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FACCT Online Forum - Empowering Patients Online
by Aryne Blumklotz 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Join us for a FACCT online forum Empowering Patients Online* featuring Gary Schwitzer Health care journalist and communications authority Tuesday, June 18 - Thursday, June 20 We invite you to participate in an online discussion about Web-based decision-support tools. Learn how these tools work, how they are developed, who is using them and how they benefit consumers. Log on for a few minutes each day to: * Learn about the top Web-based consumer support tools for online decision-making. * Discuss the pros and cons of the most popular tools. * Find out what consumers want and what these online products offer. * Generate ideas for building a consumer-centered model for online decision-making. *Empowering Patients Online is a free event - but you must register to participate. To register simply reply to this e-mail listing your name and e-mail address in the message space. We'll send you instructions on how to log onto the site and participate in the discussion. Aryne Blumklotz, MPH - Communications Coordinator FACCT - The Foundation for Accountability 1200 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 470 Portland, OR 97209 Phone: (503) 546-9717 Fax: (503) 223-4336 www.facct.org

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road warriors
by Barry Wellman 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

I am posting this query to both the Community list and the AOIR list, because of its relevance to both. I've been flying around a lot recently giving lectures and attending conferences: to scholarly, governmental and corporate dot.com groups. In so doing, I frequently encounter what _PC Magazine_ calls "road warriors", albeit the opposite of Mad Max. These are managers, professionals and technicians who spend a good deal of time traveling, either between organizational offices, or to other organizations or conferences. Modally, 2-4 days per week. They live by computer-supported and 800-number contact back to their home base. If you get into business lounges, you can see them pounding their laptops, checking their emails, and talking via 800 numbers to their colleagues elsewhere. They spend a lot of time in corporate hotels (e.g., the misnamed Holiday Inn), bars, medium-priced restaurants, and airport lounges. Has anyone seriously studied such folks? How do they sustain this mobile life? What is their community, with work colleagues and friends -- and household members? Etc. 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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Web-based Surveys
by Berquist＠uts.cc.utexas.edu 20 Aug '02

20 Aug '02

A few months ago, there was some discussion about online surveys--particularly regarding methodology and design. My question is more practical--can anyone recommend software to design a web-displayed survey that will easily capture data into a backend database? I've looked at SPSS Data Entry (TM), but would like to receive recommendations from others who have completed web-based surveys and are pleased with the software they have worked with. Thanks, Lon Berquist Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute The University of Texas at Austin

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Re: [Air-l] How do journalists report internet research? (Request for experi...
by Zunt＠aol.com 15 Aug '02

15 Aug '02

In a message dated 3/4/2002 3:46:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, jvc(a)MIT.EDU writes: > I have a large set of two paragraph texts saved in separate HTML files that > I want to conver to MS Word. Does anyone know a way to do it without having > to open the files one by one? maybe try Web2Text: w2t16v12.zip http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/24799.html Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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CHI 2003 Call for Participation
by Tom Erickson 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

CHI 2003 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, http://www.chi2003.org April 5-10, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA You are invited to participate by submitting a paper, demonstration, design and usability report or proposing a panel, workshop or tutorial. You can volunteer to help with mentoring and reviewing. Your organisation can also recruit at, exhibit at and sponsor CHI. Students can volunteer to help on-site at CHI 2003. CHIkids offers opportunities for working with children. The Interactionary lets design and usability professionals compete against other design teams. CHI 2003 will focus on communicating via interactive digital media. Three special areas support this theme: mass communication and interaction, e-learning, and emotion. Submissions on the conference theme and the special areas are particularly welcome. The development consortium will address challenges for CHI posed by mass communication via interactive digital media. Visit http://www.chi2003.org and find out how to participate in the leading international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about computer-human interaction (CHI). Submission Deadlines: July 29, 2002 Tutorial Proposals September 16, 2002 Paper Abstracts (mandatory) September 23, 2002 Paper Submissions Also due September 23, 2002 Proposals for Design and Usability, Demonstrations, Development Consortium, Panels, Workshops December 6, 2002 Interactionary Proposals January 3, 2003 Short talks, Interactive Posters, Student Posters, Doctoral Consortium, Special Interest Group Proposals CHI 2003 is an annual conference sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI). ###

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Job Openings: University of Washington
by david silver 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Please feel free to distribute as appropriate. For more information on the Department of Communication, visit <http://www.com.washington.edu> david silver *** The University of Washington seeks two tenure-track assistant professors in the areas of (1) political communication and journalism and (2) social interaction in the Department of Communication, which brings together the former Department of Speech Communication and School of Communications. The new Department of Communication, effective July 1, 2002, is a product of five years of extensive discussion and curriculum development among faculty in these two units and UW leadership. The Department has created innovative and forward-looking graduate and undergraduate programs founded on the principles of intellectual and cultural pluralism, interdisciplinary theorizing, diverse methods of inquiry, public scholarship and community engagement, and innovation through collaboration among faculty and students. Building upon these core principles, Department faculty have identified seven areas of emphasis - communication and culture; international communication; political communication; rhetoric and critical studies; social interaction; technology and society; and journalism. New faculty are expected to contribute significantly to at least one of these areas. Faculty are expected to conduct research, teach 4-5 courses during a three-quarter academic year, and supervise graduate students at the master's and doctoral levels. Applicants must demonstrate a potential for excellence in research and teaching and the ability to contribute to the Department's new curriculum as well as new interdisciplinary programs arrayed among communication, political science, and technical communication. Candidates must have earned or be close to completion of a Ph.D. by September 2003, in a field related to the positions offered. Candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, copies of teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation. The start date for these positions is September 16, 2003. Applications will be reviewed beginning November 1, 2002, and until the positions are filled. Send application material to Professor Gerald Baldasty, Chair, Department of Communication, Box 353740, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3740. The University of Washington is the largest and most active research institution in the northwest with several extensive libraries and substantial computing and support facilities. The Department of Communication is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Political Communication and Journalism - Candidates should have interests in political communication and journalism, either in traditional mass media or interactive media contexts. For example, candidates might focus on the communications of politicians, campaign strategists, news media, and/or citizens; the generation of content for news and/or entertainment media or the effects of such content on public opinion and behavior; the deliberation and decision-making of policy-makers and citizens; legal and/or regulatory policies relating to communication generally or media specifically; or the role of communication media in social movements and global activities. Candidates for this position will have teaching responsibilities that include two courses a year in the Department's journalism sequence, a selective undergraduate program that offers the only accredited journalism education in Washington state. Social Interaction - Candidates should have interests in interpersonal and/or relational communication with an emphasis on the ways people interact with one another. The contexts in which the interactions occur may be face-to-face, on-line, or mediated. Particular focus may include the study of language and nonverbal behavior, instructional communication, children's communication, and/or relational development. Ideally, candidates for this position will also have scholarly interests in one or more of our other research areas (particularly communication and culture or technology and society) and make useful links between social interaction and those areas. A strong grounding in interpersonal or relational theories is important. Candidates should be prepared to teach courses related to interpersonal communication and to teach quantitative or qualitative methods. We are also looking for a candidate interested in teaching our large lecture introductory course.

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Funded PhD studentship at University of Surrey, UK
by Nina Wakeford 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

* Please distribute widely to anyone who might be interested * Consuming online digital media Applications are invited for a PhD studentship based on a project to examine the factors now affecting and likely in the future to influence European consumers of online digital content, such as music and news. The studentship is available from 1 September 2002 for two and a half years, with the possibility of further funding. The studentship will be attached to a European project, SimWeb (http://www.simdigital.com) funded by the IST programme of Framework 5, which is modelling the digital content market in Europe using multi-agent simulation. The project team includes six partners, in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain and the UK, two of which are companies that sell online content. The studentship will focus on providing a better understanding of why people might be interested in obtaining digital content (either free, or by subscription), the role of such content in their lives, and the relationship of online content to content from other, more traditional sources. The research is likely to be based on a combination of quantitative analyses of secondary data and qualitative analyses of interviews and observational data. While the research would be expected to contribute to SimWeb, it would be a free-standing project. There would be some travel to project meetings and to meet partners in Europe. The studentship includes fees and a bursary of GBP 8500 per year. The student will be based in a lively Department of Sociology, rated 5* in the 2001 RAE, that is carrying out a number of projects on new media and communications (see, for example, http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/incite/ and http://www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc) The University of Surrey (http://www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate/) is located in the historic market town of Guildford which is surrounded by beautiful countryside, is ideally situated within the North Downs, just 9 miles from the M25, 35 minutes by train from London Waterloo, and with quick access to both Heathrow and Gatwick airports by road, rail or bus. Informal enquiries may be made by email to Nigel Gilbert at <n.gilbert(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk> (see http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/staff/nigel_gilbert.html) who will be one of the student's supervisors. Applications should include a CV, a covering letter and the names of two academic referees and should be sent by email to <A.McGill(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk>. Closing date for applications: August 15. __________________________________________________________________________ Professor Nigel Gilbert, FREng, AcSS, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. +44 (0)1483 689173 --

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Manchester Research Post: Mobile Entertainment
by Jason Rutter 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Apologies for any cross-posting. Below are details for an 19 month vacancy currently available at the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) at The University of Manchester. Further detail are available online at http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/RB902.html Jase -- Mobile Entertainment Industry and Culture (REF 628/02) Applications are invited for a European Commission funded post to join the internationally recognised ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, (CRIC), at the University of Manchester/UMIST. Applicants should have substantial research experience in a relevant social science discipline, a PhD (or equivalent), demonstrated capacity for conducting text-and interview-based research and the ability to interpret qualitative data. Applicants must be able to contribute to the authorship of publishable outputs of research, be computer literate, and possess strong organisational skills. A willingness to travel is also required. The post is tenable for 19 months commencing September 1st 2002 (or as soon as possible thereafter) and will involve interviewing mobile gamers, co-ordination of dissemination and participation in organising user workshops and conference. (REF 628/02) Salary: £17,626 - £21,503 (pay award pending) according to relevant experience and qualifications. Further information about CRIC can be found at http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric . Informal enquiries about the post should be addressed to Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk or Sharon.Hammond(a)man.ac.uk. Application forms and further particulars are also available from the Office of the Director of Personnel, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL: ++44(0)161 275 2028; fax ++(0)161 275 2471; Minicom (for the hearing impaired): ++(0)161 275 7889; email personnel(a)man.ac.uk Quote ref 628/02. Closing date 14 August 2002. As an equal opportunities employer the university welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. -- Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow) ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter

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RE: [Air-l] time-based media
by R.A.Hope-Hume＠open.ac.uk 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

This is a very general request - of course the classic references have to be Harold Innis - also James Carey Regards Bob Hope-Hume -----Original Message----- From: VELKOVSKA Julia FTRD/DIH/ISS To: air-l Sent: 31/07/02 10:27 Subject: [Air-l] time-based media Hi, I'm looking for references on time-based media. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance. Julia ----- Julia Velkovska France Télécom Recherche et Développement Direction des Interactions Humaines Laboratoire UCE 38-40, rue du Général Leclerc, 92 794 Issy les Moulineaux cedex 9 France tél. + (33) (0)1 45 29 53 18 fax. + (33) (0)1 45 29 01 06 julia.velkovska(a)francetelecom.com

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time-based media
by VELKOVSKA Julia FTRD/DIH/ISS 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Hi, I'm looking for references on time-based media. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance. Julia ----- Julia Velkovska France Télécom Recherche et Développement Direction des Interactions Humaines Laboratoire UCE 38-40, rue du Général Leclerc, 92 794 Issy les Moulineaux cedex 9 France tél. + (33) (0)1 45 29 53 18 fax. + (33) (0)1 45 29 01 06 julia.velkovska(a)francetelecom.com

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