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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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new reviews in cyberculture studies (february 2003)
by david silver 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (February 2003) Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) <http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs> publishes a number of full-length book reviews. The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies. New reviews for February 2003 include: Seth Thompson, Evolving Traditions, Artists Working in New Media (Wigged Productions, 2002) Reviewed by Janine Johnson Ronald E. Rice & James E. Katz, eds., The Internet and Health Communication: Experiences and Expectations (Sage, 2001) Reviewed by Kathleen M. Golden, with a response from Ronald E. Rice Eileen Green & Alison Adam, eds., Virtual Gender: Technology, Consumption and Identity (Routledge, 2001) Reviewed by Monica Whitty and Andrew Dalton, with a response from Eileen Green If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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Re: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web
by Ildiko Kaposi 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Lovely thread! Some of the responses made me think though. Isn't it perhaps a slippery explanatory strategy for internet research to revamp old concepts by attaching the prefixes cyber-, virtual, digital, or e- to them? I know these were not dominating the suggestions, but they kept popping up, mixing with concepts like interactivity. And I could be totally wrong, so feel free to vivisect me. Ildiko Kaposi

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Re: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web
by Ildiko Kaposi 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Dear AoIR folk, My apologies for forgetting to sign the posting below. It was from me, Ildiko Kaposi (for some reason the email address doesn't include my name). Cheers, Ildiko >>> pphkai01(a)phd.ceu.hu 01/31/03 17:44 PM >>> Yes, probably this is a question we need to ask ourselves. The temptation to makeshift theorise and sell these ideas as new insight can be strong, and I've seen it done (not by AoIR members, of course :) Something for the ethical guidelines maybe? >>> radhika(a)cyberdiva.org 01/31/03 12:24 PM >>> the question also is are we "revamping" and if that is indeed what we are doing, and just adding on a prefix of cyber - Are we examining the specificities and complexities of what happens when its cyber-something.... or just doing makeshift terms and theorizing so we can move with our academic merit sheets. my 2 cents. r At 07:49 AM 1/31/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Some of the responses made me think though. Isn't it perhaps a slippery >explanatory strategy for internet research to revamp old concepts by >attaching the prefixes cyber-, virtual, digital, or e- to them? >I know these were not dominating the suggestions, but they kept popping up, >mixing with concepts like interactivity. >And I could be totally wrong, so feel free to vivisect me.< > > > >first thought - don't we continually revamp old concepts anyway - the way >in which we experience things is constantly changing? >second thoughts - adding cyber, digital etc to old concepts and applying >them in new ways makes the internet familiar, and allows us to experience >things (and explain them) in terms of our everyday lives > >just two thoughts from a social anthropologist who is also a >cyberethnographer > >denise > > >Denise Maia Carter, >School of Comparative and Applied Social Science, >University of Hull, UK >http://www.denisecarter.net >denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Job at University of Surrey, UK
by Nina Wakeford 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Some list members may be interested. The University is home to two related research centres - INCITE (www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/incite) and DWRC (http://www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/) Nina Wakeford Director, INCITE > > >University of Surrey > >School of Human Sciences >Department of Sociology > >Lectureship in Sociology (Ref: 3711) > >Salary: Lecturer Scale A/B, up to £33,679 pa > >Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Sociology with expertise >in one or more of the following areas: the sociology of culture, >media, new media or communications technologies. The post will >commence on 1 September 2003. The post-holder will join a lively, >research active department which achieved a 5* in the 2001 RAE, and >currently has over £3million worth of research grants and contracts. > >The post holder will be expected to make a significant contribution >both to the department's research and to the BSc in Sociology, >Culture and New Media. He or she will be expected to supervise >undergraduate and Masters dissertations, and doctoral students. >Depending on the particular areas of interest and expertise of the >successful candidate, there would be opportunities to teach on other >parts of the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum in the >Sociology Department. > >Candidates should have a strong research profile and a good >publication record. It is expected that he or she will have research >interests that relate to one or more of the Sociology Department's >substantive research groupings: New Media and Communication >Technologies; Culture, Identity and Ethnicity; Crime and Criminal >Justice; Health, Social Divisions and the Life Course; and Sociology >of the Environment. > >Further details about the Department of Sociology are attached, and >information about the Department, including courses taught, is >available on the Department's Web site: Informal inquiries should >be directed to Dr Geoff Cooper, Head of Sociology (Tel: >01483-686976; Fax: 01483-689551; or e-mail g.cooper(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk >) > >Shortlisted candidates will be expected to give a presentation about >their research as part of the interview process. Interviews will >be held during week commencing 24 March 2003. > >For an application pack please contact Miss C Edminson, School of >Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. >Telephone 01483 686912 (24 hours). Email: or download application >documents from 'Employment Opportunities'. Please quote Reference >number 3711, supply your postal address and where you saw the >advertisement. The closing date for applications is 7 March 2003. >

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Re: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web
by Ildiko Kaposi 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Yes, probably this is a question we need to ask ourselves. The temptation to makeshift theorise and sell these ideas as new insight can be strong, and I've seen it done (not by AoIR members, of course :) Something for the ethical guidelines maybe? >>> radhika(a)cyberdiva.org 01/31/03 12:24 PM >>> the question also is are we "revamping" and if that is indeed what we are doing, and just adding on a prefix of cyber - Are we examining the specificities and complexities of what happens when its cyber-something.... or just doing makeshift terms and theorizing so we can move with our academic merit sheets. my 2 cents. r At 07:49 AM 1/31/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Some of the responses made me think though. Isn't it perhaps a slippery >explanatory strategy for internet research to revamp old concepts by >attaching the prefixes cyber-, virtual, digital, or e- to them? >I know these were not dominating the suggestions, but they kept popping up, >mixing with concepts like interactivity. >And I could be totally wrong, so feel free to vivisect me.< > > > >first thought - don't we continually revamp old concepts anyway - the way >in which we experience things is constantly changing? >second thoughts - adding cyber, digital etc to old concepts and applying >them in new ways makes the internet familiar, and allows us to experience >things (and explain them) in terms of our everyday lives > >just two thoughts from a social anthropologist who is also a >cyberethnographer > >denise > > >Denise Maia Carter, >School of Comparative and Applied Social Science, >University of Hull, UK >http://www.denisecarter.net >denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Re: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web
by Andrew Herman 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

I agree wholeheartedly with John here,although IP issues transcend copyright (i.e trademark disputes with respect to domain names and patent disputes with respect to electronic business methods). There is not a day when there is not some story coming across the wires about struggles over the meaning of intellectual property rights on the web. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 01610 (508) 793-2531 >>> john(a)logie.net 01/30/03 10:02PM >>> My belated nomination: "copyright" I've weighed the options, and I think this is ultimately preferable to the umbrella term "intellectual property." The bulk of the I.P. issues in electronic composing spaces are copyright issues, and, at lwast in a U.S. context, copyright hovers over, in, and around almost every act of 'Net-based communication. Best, John Logie Rhetoric University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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concepts/terms
by swiss＠uiowa 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

>aoir folks, > > >I'm very much learning from the posts on this list and from those of >you who sent me private emails on the topic of key >concepts/terms/metaphors. >I'm interested, too, in the debates on these terms as I >think Nancy and others are right in saying that most terms have >different histories, do different kinds of work (have a different >kinds of power or none at all, depending on the field), and thus >have different *meanings*-- again, depending on the field. >Discussing how we undertand certain terms/concepts in and across >fields is very useful for me to hear -- as that is what the book is >trying to explore: a way into helping upper-level undergrad students >understand the charged (and sometimes invisible and differing) >meanings that these 'common' terms carry in culture generally and >among researchers in 'internet studies.' >So, thanks, and look forward to hearing more in the next few days... >best, Thom > >-- >Thomas Swiss >University of Iowa >Iowa City 52245 -- Thomas Swiss University of Iowa Iowa City 52245

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key terms/concepts for understanding the web
by swiss＠uiowa 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Hi, all, Am considering a new edition of a book I edited a few years ago for NYU Press: UNSPUN. The book looked at key terms/concepts/tropes in re: the web. In chapters written specifically for this text, the authors explored the key terms and concepts -- gender, community, and so on -- that help shape our understanding of the World Wide Web and its wide-ranging influence on contemporary culture. Each chapter highlighted for students both continuities and conflicts in the meanings of the Web by focusing on the language surrounding key terms. In doing so, the book asked: what are we talking about when we talk about the Web? Below: the TOC. What I'm wondering about is this: what key terms do you all see as missing from this list? Clearly there are many. But developing such a list would be helpful to me, and I'd appreciate your feedback on what terms should be added, along with essays of about 20 pages on the terms? thanks for yr help. Contact me at <thomas-swiss(a)uiowa.edu> best, Thom ------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Unspun: The Web, Language, and Society 1. Community Jodi Dean 2. Identity Jay Bolter 3. Gender Cynthia Fuchs 4. Race Lisa Nakamura 5. Political Economy Vincent Mosco 6. Cyberspace Rob Shields 7. Governance Timothy Luke 8. Ideology John Sloop 9. Performance Dawn Dietrich 10. Hypertext Matthew Kirschenbaum 11. Narrative Joseph Tabbi 12. Authorship Russell Potter 13. Multimedia Sean Cubitt

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