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

Dr. Pat Radin Has Passed Away
by Michael Gurstein 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

This seems to be the season for sad announcements. I'm forwarding the below to the AiR list as many of you will have met or know of Pat Radin. Although relatively new as an academic, Pat had a long career as a science journalist specializing in new technologies. I got to know her when in the course of doing her Ph.D. work she approached me as someone with overlapping interests who lived near her research contacts in Nova Scotia. Pat's research focussing on the creation and on-going activities of an on-line support group for breast cancer survivors. Her research, typically for her, was lively, engaged and socially oriented, as concerned with the benefits that she might provide as with the academic outcomes of her work. Again typically for her she made friends with the group and eventually became a trusted advisor for them. Pat was a big person, big heart, big voice, big presence in the world. I'll miss her as a dear friend and as a valued collaborator. Mike Gurstein -----Original Message----- From: The Kennedys [mailto:kennedy@alamedanet.net] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 4:54 AMSubject: news regarding Pat Radin Importance: High Hello all- As you may already know, my mom, Dr. Patricia Radin, passed away Sunday, June 1st. We believe she died of a heart attack. It comes as a shock to all of us, and we've been trying hard for the past week to understand how something like this could happen, and where to go from here. Many of you have sent cards, flowers, and e-mails expressing your sorrow at her passing, and for that we are very grateful. It has been uplifting to know how she impacted so many people's lives in such a positive way. The support has been invaluable to us in a very difficult time. The past five days have been a whirlwind, like a very long nightmare, and I'm sending this out today just to let you know that your messages, letters, and cards are not going unread. We are planning a memorial celebration of her life for Sunday, June 29th (it would have been her 58th birthday). We have not worked out the details yet, but we hope to have plans made by the end of next week. It will be in the Bay Area, and will likely run all afternoon. Everyone is welcome to join us. I will send an e-mail out once we have details to share with you. Pat's school, Cal State Hayward, is in the process of setting up a Memorial Scholarship in her name. We think this is a wonderful way to keep her legacy alive, and would prefer any donations be made to this cause. Again, I will pass on information regarding this when it becomes available. My mom had so many friends in so many corners of the world that we felt e-mail would be the best way to keep in touch with everyone. We have tried to gather e-mail addresses from many of her sources, but I'm sure we have missed many people. PLEASE SEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO YOU DON'T SEE ON THE RECIPIENT LIST WHO YOU KNOW WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED OF THIS. Give them my e-mail address, and ask them to send me a note so I can add them to our address book. I want to make sure everyone knows what has occured, and has the opportunity to participate on June 29th. Again, thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Kevin Kennedy (Pat's son) kennedy(a)alamedanet.net

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metaphors for internet security
by jeremy hunsinger 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

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?

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2003 Carl Couch Internet Research Award
by Mark D. Johns 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

DECORAH, Iowa; June 6, 2003 –- The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (CCCSIR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2003 Carl Couch Award for Internet Research. The Couch Award is presented annually to recognize competitive papers produced by students at undergraduate or graduate level who make use of the theories and/or methodologies of social research advocated by the late Carl J. Couch, founder of the "New Iowa School" of symbolic interactionism. The winning paper is "Social Interaction and Meaning Construction among [Pro-Anorexic] Community Websites" by Camille Johnson, M.A. candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Communication. The Runner Up is "A/S/L Everyone!: The Presence of the Body in Web-Based Chat Rooms" by Sarah Michele Ford, Ph.D. candidate in sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Third place paper is "Virtual Religion: a Study of Spiritual Webmasters" by Terra McDaniel, based on her M.A. thesis, University of Houston, Department of Sociology. CCCSIR congratulates these winners, who have been invited to present their papers at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, to be held this year in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 16-19 2003. Award certificates and cash prizes will be presented at the Toronto event. The Carl Couch Center is an organization of friends and former students of Carl J. Couch, long time professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. The Center is devoted to advancing the scholarship initiated by Dr. Couch, and to continuing his passion for his students and their research efforts. The Center provides networking opportunities and collaboration information for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research inspired by Couch's work. By promoting interdisciplinary exchanges, the Center seeks to engage the scholars, citizens, and industry partners in social and Internet research. For more information, see http://www.cccsir.org -- 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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The Information Society (TIS) update
by harmeet s. sawhney 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

The Information Society (TIS) update Rob's sudden passing away on May 15th was a shock for everybody, especially so for those of us who had been interacting with him almost on a daily basis. It felt so unreal. For a while we kept TIS humming on an ad hoc basis. We now have a more formal arrangement for TIS operations. I will be serving as the interim editor till the end of this year. I will do my best to preserve the orientation that Rob gave to TIS. Since I had the privilege of working with Rob over the last three years, I have been asked: What was Rob's vision for TIS? In my opinion, it was not so much a vision but an attitude that Rob brought to TIS that made all the difference. He had no methodological fetish and welcomed works from any perspective as long as they opened a window in the mind. The results of this openness are evident on the pages of TIS where juxtaposition of papers drawn from disparate research traditions generates a surprising harmony. We are promoted to think beyond the confines of our own cubbyholes. Our challenge is to prolong this moment of openness for as long as possible. TIS continues to welcome good ideas from diverse sources. If you have an exciting project going, we look forward to hearing about it. Harmeet Sawhney Interim Editor, The Information Society Associate Professor Department of Telecommunications Indiana University, 1229 E. 7th St. Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 Phone: (812) 855-0954 Fax: (812) 855 - 7955 URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/faculty/sawhney.html

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Re: [Air-l] Thanks for Info on Effects of Power Point
by Sarah Stewart 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Hello Naomi Thank you for your email. I have just started using powerpoint in my teaching (just love it!) and it has never entered my mind that there were side effects! Have you got an actual urls for this work? Regards Sarah Sarah Stewart Midwifery Lecturer School of Midwifery Otago Polytechnic Dunedin New Zealand Tel: 03 4793642 sarahs(a)tekotago.ac.nz

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Thanks for Info on Effects of Power Point
by Naomi Susan Baron 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

My thanks to everyone replying to my request for info on the potential effects of Power Point on cognition and writing. Most of the responses appeared on-list. Off-list, I received suggestions to look at Digital Hemlock (still forthcoming in the US, already available in Australia) and at Edward Tufte's website section on the cognitive effects of Power Point.) Without this listserv, I suspect our collective research efforts would be much the poorer. Naomi Naomi Baron Professor of Linguistics American University Washington, DC 20016-8045

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Last call - Workshop on "HCI design aspects for applications of m -commerce"
by A.C.Roibas＠bton.ac.uk 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Last call - Workshop on "HCI design aspects for applications of m-commerce" - 1st Call for Papers 8 September 2003, in adjunction to MOBILE HCI 03, in Udine (Italy) The topic of the workshop M-commerce is one of the most challenging problems regarding interaction with mobile devices. The workshop intends to explore and analyse the main features in the design of scenarios of mobile commerce for the incoming 3G mobile communication technologies. One of the main problems to the diffusion of m-commerce in Europe was the applications' lack of usability. Furthermore there are other m-commerce related aspects as micro-payments, wireless authentication for proximity transactions, interactive-ads for mobile devices etc that deserve special attention by HCI designers. Mobile scenarios which are a fertile area for new applications and services, require an original approach to user centred interface design. Therefore, new design approaches, HF studies, behavioural theories and evaluation techniques need to arise in order to be able to design interactive m-commerce applications and services that provide the user with a positive experience. This tutorial aims is to sensitise participants to these specific HCI design issues for mobile applications of m-commerce; to share the experience gained in several case studies; to explore the most appropriate techniques of interface design and evaluation in this type of device range and to identify possible areas of exploration to extend the HCI research community in the proposed topic. ------------------------------------------ The activity organization The workshop is designed as a one-day practical activity with relevant theoretical discussion, ending with a poster design session. After the presentations and discussion, participants will be invited to choose a particular format for mobile-commerce (book payment, cinema booking, etc.) and hypothesise a plausible scenario of use (mainly when he is 'on the move' - e.g. in a train, using a pocket PC or a mobile phone) for these services or applications. Each team will be asked to summarize its findings with a poster presentation. ------------------------------------------ Program Committee of the Workshop The workshop organizers will be responsible for facilitating the breakout groups formed and ensuring discussion during the workshop. * Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, University of Brighton a.c.roibas(a)brighton.ac.uk <mailto:a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk> * Stefania Marcoli, H3G stefania(a)marcoli.it <mailto:stefania@marcoli.it> * Luigi Centenaro, Ericsson luigi(a)centenaro.it <mailto:luigi@centenaro.it> * Lucia Terrenghi, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology lucia.terrenghi(a)fit.fraunhofer.de <mailto:lucia.terrenghi@fit.fraunhofer.de> ------------------------------------------ Background of the participants and proposed group size The workshop is intended for practitioners working in the mobile industry (telcos, device manufacturers, service providers, etc.) and for HF academics and students with interests in human computer interaction and mobile commerce. Participants will be asked to submit a brief position paper of 1-2 pages, or a reference to a mobile product in which they have been involved. Participants will be selected on the basis of their interest in and familiarity with the topic. Although not particular skills are required, basic knowledge of interaction design issues are recommendable. A group not bigger than 20 participants will be very suitable to a positive share knowledge and experiences. However, if the interest in this topic significantly increases and request to participate warrant, then it would consider reformatting the workshop to accommodate larger numbers. ------------------------------------------ Participation and Deadlines Workshop candidates are requested to send a position paper (no longer than 4 A4 pages) before the 10th of June to a.c.roibas(a)brighton.ac.uk <mailto:a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk> . Submissions need to be formatted according to the ACM SIG style (guidelines for generating and formatting files are available on Springer-Verlag Internet site at: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> ). ------------------------------------------ Important dates June 10: Workshop submission deadline. July 5: Workshop acceptance/rejection deadline. Also note that the authors of accepted workshop papers can register with a reduced fee, but the deadline for this is July 10. In case of delays, the workshop participants will have to pay a late registration*. July 20: Authors submit to organizers camera-ready versions of papers. September 8: Workshops day at Mobile HCI 2003 *Please note that participants need to register for the whole MobileHCI'03 conference. For registration details and fee see http://hcilab.uniud.it/mobilehci/registration.html <http://hcilab.uniud.it/mobilehci/registration.html> . For more information, see http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/workshopmhci03.htm <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/workshopmhci03.htm> .

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last call for nominations
by jeremy hunsinger 04 Jun '03

04 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 Ben Bates Dept. of Broadcasting College of Communication and Information University of Tennessee 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 Leslie Tkach Kawasaki Graduate Student Doctoral Program in International Political Economy University of Tsukuba 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 Denise N. Rall School of Education Southern Cross 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 Frank Thomas Centre national d'études des télécommunications DIH/UCE Nils Zurawski University of Muenster this should be the complete list, as I have it today. If you are not on it and want to be on it, please email nominate(a)aoir.org

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Re: [Air-l] Research on Effects of Power Point?
by Rod Carveth 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

The best resource I know on this topic is Star Muir at George Mason University. His email is smuir(a)gmu.edu Good luck, Rod Carveth Rochester Institute of Technology >From: "Irene Berkowitz" <berkowitz(a)mail.temple.edu> >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org >To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] Research on Effects of Power Point? >Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:49:25 -0400 > >I teach a class in public speaking and persuasion and my students, which >are mainly business students, are often required to use powerpoint. >They claim that it has made them very serial thinkers. This means they >think in "lists" rather than in evidentiary terms to support their >arguments. I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but >several of them commented on the differences re: how to construct an >argument from a rhetorical perspective and how they are being taught to >think about business problems. A piece of anecdotal info. for what's >it's worth. BTW, this is why the business school requires them to take >this course and they have had input in constructing the syllabus. > >IB > > > >Irene Berkowitz >Program Director, Curricular Publications and Systems >Office of the Vice Provost >Temple University >tel. 215-204-7596 fax. 215-204 3175 >berkowitz(a)mail.temple.edu > > >>> bowseat(a)bethmazur.com 06/03/2003 9:12:00 PM >>> > >Does anyone know of research (formal or otherwise) on the effects of >Power > >Point formatting on emerging writing styles, logical argumentation >skills, > >or comprehension? I'd be grateful for any data for (or against) the >current > >adage that "Power corrupts but Power Point corrupts absolutely." > >On the "for" side, you may want to check out Edward Tufte's (who's >acknowledged for the 'corruption" quote) very recent publication >titled >"The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" ($7 on Tufte's site at >http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp. I'm not sure that it >includes any real research data, but I'm sure the argument will be >interesting! > >Beth Mazur >IDblog: http://idblog.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Research on Effects of Power Point?
by Naomi Susan Baron 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Does anyone know of research (formal or otherwise) on the effects of Power Point formatting on emerging writing styles, logical argumentation skills, or comprehension? I'd be grateful for any data for (or against) the current adage that "Power corrupts but Power Point corrupts absolutely." With thanks, Naomi Naomi S. Baron Professor of Linguistics American University Washington, DC 20016-8045

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