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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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Recall: [Air-l] Abstract: Measure of Discussion Activity in Threa ded Discussion Spaces
by Avner Caspi 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

Avner Caspi would like to recall the message, "[Air-l] Abstract: Measure of Discussion Activity in Threaded Discussion Spaces".

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apsa panels
by jeremy hunsinger 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

the apsa is having its annual, you can see some of its i.t. panels and get the drafts below Information, Technology and Politics http://apsaproceedings.cup.org/Site/panels/040/D040.htm Chair: Micah Altman, Harvard University 1 Online Surveys: Assessing the Usefullness of New Methods for Measuring Public Opinion 2 Evil, Telecommunications, and the Internet 3 Organizing and Participating Online 4 Internet Policymaking and E-Merging Research: E-Governance, E-Competitiveness, and E-Security 5 The Internet and Civic Culture 6 Technology and Education 7 Technology, Communities, and Participation jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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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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AoIR 2002 Conference in Maastricht: 13-16 October 2002 - Update
by Monica.Murero＠MERIT.unimaas.nl 20 Sep '02

20 Sep '02

IR 3.0: Net / Work / Theory International Conference of the AoIR MECC conference & exhibition center Maastricht (NL) 13 October pre-conference workshops 14-16 October 2002 Dear Colleagues, As anticipated few days ago, I am glad to announce that the abstracts of the presentations are now available online at: http://www.infonomics.nl/aoir/programme.htm In case you need to send us an update, please contact Klaus Bruhn Jensen (kbj(a)hum.ku.dk) Today is the last day to save money on the registration fees!! If you have not yet registered, you can still do it at: http://www.aoir.org/2002 Thank you for your early registration! In the next weeks I will send you further important updates. As usual, if you need more information or special assistance with any aspect related to the conference organization, please do not hesitate to contact me. See you here and in Maastricht! Monica Murero, Phd Conference Chair Project Leader and Senior Researcher International Institute of Infonomics University of Maastricht (NL) TEL.+31-45-4000-540 FAX +31-45-4000-545

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Fwd: Job opportunity, California, new media art history
by Steve Jones 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

> >JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: >> >>Assistant Professor in New Media Studies >>UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE >>Tenure track position, Department of Art History, appointment to commence >>July 1, 2003. The Department seeks a specialist in New Media Studies (the >>study of photographic and post-photographic art and theory, including >>video, the Internet, and other related digital media). Preference will be >>given to >>candidates with a background in the history of photographic media and an >>interest in teaching at and working with the UCR/California Museum of >>Photography in downtown Riverside, in working with UCRs growing number of >>specialists in digital arts and new media, and in engaging the University >>of California Digital Arts initiative. Also desirable are applicants who >>are >>interested in teaching courses that could be cross-listed in the Film and >>Visual Culture Program, Womens Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Ethnic >>Studies, and/or other interdisciplinary programs. Teaching will include >>some introductory survey classes as well as a complement of upper-division >>courses and graduate seminars in New Media history and theory (the >>Department has a terminal M.A. program). Riverside is a vital community >>with easy access to vast art and library resources of the UC system and >>the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Ph.D. required at time of >>appointment. Teaching experience, a strong commitment to teaching >>excellence, and a promising record of research and publication are >>required. Send a letter of interest and intent, a cv, a sample publication >>or dissertation chapter, and have three letters of recommendation sent >>directly to: Professor Amelia Jones, >>Chair, New Media Search Committee, Department of Art History, UC Riverside, >>Riverside, CA92521. >> >>Application review will begin January 3 and continue until position is >>filled. Salary commensurate with education and experience. The University > >of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. >>

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Culture, Creativity and Information Technology
by rglentz＠mail.utexas.edu 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Dear colleagues, This new program may be of interest to researchers wishing to do interdisciplinary work related to technology but having difficult finding funding support. B. Lentz (UT-Austin) http://www.ssrc.org/programs/ccit/ Culture, Creativity and Information Technology This new program builds on the proposition that technological innovation is inseparable from the forms of social and cultural innovation that support it and develop around it. Information technologies -- not only computers but also new media and new forms of communication technology --are deeply embedded in culture. They shape and are shaped by the ways in which people give meaning to their lives together, develop specific identities, pass on local traditions and express themselves through art and other forms of cultural production. Institutions and government also play a prominent role in this process as sources of innovation, as adapters of technology to existing structures and as regulators of how new technologies are used. The Culture Creativity and Information Technology Program focuses on the role of information technology in enabling new forms of cultural creation, new pathways of cultural dissemination, new opportunities for participation and new regimes of exclusion. We believe that there is much greater potential for social science to engage these questions than has been demonstrated so far, and that such engagement can lead to better understanding of the ways in which information technologies impact different groups, different societies and different forms of cultural production. This program is currently in the planning stages, and will likely support a fuller range of research activities in 2002. Funding is provided by the Rockefeller Foundation. Planning Committee Howard Becker Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara Yochai Benkler Information Law Institute, New York University Law School Michael Century Center for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions, McGill University Paul DiMaggio Sociology, Princeton University Terry Fisher Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School Nicholas Garnham Media Studies, School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Westminster Lev Manovich Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego Monroe Price Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford University Gustavo Lins Ribeiro Anthropology, University of Brazilia Roger Silverstone Media and Communications, London School of Economics Susan Leigh Star Communication, University of California, San Diego Ravi Sundaram Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India Sherry Turkle Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyair-l(a)aoir.org

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standards for web sites?
by Kate Williams 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Hello AOIR, For a colleague's project involving African American related websites: Have any standards for evaluating websites have been set or even outlined? For instance, perhaps a set of measures such as stability/permanence, depth, audience, host, etc. URLs for good African American related websites would be welcome too. thank you, kate williams katewill(a)umich.edu http://www.umich.edu/~katewill/

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Fw: Online Research Conference in October
by Ben Davidson 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulf Reips" <ureips(a)GENPSY.UNIZH.CH> To: <PSY-NET-RESEARCH(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: Online Research Conference in October > Dear colleagues: > I would like to point you to this year's German Online Research > Conference (GOR'02): http://www.gor.de/gor02/index_e.htm It will take > place in the beautiful University of Hohenheim's castle near > Stuttgart in Germany, October 10-11. > > The conference features keynote addresses by Mick Couper (University > of Michigan, Ann Arbor) on 'Visual Design Effects in Web-Surveys' and > by Andy Mueller-Maguhn (Member of ICANN) on 'Battlefields in Global > Policy Development and their impact on the Internet', and a symposium > on 'Social desirability online', chaired by Adam Joinson (The Open > University, UK). Also there will be sessions on 'Ensuring quality in > online research', 'Cross media', 'Internet, Globalization, and > Society', 'Methodology', 'Online market research & e-commerce', and > 'Internet-based experiments', totaling about 60 talks and 30 poster > presentations. And, I might add, the traditional Thursday night GOR > party (deemed legendary...). > The conference schedule, with links to all abstracts, can be viewed > at http://www.gor.de/gor02/programm_en.html > > Please register online at http://www.gor.de/gor02/join_gor_e.php You > are advised to make reservations soon, because accomodation is > limited in the Stuttgart area.

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registration form -agency
by Monica.Murero＠MERIT.unimaas.nl 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

Dear Frank, As you know, the registration form is handled by an external company,Cal conference agency. They might have been pretty inappropriate using "gender", I know. They have database and procedures limits, but they will update their system soon. However, their intentions are good in that they simply would like to communicate with registrant in an appropriate manner, especially in case of unfamiliar names for Dutch culture, like "ya yon chi". Registrants are free to choose the gender they want, especially here in the Netherlands :) but I have already made sure that in the registration form nobody is "forced" to chose. cheers! Monica Murero Conference Chair Monica Murero, PhD Project Leader and Senior Researcher International Institute of Infonomics University of Maastricht (NL) TEL.+31-45-4000-540 FAX +31-45-4000-545

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