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

FW: ::fibreculture:: Fibreculture::Brisbane_2003::fibrepower:
by Danny Butt 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hi I thought Air-l members may be interested in this. Cheers Danny -- http://www.dannybutt.net ------ Forwarded Message Fibreculture::Brisbane_2003:::::::::: fibrepower:: Currents in Australasian New Media Research and Internet Culture :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: July 11, 12, 13th:::2003 Fibreculture http://www.fibreculture.org Brisbane::Powerhouse - Centre for the Live Arts New Farm Park, Brisbane QLD Tel: 3358 - 8622 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Fibreculture::Brisbane_2003::::::Fibrepower::Schedule & Themes Three day Meeting Fri July 11, Sat 12, Sun 13th Powerhouse: Courier Mail room Fibreculture :: in association with critical new media studies sections in universities across Brisbane, invites you to a meeting in July 2003 on theory, policy, practice, and education in New Media and the Internet. Fibrepower :: Currents in Australasian New Media Research and Internet Culture will bring together practitioners in the academy and industry from around Australia and New Zealand to participate in critically informed debates about new media and its cultures. It follows the ANZCA03 conference (see http://www.bgsb.qut.edu.au/conferences/ANZCA03/index.html - 9-11 July at QUT Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane). :: Theme of the 2003 Fibreculture Meeting :: fibrepower:: In academic and popular discourses, new media, the Internet, and 'virtual reality' are often described as just this - a 'virtual' reality, an Other, a 'cyberspace' which is somehow disconnected from the 'real' and secondary to 'life' experiences and issues. It is rarely accepted in the dominant Internet discourses of commercial and social culture that the truth is vastly different. New media and networked technologies currently pervade our lives and connect us ever more closely and solidly as citizens of networked society. If information and knowledge, in the new economy, are 'power', then the copper, optical, or wireless fibres spanning the networks are conduits for this power; they are full of power, and powerful. Their daily influence and the network's influence on human society is real and tangible. Fibreculture:: wants to address this continued insistence on conceptualising networked life and Internet cultures as a separate, second-rate or exotic reality, a dichotomy which obscures fact and prevents any in-depth engagement with and critique of the power of 'fibre' over and in our everyday lives. Set in a literal and figurative locus of power from the previous, industrial, era, ::fibrepower:: will engage with a range of themes that disclose the unseen power of fibre-culture in the informational age. Outcomes of this event will include a high profile public forum, an online publication of refereed articles, and deeper connections between new media industries, the academy and others. The meeting will be held at the Brisbane Powerhouse from July 11-13, 2003. (For reports from past fibreculture meetings and updates on fibreculture 2003, please see the Website at http://www.fibreculture.org/.) :::::::::::: FRIDAY nite JULY 11th 7 p.m. Welcome and Registration 8 p.m. Session 1: Fibrepower in the Regions :: Headed by Gerard Goggin Public forum with Guest Speakers, Panelists, and Q&A (TBA) In Australasia regional and rural areas continue to miss out on reliable and fast access to the global networks. This contributes significantly to the growing digital divide, and carries important implications for public and private policy. How can we increase the fibrepower of the regions, and what are current examples of best practice? Gerard Goggin (g.goggin(a)uq.edu.au) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland. He is writing a book entitled *Networked Imaginings: Cultural History of Australian Internet*, and has long had an interest in rural and regional internet and telecommunications (not least from living in the country himself). plus :: Introduction to the Fibreculture List & its Open Session, M/C Collaboration, fc Webjournal, and other Fibreculture activities with Geert Lovink, David Teh, Axel Bruns, and other list facilitators. **10 p.m. OPENING Art & Music :: Digital Literacies :: New Media Arts Exhibition :: Guest djs and vjs. No host bar. In conjunction with the conference, Fibreculture and fineArtforum are offering an online gallery space set up as an opportunity for artists to explore critical literacies and conference themes. An A4 gallery of resonant works will also be displayed at the meeting venue providing opportunity for practitioners and attendees to respond visually to the fibrepower themes both beforehand and during the discussions. Organized by Jane Turner. --- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Fibrepower::Weekend Schedule - Discussion Sessions Brisbane Powerhouse - July 12th and 13th SATURDAY JULY 12th 8 a.m.::Registration 8:45 a.m.::Welcome 9 - 10:45 a.m.::Session 2: Intellectual Property-Intellectual Possibilities :: Headed by Esther Milne and Kate Crawford The exercise of intellectual property rights can stifle the generation of intellectual property. The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been abused on any number of occasions. How can copyright be reconfigured for the networked age? How can creative rights be protected, and innovation ensured? How can fibrepower be harnessed to drive intellectual possibilities? What measures, policies and action should be implemented to protect indigenous cultural heritage and intellectual property? 10:45 a.m. Morning tea & coffee 11:15 - 1 p.m.::Session 3: Information Warfare :: Headed by Steve Stockwell and Geert Lovink Weapons of mass destruction may remain elusive - but weapons of mass disinformation are evident in any political or military conflict, if you know where and how to look. Information warfare adds to the firepower of conventional weapons arsenals. How do we disarm the information warriors? How do we distinguish freedom of information fighters from info-terrorists? How do we keep truth from becoming a battlefield detainee? 1 p.m.LUNCH 2:00 - 4 p.m. ::Session 4: Fibre Access Geopolitics Wired :: Headed by Guy Redden Much has been made of the distributed nature of the Internet. Does this make it a means through which previously unheard voices can carry, enhancing democracy? Or is it more that network capitalism can now get its tentacles everywhere, determining access and usage on its terms? This session invites critical appraisal and geopolitical interpretation of the spread of informational networks. How does the digital divide play out across space, class and ethnicity? Is access a luxury? With Google in China and aol.com in Australia and numerous other mergers and shifts, who controls the networks? With concentration/convergence, will there be an enclosure of the networks, new ways of constraining and exploiting their use to the detriment of the 'online commons'? Will distributed fibrepower continue to give an edge to international activism, indigenous rights, direct democracy/publishing, and other mobilisations against the centralisation of power? At least relative to other media? Consideration also needs to given to how these matters can be regulated. Is it time for a United Networks alongside the United Nations and who would hold the veto rights?! ____ 4 p.m.:: Warchalking Walk - Methods & Details Bring laptop with a wireless modem installed. Anyone with knowledge, please attend. ____ 7 p.m. Fibreculture dinner (optional) __ SUNDAY JULY 13th 9 a.m. Registration 10 - 11:45 a.m.::Session 5: The Internet Is Not Virtual :: Headed by Axel Bruns The myth of a separate, containable 'cyberspace' persists despite all evidence to the contrary. Rather than perpetuating new age visions of leaving the body behind to virtually 'inhabit' cyberspace, it is important to begin to realise that cyberspace, or fibrespace, already envelops society; is society. What are the implications of this fact? For example, how can disciplines like teaching and publishing turn to integrating Internet content, literacies, and technologies as part of their core activities rather than as an adjunct afterthought? In doing so, how can this 'fibrepower' be released from the strangleholds of outdated mythologies? 11:45 LUNCH 12:45 - 2:30 p.m.Session 6 ::Teaching Fibrepower:: :: Headed by Molly Hankwitz and Danny Butt Debates over technology and education are often couched in between the university sector hanging on to its critical freedom, authority and scholarship vs. government policy directions which are pushing higher education, among other sectors, into more corporatized, privatised spheres. Meanwhile, schools, colleges, and universities are struggling to keep up with the pace of technology. Teaching methods and approaches to cybercultures lag behind and students are often forced to take the initiative into their own hands if they hope to build useful skills sets and acquire an understanding of new media. Whole communities miss out on participating if they cannot make their voices heard. How can teaching institutions redress this situation? What are some excellent practices? 2:30 - 3 p.m. Afternoon Tea 3 - 4:45 p.m.::Open Session:: No set topic. Discussion about the direction of fibreculture. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: REGISTRATION: Three-day registration includes attendance at all sessions, lunches, morning and afternoon teas. All prices include GST. :: Three-day registration $27.50/$55.00 :: Opening nite forum and art exhibition only $10.00/$15.00 (Prices are for students and other concession cardholders / non-students) Pre-registration forms are available from the fibreculture website: http://www.fibreculture.org/ Late registration will be possible during the meeting. Cheques, cash and money orders only, thank you. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: For more information and to subscribe to the fibreculture list: See http://www.fibreculture.org/ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: For more inf. contact meeting organizers: Axel Bruns snurb(a)snurb.info Molly Hankwitz m.hankwitz(a)qut.edu.au Thank you to all participants and sponsors, John Hartley, QUT, UQ Media & Cultural Studies, M/C, fAf, Brisbane Powerhouse, Karen Hands, David Cox, Anna Zagala, and Jo Gray. Fibreculture 2003 sponsors: QUT Creative Industries Faculty http://www.creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/ - UQ Media and Cultural Studies Centre http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/ - M/C - Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au/ - fineArt forum http://www.fineartforum.org/ - Australian Network for Art and Technology http://www.anat.org.au/ - Brisbane Powerhouse - Centre for the Live Arts http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/ - Fibreculture is served by: Myspinach http://www.myspinach.org/ ::::::::::::::::::: ::posted on ::fibreculture:: mailinglist for australian ::critical internet theory, culture and research ::subscribe: fibreculture-request(a)lists.myspinach.org ::with "subscribe" in the subject line ::unsubcribe: fibreculture-request(a)lists.myspinach.org ::with "unsubscribe" in the subject line ::info and archive: http://www.fibreculture.org ::please send announcements to seperate mailinglist: :: http://lists.myspinach.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture-announce ------ End of Forwarded Message

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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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FYI - index of journals
by Irene Berkowitz 23 Nov '03

23 Nov '03

I just got this on another listserv and thought I would pass it along. The Iowa guide online at (http://fmp2.its.uiowa.edu/iowaguide/indexpage.html) has a list of journals for media related articles. It gives details as to content covered, if it is blind reviewed, page lengths, bibliography format, etc. Thanks, 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

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RE: [Air-l] Was Communication research Methods; now qualitative research methods
by amarkham 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hi Denise, I agree that _Landscapes of Qualitative Inquiry_ is a key text in qualitative research and very useful for laying out the various traditions of inquiry. This book is actually the first half of Denzin and Lincoln's _Handbook of Qualitative Research_, published as one unit in 2000 and split in two paperback books in 2003 (which makes it more affordable). You'll also be interested in the other half: _Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry_. Incidentally, they're in the process of putting together the 3rd edition. Cheers, Annette Markham >===== Original Message From "Denise N. Rall" <denrall(a)yahoo.com> ===== >Dear Air-ers: > >Going through my Endnotes, and found this very >interesting new book. First time I've understood >comprehensibly what the different methodological >approaches in qualitative research are. Might not >relate to comm. research, but excellent nonetheless. > >The landscape of qualitative research : theories and >issues / Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, editors. > >Edition : 2nd ed. >Imprint : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2003. >Description : xi, 684 p. ; 23 cm. > >Denise > > >===== >"Stupidity is not just a lack of content; it's also a process" >Denise N. Rall, Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & >PhD student, School of EnvironSciMgmt, Southern Cross University, >PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia >Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 >Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 >http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/research/deniserall/index.html > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication (M/C 132) 1007 W. Harrison Street Chicago, IL 60607-7137

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AoiR 4.0 Broadening the Band
by Liss Jeffrey 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

Greetings to all Our AoiR conference team is looking forward to welcoming all of you here in Toronto for our annual conference, October 16 - 19. Come early or stay longer if you can. The pre conference workshops take place on October 15. Please note that the early bird registration closes on July 15th, so we hope that you will signal your intention to come (and save some money) by signing up now. <http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=5WS1&&> or click into it from the front page of the Conference web site www.ecommons.net/aoir . We are updating our conference web site frequently, and will be adding the roommate finder (thanks Jeremy), and an easier to navigate program guide soon. You who have done this organizing for AoiR before know that it is always a lot more work than (as volunteers) you are quite prepared to handle. If anyone wants to add a pre conference workshop, please do contact our coordinator, Olivia Robertson - U of T <olivia.robertson(a)utoronto.ca> and the committee will consider your request. So far we have planned some fine workshops which will charge a fee, and a free local labs tour. Details soon on the web site. All is coming along, if a bit more slowly than we might like. We appreciate any help that has been supplied so far. Take care. Liss Jeffrey, PhD McLuhan Program, KMDI, University of Toronto aoir(a)ecommons.net

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hotel information for AOIR Toronto: Broadening the Band
by Rhiannon Bury 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

This will be of interest for those of you planning to attend the conference in Toronto: Iin light of the recent post inquiring about accommodation at the Hilton, I am forwarding the direct URL: http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/hotel_travel.phtml In brief, you can complete the form on our site and send it to the hotel by email or fax, or call the hotel (toll free if you are in North America). For those of you who wish to keep costs down and yet still be at the heart of the conference action, we now have our roommate finder forum up and running: http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/p/list.php?f=2 If you have any further questions, I am in charge of hotel liason and would be happy to assist you in any way I can. See you in October! Rhiannon Bury Steering and Working Committee AOIR Toronto: Broadening the Band

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last day for Air Canada seatsale!
by Rhiannon Bury 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

Attention AOIR Toronto participants: Seat sale for great fares to Toronto ends today, July 31. Details below in previous message. Rhiannon -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-l] AOIR 4: Getting to Toronto Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:32:06 -0400 From: Rhiannon Bury <welshwitch75(a)rogers.com> Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hello all: Again, this message is for those of you coming to Toronto for the conferenence from Canada or the US. Air Canada has announced a massive seat sale for travel good in Canada and the US through December. *Tickets must be booked by July 31!* This has nothing to do with the conference booking code but I bet you $$$ to donuts, this is cheaper. For travel within Canada, please visit: http://www.aircanada.ca/e-home.html Or http://www.aircanada.com/us-home.html for travel to Canada from the US. See you in October! Rhiannon Bury _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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RE: [Air-l] hotel information for AOIR Toronto: Broadening the B and
by Matthew Allen 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

Speaking as Program Chair, I can only emphasise and support what Nancy writes about the hotel rate. For what it is worth, a recent conference held locally in Perth for 2 and 1/2 days was charging registration at $1100 AUD (about $600 USD): this paid for venue hire, I am told. Cheers Matt -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Baym To: air-l(a)aoir.org Sent: 1/08/03 3:20 Subject: Re: [Air-l] hotel information for AOIR Toronto: Broadening the Band Alex and others, There have been extensive negotiations trying to reduce the hotel room rates. The hotel room rate subsidizes the meeting room space, so you are paying both for a place to sleep and a place to sit while you listen to the papers or to stand when you present your own. If we book enough hotel rooms, the Hilton gives us the meeting rooms. If we do not, we will have to pay the meeting room space. The post-Toronto alternative, if the conference is to continue to be large enough that meeting at universities is unrealistic, is to fold the cost of meeting rooms into registration rather than sleeping rooms, which would be considerably more expensive for all than the current arrangement. We are aware that we appeal particularly to younger (and less affluent) participants, that is why we offer the roomate board and discounted registration and membership. However, we do believe the conference offers a considerable benefit to those who attend, and, unfortunately, providing the space for 500 people to gather is expensive. Nancy >Given the importance of filling the hotel, I hate to be the one to >bring up the unspoken, but I'm guessing it's too spendy for many, >especially given the other options available. We have a lot of graduate >student members, and many coming without support from their >institutions, and the difference in cost over several days is >significant. > >Moreover, the Hilton has rooms listed on their website (linked from the >conference page) for as low as CDN$189 a night for double occupancy, >advance purchase. Even their "no restrictions" rate is $5 less than the >negotiated conference rate. I wonder if it might not be possible to >request the conference rate be reduced? > >Alex > >(Who will most likely be making the commute rather than staying.) > > >Quoting Rhiannon Bury <welshwitch75(a)rogers.com>: > > > Checking with the Hilton, it seems people aren't in hotel booking >> mode >> yet. As Nancy and Steve have mentioned, it is crucial to the >> financial >> success of the conference that people stay at the Hilton. ><...snip...> > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org ><http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l>http://www.aoir.org/mailman /listinfo/air-l -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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AoIR Election Results
by Nancy Baym 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

The results of elections for the Association of Internet Researchers' 2003-2005 term are in. Thank you to Jennifer Stromer-Galley for counting (and recounting!) them. Those elected were: Vice-President: Matthew Allen Secretary: Ulla Bunz Treasurer: Benjamin Bates Graduate Representative: Leslie Tkach Kawasaki Open Seats: Annette Markham and Radhika Gajjala I am enthusiastic about working with this group. I am also grateful to all those who ran and those who voted. This association is what it is (and what it will become) because of the active participation of its members. Thank you, Nancy -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Divorce by sms
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

I am guessing this hasn't hit Western shores yet, but certainly a novel use of technology!

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