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new media reader article suggestions
by elisia cohen 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

Hi, Please forgive me for tooting my own horn, but there are a number of articles in the December 2002 Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic issue on "New Media and the Commercial Sphere" that may be of interest to the AoIR membership, and to you specifically. I think that I have a very 'readable' article in the issue entitled "Online Journalism as Market Journalism." I just presented it for undergrads and graduates at St. Louis University (where I will be an asst. prof of media studies in the fall). The theory is easy to follow and it really deals with quite a few media convergence issues that may be both timely and relevant... don't know if its a good fit or not... but I'm happy to send a copy to anyone who is interested. It should also be available online through proquest and academic ASAP if you want to take a peak. Elisia Cohen University of Southern California Message: 5 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:28:10 -0500 (EST) From: ebucy <ebucy(a)indiana.edu> To: Air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] new media reader article suggestions Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hi, I haven't posted much to this list but I'm writing to ask for help with article ideas for the revised edition of my new media reader, Living in the Information Age (Wadsworth, 2002). I have some new additions in mind but would welcome any suggestions. Given the profusion of writing on new media, information technology, Internet studies, and related topics, I suspect there are many gems out there I am not aware of. Any suggestions will of course be acknowledged in the next edition. I thought it would be worthwhile to make this process a little more interactive than usual, and open up the content to potential users of the reader. I'm looking for medium length magazine articles, readable academic essays, book chapters, newsfeatures, and the like. The reader is geared towards an introductory readership. For more information about the reader, here's the publisher's (horrendously long) URL (copy and paste it into your browser): http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M2b&discip… David Silver has also posted two online reviews and an editor's response to the reader on his Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies site, in the book review section for December 2002: http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp The RCCS is a great resource if you haven't checked it out yet. Any suggestions appreciated. If you'd like, I can send you the detailed table of contents for the current edition. Thanks! Erik __________________ Erik P. Bucy, Ph.D. tel 812-856-5207 Assistant Professor fax 812-855-7955 Dept. of Telecommunications 1229 E. 7th Street Indiana University ebucy(a)indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 http://php.indiana.edu/~ebucy

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new media reader article suggestions
by ebucy 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

Hi, I haven't posted much to this list but I'm writing to ask for help with article ideas for the revised edition of my new media reader, Living in the Information Age (Wadsworth, 2002). I have some new additions in mind but would welcome any suggestions. Given the profusion of writing on new media, information technology, Internet studies, and related topics, I suspect there are many gems out there I am not aware of. Any suggestions will of course be acknowledged in the next edition. I thought it would be worthwhile to make this process a little more interactive than usual, and open up the content to potential users of the reader. I'm looking for medium length magazine articles, readable academic essays, book chapters, newsfeatures, and the like. The reader is geared towards an introductory readership. For more information about the reader, here's the publisher's (horrendously long) URL (copy and paste it into your browser): http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M2b&discip… David Silver has also posted two online reviews and an editor's response to the reader on his Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies site, in the book review section for December 2002: http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp The RCCS is a great resource if you haven't checked it out yet. Any suggestions appreciated. If you'd like, I can send you the detailed table of contents for the current edition. Thanks! Erik __________________ Erik P. Bucy, Ph.D. tel 812-856-5207 Assistant Professor fax 812-855-7955 Dept. of Telecommunications 1229 E. 7th Street Indiana University ebucy(a)indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 http://php.indiana.edu/~ebucy

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Fwd: FW: Eighth Grade Science Project
by jeremy hunsinger 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

>> there is nothing like starting internet research early, respond as suggested as per your own judgment. >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 >> Subject: Eighth Grade Science Project >> >> Hi, this is from Josh Walker and Aaron Skinner. We are 8th grade >> students >> at Sweetwater Jr. High in Sweetwater, TN. We are working on a >> project for >> our 2003 Science Fair. >> >> We are trying to see where, and how fast e-mail can travel in a >> period of >> ten days. We are keeping track of how much e-mail we get back, and >> from >> what cities, states, and countries they originate. We are hoping >> that you >> will be willing to help us with our project! >> >> There are only two simple steps that will help us to track this email: >> >> 1.. Please send an e-mail to the following address: >> joshaaron_scienceproject(a)yahoo.com >> >> In the subject line of the e-mail please include just your city, >> state, and >> country. Please do not include your name, and do not write anything >> in the >> body of the e-mail (We won't have time to >> read them all). Please respond only one time. >> >> 2. Then, please forward this e-mail to everyone on your mailing list. >> I >> will be keeping track of the number of responses, as well as the >> locations. >> Therefore, send them even to people in your same town. In our science >> project, we are trying to demonstrate how fast and how far >> information can travel on the Internet in a ten-day period. >> >> If you receive this e-mail after February 28, 2003 please disregard >> it, >> since the project will be over. >> >> Thank you VERY much for your help! >> Josh Walker & Aaron Skinner >> >> Frederica L. Baldwin, Ph.D. >> (310) 399-0804 / (909)677-7633 >> FAX: (310) 399-8016 >> >> >> Laura Wigley Smith >> Durham, NC >> >> >>

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peer2peer rsearch
by Greg Elmer 09 Mar '03

09 Mar '03

Is P2P research inherently illegal? Can one conduct research on Kazaa or other P2P program without breaking the law? Greg

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The internet as community
by Barry Wellman 09 Mar '03

09 Mar '03

Folks, My apologies for crossposting, but this may be fun for some of you: I'm the Technology and Community subeditor of the Sage Encyclopedia of Community, 4 vols, due out 6/03. As the final act in its production, we are compiling a list of popular stuff related to community. I'd dearly love to include a bunch related to the Internet. Some categories; Non Fiction Books (I've already put in Rheingold - Virtual Community, 2d ed), Fictional Books (I've already put in Handmaid's Tale, Snowcrash, Neuromancer), Music, Shows, Films. If you have any ideas, please send them to me. Remember, no technical stuff and no papers. Thanks, 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 ----------------------------------------- Just Out: _The Internet in Everyday Life_ Barry Wellman & Caroline Haythornthwaite, eds. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002 ___________________________________________________________________

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vog: a manifesto
by Adrian Miles 08 Mar '03

08 Mar '03

hi all this falls under self promotion and is probably marginal to list, though is related to the paper I gave at AoIR Maastricht: desktopvogging: part one of a tutorial: http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/desktopvogging/desktopvogging.html distributed desktop interactive video, a possible future. videoblog::vog 28 months | 36 vogs [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] vogma a manifesto [ in no particular order ] a vog respects bandwidth a vog is not streaming video (this is not the reinvention of television) a vog uses performative video and/or audio a vog is personal a vog uses available technology a vog experiments with writerly video and audio a vog lies between writing and the televisual a vog explores the proximate distance of words and moving media a vog is dziga vertov with a mac and a modem a vog is a video blog where video in a blog must be more than video in a blog [first published december 6 2000 - http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/manifesto/] vog literacy http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/archive/2002/42002.html#1509 a vog is http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/archive/2002/22002.html#1080 all work requires qt5.x or better. cheers adrian miles -- + lecturer in new media and cinema studies [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog] + interactive desktop video developer [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] + hypertext rmit [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au] + InterMedia:UiB. university of bergen [http://www.intermedia.uib.no]

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Re: Novelty of Internet and activity theory (Yvonne Waern)
by geert lovink 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

> re: Novelty of Internet and activity theory (Yvonne Waern) Yvonne Waern <waern(a)dsv.su.se wrote: > I forgot the most important argument: Internet is of course NOTHING > without human beings USING it. Internet is an artefact that mediates > between the human subject and our objects (that may be various > things). The all too human aspect of the Internet might exactly be point where the whole story becomes boring and predictable. An Internet which no longer interests human beings could as well be an interesting point of departure. Many believe the Internet would be a better place without users. Just machines talkin' to each other; a dream come true for many programmers (and theorists...). The attempts to 'humanize' have so far not really been succesful, despite a decade of human-machine interface research and immense discoursive power of gurus such as Jakob Nielsen. After such failures it might really be interesting if computer science would FINALLY become post modern and shake off its poor humanism. Geert

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REMINDER - AoIR conference deadline
by Steve Jones 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

[A reminder of the extension of the deadline for submission of AoIR 4.0 conference proposals to March 10. The call for papers is at http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/cfp.html. A slight clairification is re-posted below. Thank you, Sj] ------------- At 8:51 AM -0600 2/25/03, Steve Jones wrote: There have been some questions concerning limits to conference submissions. In the interest of allowing for breadth of participation, AoIR's intention is to allow multiple submissions, but limit to: One acceptance in each of the two categories below, determined after review: 1) paper proposal (main author) 2) panel proposal (organizer) There is no limit to the number of times a person may: 3) be part of paper proposal(s) as co-author 4) serve as panel chair/discussant 5) serve as panel, roundtable or other non-panel event participant Furthermore, while we would like to keep the length of proposals reasonable so that reviewers may read proposals in a timely fashion, it is true as Jeremy noted in a previous email that the online proposal system allows for every paper, including those in panels, to be up to 700 words, and that each panel description can have 700 words for itself - this means that a panel with 4 papers could have 3500 words (5 parts, proposal and 4 papers, each of 700 words). However, I do encourage panel organizers to keep as close as possible to the limits expressed in the call for papers: The panel organizer should submit an approximately 500 word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of up to 250 words for each paper or presentation (e.g., 1000 words for four papers). NOTE: Given this need for clarification, the conference submission deadline is extended until MARCH 10, 2003. If there are any additional questions please contact me or Conference Program Co-Chair Matthew Allen (M.Allen(a)exchange.curtin.edu.au) or for questions about the online submission system contact Jeremy Hunsinger (jhuns(a)vt.edu) Thank you, Steve Jones Sj

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Job Opening: Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
by david silver 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

everyone, *** feel free to forward *** Digital Media graduate program University of Washington Department of Communication The Department of Communication at the University of Washington seeks a Senior Lecturer for an innovative professional Master of Communication program in Digital Media. The successful candidate will be a mid-career professional in the field of digital media with a master's degree or MFA (doctorate preferred), demonstrated excellence in teaching on the college level, and the ability to work in a team-based environment. This position will have a three-year renewable contract. The University of Washington Master of Communication in Digital Media is designed for mid-career professionals to exploit the challenges and opportunities in an emerging media convergence environment. The program stays abreast with developments in the workplace through an international advisory board consisting of leading digital media communication professionals. Directed and taught by Department of Communication faculty, it maintains the rigorous academic standards of the University of Washington Graduate School. Courses are based on the theory and practice of the communication discipline. The degree program emphasizes two concentrations: content creation; and management in the context of business and economics. The successful candidate will have industry and academic experience in at least one of these two concentrations, with a special preference toward content creation expertise. Senior lecturers are expected to teach 5-6 courses during a three-quarter academic year and supervise master's students on coursework, internships and projects. The successful candidate will work with the chair of the Department of Communication and the M.C. program director in the development and growth of this innovative program. Salary is competitive and dependent upon experience and academic credentials. The University of Washington is the largest and most active research and teaching institution in the northwest with several extensive libraries and substantial computing and support facilities. Applications will be reviewed beginning April 15, and until the position is filled. Candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of digital media interests, copies of teaching evaluations and three letters of recommendation to: Digital Media Search, c/o Gerald Baldasty, Chair, Department of Communication, Box 353740, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3740 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 equal opportunity employer. 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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grammar and technology
by Kris Gowen 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Does anyone have a source on how to properly write Internet terms? I am interested in knowing when, for example, e-health should be capitalized, and whether both the "e" and "h" are treated similarly or different in rules of capitalization. Thanks, Kris L. Kris Gowen, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Introducing FACCT's New Clearinghouse A resource for the latest information, tools and research on consumer-centered health care. http://www.facct.org

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