the NESH guidelines - as noted in the aoir ethics working committee report - are more insistent on protecting the rights of the authors-subjects of material found on the web, even at the cost of limiting or making certain kinds of research impossible. You might also have a look at the University of Bristol form for proposed research projects - i don't have the URL right with me, but you should be able to find it fairly easily. (If not, please e-mail me and I'll get it to you next week when I'm back in my office.) Another - though, of course, somewhat contested - consideration: what rights and-or other protections would _you_ want accorded to you, if you were the subject(s) of research, and someone else were the researcher? G'luck! Charles Ess Chair, aoir ethics working committee -----Original Message----- From: bakera(a)ohiou.edu To: air-l(a)aoir.org Sent: 06.06.02 13:32 Subject: [Air-l] ethics question in researching the internet In regard to the case of an online hate group discussed, I have a general question: When is an online group "public"? Would a group with no special registration requirement qualify? Would a group where any identifyer can serve as a userid fit, or one that doesn't check email addresses? In any or all of the cases which might be "public", is it okay to research them without (a) announcing the intent, and (b) without seeking permission of all of the members? Are archives of public communities exempt from consent, a question already raised? I have read the latest draft of the AOIR guidelines and still seek input from members on these questions. Thanks. --Andrea Baker Ohio University _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Job openings
by Shim Doobo 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

Faculty Appointments The Information & Communications Management Programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore seeks two or more open-rank faculty members in the social, political, cultural, and ethical implications of information technology, communication and society. The successful candidates will be expected to help develop curriculum, teach graduate and undergraduate courses, and give new research directions to this new programme at NUS which is in the process of expansion to include relevant areas of research in STS. Areas of interest include, contexts of computers and information use; ethics and intellectual property rights; connectivity and digital divide; users and identities; gendered aspects of IT; political implications of IT; surveillance and privacy; cross-national comparisons of IT development; innovation systems; bio-informatics; history of IT; social and cultural aspects of IT design; cultural and critical studies of information society; new media and popular culture; information policy and industry; and social studies of information science and technology. Candidates with expertise in one or more of these areas should submit: (1) Letter of application describing their teaching and research interests. (2) Curriculum vitae. (3) Three letters of recommendation. (4) Sample written work and syllabus (for junior level appointments) PhD is required for appointment. Appointments will be on a tenure-track basis, and in exceptional cases tenure will be granted on appointment. Salary and benefits are competitive Review of applications will begin on June 20, 2002 and continue until September 3, 2002. Ideally successful candidates will be able to commence duties at NUS by January 6, 2003. Please send application materials to: Chair, Search Committee Information & Communications Management Programme Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences AS3 #04-16 National University of Singapore 3 Arts Link Singapore 117570 Fax: (65) 779-4911 Tel: (65) 6874-4670 e-mail: hisilg(a)nus.edu.sg (Applicants who had applied last year may renew their application by sending their updated CV and letter). For further information, consult the web page at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/icm. In the meantime, all the best wishes to you. Thanks and cheers-- Doobo Shim Assistant Professor Information and Communication Management Programme Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences National University of Singapore Blk AS7 #02-09, 5 Arts Link Singapore 117570 Tel: +65-6874-1550 Fax: +65-6779-4911 http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/icm

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