June 2003 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Looking for Celebrity Blogs
by kaye＠trammell.com 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

I'm compiling a list of celebrity-run blogs. So far, I have a list of 15+ blogs, but I know that there must be more out there. My definition of "celebrity" is pretty loose, so if you know of a celebrity blog, please e-mail me the celebrity name & a working URL. You may e-mail the celebrity blog leads to me at kaye(a)trammell.com. Thanks in advance for sharing the info with me! Kaye Trammell University of Florida ___________________________________________________ Kaye takes over the Web at http://kaye.trammell.com

1 0

RE: [Air-l] metaphors for internet security
by Kris Gowen 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

A file cabinet or office? 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 -----Original Message----- From: jeremy hunsinger [mailto:jhuns@vt.edu] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:18 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] metaphors for internet security I was thinking today about what metaphors might be appropriate for internet security. I was considering primarily metaphors based on current technology. If you had to think that the internet security was most like a the security issues surrounding another technology, would you think that it was more like keeping a house secure, or a wallet? a car secure or a toaster secure? thoughts? other ideas? _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

1 0

CFP on Contemporary Anti-War Mobilizations - Corfu, Greece, November 6-7, 2003
by Moses Boudourides 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

The following announcement might be of some interest for some people in the list. Apologies for multiple copies. --Moses A. Boudourides Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of Patras 265 00 Rio-Patras Greece Tel.: +30-2610-996318 Fax: +30-2610-996318, +30-2610-992965 http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour **************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS CONTEMPORARY ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATIONS Agonistic Engagement Within Social Movement Networks A two day workshop to be held in Corfu, Greece, November 6-7, 2003 The network perspective is often discussed in relation to social movements and collective action. Key elements of the latter, such as actors, agencies, organizations, institutions etc. witnessing, participating, confronting or allying with social movements, can be studied in their networked entanglements - consensual or conflictual, deliberative or agonistic - at any level of collective action - local, national or global. This international workshop seeks to explore a particular form of contemporary social movements: anti-war mobilizations and peace movements, increasingly connected with networked forms of collective action in the era of globalization. In particular, we seek papers addressing one or more of the following questions: * How are national, subnational and transnational mobilizations articulated to each other specially when they put forward distant issues an in the case of the contemporary anti-war movements? * What sort of networked patterns or organizational forms emerge from such movements and how these expanded network structures are configuring or are configured within broader political processes and global information flows? * Do the recent episodes of anti-war collective action cluster in emerging cycles and waves of protest? Is their diffusion affected by the geographic scale or on any other underlying heterogeneities? * What kind of data or/and ethnomethodological work could properly map the anti-war movement? * What sort of causal models or agent-based simulations of evolving dynamic and self-organizing networks could describe the dynamics of these mobilizations? * How do policies and politics over anti-war mobilizations relate to each other? What is the response of the authorities or the state to this type of contentious action? What is the interaction between anti-war protest and repression? * How is globalization connected with the upsurge of global terrorism together with many other types of violence (state, racial, ethnic, cultural or gender-based)? * How do the modern states of emergency and risk society react against the threads or accidents of network vulnerabilities, failures or collapses? * Could modern movements as global anti-war protests be viewed as a particular instance of reflexive remodernization? * How public deliberation and pluralist democracy can foster inside the radical agonistics against globalization? * Can the democratization of science or the idea that 'another science is possible' be advanced and sustained within these mobilizations? The Workshop will be organized by Dr Iosif Botetzagias (iosif_botetzagias(a)yahoo.co.uk) and Prof Moses Boudourides (mboudour(a)upatras.gr) University of Patras, Greece. There are no registration fees and delegates interested in participating will soon receive information about hotels in Corfu and traveling within Greece. Abstracts up to 250 words should be sent by email to one of the organizers by July 15, 2003.

1 0

final week of nominations
by jeremy hunsinger 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

We are in the beginning of the final week of the nominations period for the Association of Internet Researchers Elections with a week and a half to go. Nominations can be made by sending an email to nominate(a)aoir.org, and you should feel free to cc this list when nominating someone. We encourage everyone to participate by nominating yourself or others. only members of AoIR are eligible to be elected, but anyone may nominate someone. for more information: http://www.aoir.org/pipermail/air-l/2003-May/003876.html The current nominees are: Vice President Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University Treasurer Alexander Halavais Assistant Professor School of Informatics University at Buffalo, State University of New York Secretary Ulla Bunz, Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University Graduate Student Rep Open Seat Tracy Kennedy Doctoral Student Sociology University of Toronto Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP Doctoral Student School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Open Seat Klaus Bruhn Jensen Professor of Film and Media Studies University of Copenhagen Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois Chicago Monica Murero University of Maastricht Dr. Kate O'Riordan Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies) University of Sussex Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, School of Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences Faculty of Management & Information Sciences University of Brighton Gitte Stald, Assistant Professor Film & Media Studies University of Copenhagen Nils Zurawski University of Muenster

1 0

Workshop on Accessibility Issues for interactive TV
by A.C.Roibas＠bton.ac.uk 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

Call for participation Accessibility Issues for Interactive Television Workshop at HCI2003, University of Bath, U.K. Tuesday 9 September 2003 All day workshop Contributions (short papers, position statements) are invited for a workshop at HCI2003 on Accessibility Issues for Interactive Television. The workshop will be of interest to practitioners working in iTV production, government bodies, user groups and academics/HCI practitioners with interests in accessibility and iTV production. If you would like to take part, see the Workshop web site - http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/lp22/HCI2003.html <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/lp22/HCI2003.html> - for more details. Background Interactive television gives the newly active viewer the opportunity to extend their use of the television to activities now familiar from the Internet. They can browse information on topics of interest, personalise their viewing choices, play interactive games, carry out e-commerce related activities (shopping, banking, betting, etc.), interacting with other viewers, and play an increasingly active role in broadcast programmes. Interactive television could be of particular use to the elderly (the biggest consumers of television, watching on average more than 5 hours a day) and the physically disabled (94% of visually impaired people watch television regularly), as it would allow them to access services from home. However usability and accessibility currently cause serious problems for many poten tviewers. Difficulties include use of the remote control handset by people with impaired motor control, perception of text and icons on screen by visually impaired or dyslexic people and the limitations of subtitles designed to include people with hearing difficulties. Goals The goals of the workshop are to develop an accessibility research agenda for iTV, to identify and extend the research community in this area and to investigate ways of creating productive connections with commissioners, producers and directors of iTV services to support the integration of accessibility into the design process. In the workshop we will encourage developers and HCI practitioners to share knowledge and experiences, exploring a range of issues including: * the particular accessibility issues raised by iTV * the issues involved in designing iTV so that it is accessible to as wide a range of viewers as possible * accessibility issues for input/output devices to iTV * the potential of personalisation for creating more accessible iTV * accessibility evaluation techniques for iTV programmes and services * the relevance of current accessibility knowledge to iTV * the potential of using multiple platforms to improve accessibility, e.g. iTV and mobile phone * the accessibility/usability relationship Format The workshop is designed as a one-day mix of presentations and small-and whole- group discussion, ending with a poster design session. Please send your contributions by 13 June to: usability(a)brighton.ac.uk <mailto:usability@brighton.ac.uk> (We are aware that the deadlines are tight. If you are considering to submit but have difficulty to do it in time, please send us an email). Participants will be selected on the basis of their interest in and familiarity with the topic. Contributions will be circulated beforehand and posted on the Workshop web site. ---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, School of Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences Faculty of Management & Information Sciences University of Brighton Watts Building, Moulsecoomb Brighton BN2 4GJ United Kingdom t +44(0)1273 64 2458 f +44(0)1273 64 2405 m +44(0)7814 491790 http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/ <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/>

1 0

Seen Any Good McLuhan Cites Lately?
by Wendy Robinson 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

I'm trying to track down references (particularly fresh ones) to McLuhan's idea that media act as sensory extensions, as referenced in the subtitle to _Understanding Media_. At this time, I'm not especially interested in the global village or in his idea that the medium is the message or in the other stuff easier to find on McLuhan. If you have suggestions and could please send them to me off-list, I would greatly appreciate it. If the AoIR list is interested in the cumulative results, I will be glad to share the list that results at a later time. Thanks, Wendy Robinson wgrobin(a)uc.edu Asst Prof, Comm Dept Univ of Cincinnati

2 1

RE: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #734 - 2 msgs
by elmergr 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

Wendy, Check out F. Kittler's _Gramophone, Film Typewriter_, or G. Genosko's _The Masters of Implosion_ Greg >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 21:11:15 -0400 >To: Air-l(a)aoir.org >From: Wendy Robinson <wgrobin(a)uc.edu> >Subject: [Air-l] Seen Any Good McLuhan Cites Lately? >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >I'm trying to track down references (particularly fresh ones) to McLuhan's >idea that media act as sensory extensions, as referenced in the subtitle to >_Understanding Media_. At this time, I'm not especially interested in the >global village or in his idea that the medium is the message or in the >other stuff easier to find on McLuhan. > >If you have suggestions and could please send them to me off-list, I would >greatly appreciate it. If the AoIR list is interested in the cumulative >results, I will be glad to share the list that results at a later time. > >Thanks, >Wendy Robinson >wgrobin(a)uc.edu >Asst Prof, Comm Dept >Univ of Cincinnati > > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > >End of Air-l Digest Greg Elmer Assistant Professor Department of Communication Boston College 215 Lyons Hall Chesnut Hill, MA 02467 http://www2.bc.edu/~elmergr/ Co-Editor Space and Culture http://www.carleton.ca/space/

1 0