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Carl Couch Internet Research Award reminder
by Mark D. Johns 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College Dr. Katherine M. Clegg, University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase Dr. Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2003 International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $150, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $50. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the A.o.I.R. conference, October 16-19, 2003. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu . Application deadline is May 1, 2003. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication/Linguistics Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu -- 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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Fw: eNarrative 5: May 10-11, 2003, in Boston
by Nuri Soeharto 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Bernstein Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:36 PM Subject: eNarrative 5: May 10-11, 2003, in Boston eNarrative 5: May 10-11, 2003 ----------------------------- I'd like to invite you to eNarrative 5, the 5th roundtable on eNarrative, which will be held in Boston and Cambridge next month in conjunction with the biennial Boston Cyberarts Festival. At eNarrative 5, we'll gather a small and deeply-engaged group of writers, scientists, artists, scholars and critics to explore the frontiers of art and technology. This year, we'll be taking an especially close look at - weblogs and weblog clusters: electronic world as performance space - interaction design, experience, and information architecture - sequential art, literary hypertext, and new media life We'll also have plenty of opportunity to discuss craft and explore tools -- including TINDERBOX. Thanks to remarkable air fares and Boston's proximity to Europe and a great hotel deal, we expect a truly international flavor this year despite the uncertain travel climate. Some of the exciting people we expect to join us include: - George P. Landow (Hypertext 2.0) - Dave Winer (Radio Userland) - Meg Hourigan (We Blog) - Bob Stein (Voyager and Night Kitchen) - George Fifield (Boston Cyberarts Festival) - Mark Bernstein (Tinderbox) We hope you can join us, too. Space will be *very* limited; we want to have discussions, not lectures. We'll have wall to wall WiFi, free in-room broadband, a jazz reception, and lots of exciting ideas for making (and remaking) the medium. For details, or to register, visit http://eNarrative.org Questions? Please email or call right away. ---------------- This Eastgate Hypertext News message is sent to subscribers on request. The Eastgate Hypertext News is a low-volume, moderated list of hypertext news and announcements. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Mark Bernstein bernstein(a)eastgate.com (617) 9 24-9044 Eastgate Systems Inc (800) 562-1638 134 Main Street fax..............(617) 924-9051 Watertown MA 02472 USA http://www.eastgate.com/ http://www.markbernstein.org/ http://www.hypertextKitchen.com/

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Plagiarism and the Internet: research Query
by Susan Kilgore 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

I'm exploring issues of academic honesty and student use of the internet. Does anyone know of resources and/or people doing research in the area? Because I am not a member of the list, please respond to me via email: skilgore(a)wsu.edu Thank you very much for any help you can offer. Susan J. Kilgore, Ph.D. Associate Director, General Education Program Washington State University, CUE 519F Pullman, Washington 99164-4519 skilgore(a)wsu.edu (email) (509) 335-1339 (voice mail) (509) 335-7003 (Fax)

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Media Request on Cyber Begging (Washington DC area)
by Naomi Susan Baron 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

15 seconds of fame .... A reporter from a local Washington, DC TV station is doing a story on cyberbegging. If you have knowledge/expertise, you might want to respond to the announcement posted below. (I assume they are looking for a video clip, so the "expert" needs to be local.)I know they are looking to prepare the story next week (though probably run it in May). Naomi Baron American University Washington, DC Fox 5, a local Washington, D.C. TV station, is doing a story on "cyberbegging" and looking for someone in the D.C. metro area who's well-versed in the topic. We need to to do an on-camera interview and would like to talk about, among other things, how/why it's becoming more common and what methods work for people to actually *get* money. If you're interested please e-mail assignment.desk(a)wttg.com. Thanks!

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the new media reader
by noah wardrip-fruin 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

The MIT Press has recently published a book/CD that might be of interest to AoIR folks. It's titled The New Media Reader, and Nick Montfort and I are the editors. We've put up a site about the project here: http://www.newmediareader.com The site makes available a number of works that not only haven't been on the Web before, but also have been hard to find in print - including the full text (with images) of "Personal Dynamic Media" by Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, significant excerpts from _Computer Lib / Dream Machines_ by Ted Nelson, selections from Brenda Laurel's _Computers as Theater_ and her PhD dissertation, etc. I'll paste more detailed information about the book/CD below. Noah The New Media Reader edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort book design by Michael Crumpton isbn: 0262232278 The new media field has been developing for more than 50 years. This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs - many of them now almost impossible to find - that chronicle the history and form the foundation of this still-emerging field. General introductions by Janet H. Murray (author of Hamlet on the Holodeck) and Lev Manovich (author of The Language of New Media), along with short introductions to each of the selections, place the works in their historical context and explain their significance. The texts are from computer scientists, artists, architects, literary writers, interface designers, cultural critics, and individuals working across disciplines. They were originally published between World War II (when digital computing, cybernetic feedback, and early notions of hypertext and the Internet first appeared) and the emergence of the World Wide Web (when these concepts entered the mainstream of public life). The CD accompanying the book contains examples of early games, digital art, independent literary efforts, software created at universities, and home-computer commercial software. Also on the CD is digitized video, documenting new media programs and artwork for which no operational version exists.

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call -- Communication Law & Policy journal
by Sandra Braman 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

The refereed journal, Communication Law & Policy, is interested in analysis of legal, regulatory, and policy issues raised by the internet and other new information technologies. The journal is open to any methodology, and also accepts theoretical and speculative pieces if grounded in the literature. If you're not familiar with it, or want to check out how to submit a manuscript, see: >http://www.comm.vt.edu/CL&P/ Sandra Braman

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Value of blogshares
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Here is an interesting development, the way in which bloggers are now finding ways to "authorize" some bloggers with more authority. "BlogShares came from some analysis I was doing on the nature of attention on the Web based on power law distributions. In the course, of doing the experiment I needed an algorithm to define the value of links and I borrowed my knowledge from how Google does it's PageRank. It wasn't an exact copy but used the same principal of determining authority of the linker based on the authority of people which link to him/her.

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Plagiarism in the blogosphere
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Noted War Blogger Cops to Copying By Daniel Forbes Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58346,00.html A. Randolph Kluver School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University 31 Nanyang Link Singapore, 637718 (65) 6790-5770 Fax (65) 6792-4329

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Fwd: [radical-science] Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age
by jeremy hunsinger 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

given the politics of the age, i think this is worth forwarding on, but this is not what I would say about Cyborg Citizen, which is an interesting book in many more ways than this review illustrates, but with any book from any given perspective.... mileage varies. Begin forwarded message: > From: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford(a)scientist.com> > Date: Sun Apr 6, 2003 2:09:01 PM US/Eastern > To: evolutionary-psychology(a)yahoogroups.com, > radical-science(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [radical-science] Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman > Age > Reply-To: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford(a)scientist.com> > > Metapsychology > > Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age > by Chris Hables Gray > Routledge, 2001 > > Review by Ian Stoner on Mar 19th 2003 > > There is little doubt that the presence of technology is increasingly > felt in > the world of politics; representatives reach constituents through web > pages, > citizens vote at computer terminals, antiwar protesters organize with > the help > of wireless networks. In Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman > Age, Chris > Hables Gray suggests that there is a more fundamental way in which > technology > is changing the face of politics. The citizenry, he argues, has been > so > thoroughly permeated by technology that the people comprising our > democracy are > no longer humans, but cyborgs. This shift in the fundamental unit of > democracy, he says, will revolutionize the politics of the future. > > In order to develop this provocative thesis, Gray's goals are > necessarily > twofold. First, he must convince his readers that they are cyborgs. > Then, he > must show that the cyborgization of the citizenry has implications for > the > political process of democracy. > > On the first point, Gray has a lot to say. He notes that the term > "cyborg" > commonly refers to people who have been modified or enhanced by > technology. > This should bring to mind not only the bionic man, but also women with > hearing > aides, children with eyeglasses, men with pacemakers, and so on. He is > convincing when he suggests that the technologies that support and > extend our > physical capabilities have become so widespread that it is easy to > forget about > them. It has probably never occurred to most contact lens wearers, for > instance, that they fit even conservative definitions of "cyborg." > > Full text > http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1604 > > Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age > by Chris Hables Gray > Paperback: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.68 x 8.62 x 6.42 > Publisher: Routledge; (February 1, 2002) ISBN: 0415919797 > AMAZON - US > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415919797/darwinanddarwini > AMAZON - UK > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415919797/humannaturecom > > Amazon.com > Some great science fiction has asked about robots and the right to > vote--but > what happens when we're 51 percent artificial ourselves? Cyberculture > scholar > Chris Hables Gray looks at the ever-changing human body in Cyborg > Citizen: > Politics in the Posthuman Age and makes some well-educated guesses on > the > makeup of the future cybernetic body politic. Though he does go out of > his way > to remind the reader that nearly all of us are bioenhanced (that is a > vaccination scar, isn't it?), he's neither a chrome-eyed Extropian nor > a > Rifkinesque fear-mongerer. His thesis is refreshingly simple in a world > overfilled with postmodern complexity: we're changing our bodies more > and more > radically, and we ought to think about how this will change our way of > life. > Examining health care, social interactions, and politics, Gray's focus > is > largely on particular modifications and enhancements such as > prosthetic limbs, > artificial organs, performance-enhancing drugs, and their descendants. > The book > never dips into freak show territory, though; even if Gray uses > colorful > examples to illustrate his points, he still maintains a humanistic > attitude > throughout. His simple thesis, coupled with this attitude, create a > web of > thought that is simultaneously entertaining and enlightening. Though > our track > record on preemptively dealing with change is spotty at best, reading > Cyborg > Citizen is still a good prescription for keeping the posthuman jitters > at > bay. --Rob Lightner --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. > > From Book News, Inc. > The growing synergy between humans and technology is changing how > people view > their minds and bodies, says cyberculture specialist and social > activist Gray > (cultural studies of science and technology, U. of Great Falls, > Montana), but > he investigates how it has changed the body politic. He explores how > to forge a > society that protects the rights of human and cyborg alike.Book News, > Inc.®, > Portland, OR --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. > > Book Description > The creator of the cult classic Cyborg Handbook, Chris Hables Gray, > now offers > the first guide to "posthuman" politics, framing the key issues that > could > threaten or brighten out technological future. --This text refers to > the > Hardcover edition. > > Book Info > Examining health care, social interactions, and politics, Gray's focus > is > largely on particular modifications and enhancements such as > prosthetic limbs, > artificial organs, performance-enhancing drugs, and their descendants. > He also > explores how to forge a society that protects the rights of human and > cyborg > alike. Softcover. > > About the Author > Chris Gray is a cyberculture expert and social activist who is editor > of The > Cyborg Handbook and author of Postmodern War. He has worked for NASA, > the > Smithsonian Institutions, and the computer industry, and is currently > Associate > Professor of Cultural Studies of Science and Technology at the > University of > Great Falls in Montana. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/PMYolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > Unsubscribe or change your subscription options at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radical-science > Join Radical Science: radical-science-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > Archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radical-science/messages > Human Nature Review: http://human-nature.com/ > Human Nature Daily Review: http://human-nature.com/nibbs/ > > Your use of Yahoo! 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Fwd: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC'04)
by jeremy hunsinger 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

> > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Fourth International Conference on > CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION > (CATaC'04) > 27 June-1 July 2004 > Karlstad University, Sweden > http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ > > Conference theme: > Off the shelf or from the ground up? > ICTs and cultural marginalization, homogenization or hybridization > > The biennial CATaC conference series provides a continuously expanding > international forum for the presentation and discussion of current > research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation > and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The > conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who > provide diverse perspectives, both in terms of the specific culture(s) > they highlight in their presentations and discussions, and in terms of > the discipline(s) through which they approach the conference theme. > The first conference in the series was held in London in 1998, the > second in Perth in 2000, and the third in Montreal in 2002. > > Beginning with our first conference in 1998, the CATaC conferences > have highlighted theoretical and praxis-oriented scholarship and > research > from all parts of the globe, including Asia, Africa, and the > Middle-East. The conferences focus especially on people and > communities at the developing edges of ICT diffusion, including > indigenous peoples and those outside the English-speaking world. > > Understanding the role of culture in how far minority and/or > indigenous cultural groups may succeed - or fail - in taking up ICTs > designed for a majority culture is obviously crucial to the moral and > political imperative of designing ICTs in ways that will not simply > reinforce such groups' marginalization. What is the role of culture in > the development of ICTs "from the ground up" - beginning with the > local culture and conditions - rather than assuming dominant "off the > shelf" technologies are appropriate? Are the empowering potentials of > ICTs successfully exploited among minority and indigenous groups, > and/or do they rather engender cultural marginalization, cultural > homogenization or cultural hybridization? > > Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical > frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.) > and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and > preliminary results) are invited. > > Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: > - Culture: theory and praxis > - Culture and economy > - Alternative models for ICT diffusion > - Role of governments and activists in culture, technology and > communication > - ICTs and cultural hybridity > - ICTs and intercultural communication > - Culture, communication and e-learning > > SUBMISSIONS > > All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of > scholars and researchers and accepted papers will appear in the > conference proceedings. You may purchase the conference proceedings > from the 2000 and 2002 conferences from > http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac. > > There will be the opportunity for selected papers from this 2004 > conference to appear in special issues of journals and a book. Papers > in previous conferences have appeared in journals (Journal of Computer > Mediated Communication, Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue > Electronique de Communication, AI and Society, Javnost- The Public, > and New Media and Society) and a book (Culture, Technology, > Communication: towards an Intercultural Global Village, 2001, edited > by Charles Ess with Fay Sudweeks, SUNY Press, New York). > > Initial submissions are to be emailed to catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au as an > attachment (Word, HTML, PDF). Submission of a paper implies that it > has not been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of > each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the > conference. > > IMPORTANT DATES > > Full papers (10-20 pages): 12 January 2004 > Short papers (3-5 pages): 26 January 2004 > Notification of acceptance: end February 2004 > Final formatted papers: 29 March 2004 > > CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS > Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, cmess(a)drury.edu > Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au > CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIR > Malin Sveningsson, Karlstad University, Sweden, > malin.sveningsson(a)kau.se > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture

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