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RE: [Air-l] Communication research Methods
by Andrew Herman 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Thanks Komiko. I hadn't thought about Babbie--I used when I was in grad school. It is a very nice text. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 01610 (508) 793-2531 >>> kaoki(a)bu.edu 06/12/03 13:44 PM >>> I've been teaching communication research methods courses for five years and found the following textbooks useful. Wimmer, R.D. and Dominick, J.R. (2003). Mass Media Research: An Introduction. 7th ed. * Good introductory textbook with ample examples of practical applications in mass media research. I use this textbook for my undergraduate research course. Frey, L R., Botan, C. H., and Kreps, G L. (2000). Investigating Communication: An Introduction Research Methods. 2nd Ed. * Introductory, but comprehensive textbook with detailed explanation of statistical analyses. I used to use this book for my graduate research course. Reinard, J.C. (2001). Introduction to Communication Research. 3rd ed. * Another introductory textbook focusing on quantitative research in communication. Babbie, E. (2004). The Practice of Social Research. 10th ed. * This is more for sociological research than communication research. But, the author explains concepts well in a friendly manner. I use this textbook for my graduate research course. Hope this helps. Kumiko Aoki, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication Boston University 640 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 tel: 617/358-1305 fax: 617/358-1301 email: kaoki(a)bu.edu homepage: http://people.bu.edu/kaoki "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:13:50 -0400 > From: "Andrew Herman" <aherman(a)holycross.edu> > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-l] Communication research Methods > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Friends- > > I wil be teaching a graduate level course on communications research = > methods next year for the very first time. Can any of you > recommend some = > good texts to use? > > Thanks, > > AH > > Andrew Herman, Ph. D. > Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology > College of the Holy Cross > Worcester, MA 01610 > (508) 793-2531 > _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #785 - 2 msgs
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Stewart Alexander (speech communication) recently completed a doctoral dissertation at UIUC on online support groups. He looked at several types of groups. Leadership and social support on the internet : a longitudinal analysis of mental and physical illness groups / by Stewart Christopher Alexander / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002. Published: 2002. Physical Description: viii, 158 leaves, bound ; 29 cm. /CH ------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > --__--__-- > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:18:17 -0400 > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > From: David Jacobson <jacobson(a)brandeis.edu> > Subject: [Air-l] Online Support Groups > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Dear Colleagues, > > I'm looking for references to journal articles, written by sociologists, > psychologists, anthropologists or other social scientists about online > peer illness support groups. The disorders can be of any kind--e.g., breast > cancer, anorexia, pain syndromes, huntington's disease, etc. I'd appreciate > any suggestions. If you email them to me (jacobson(a)brandeis.edu) I'll > compile them and post them to this list. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave Jacobson > > > David Jacobson > Professor of Anthropology > Department of Anthropology > Brandeis University > MS 006 > Waltham, MA 02454-9110 > USA > > Phone: 781-736-2228 > Fax: 781-736-2232 >

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great conference - TPRC
by Eszter Hargittai 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

This is a GREAT conference, I hope some of you can attend! Let me know if you have any questions about it, this will be my fifth time there and I was on the Program Committee this year so I have a pretty good idea of what to expect. -- Eszter Shaping Debate, Informing Decision Makers: 31st Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy http://www.tprc.org MEDIA CONTACTS: Benjamin Compaine, Chair of TPRC Board of Directors Email: compaine(a)itc.mit.edu Robert Cannon, Chair of Program Committee Email: cannon(a)cybertelecom.org (Arlington, Virginia) - The 31st annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) on Communications, Information and Internet Policy will be held September 19 through 21, 2003 in Arlington, Virginia. Hosted by the Center for Technology and Law at George Mason University Law School, TPRC is the premier senior-level academic forum that addresses the economic, social, and technical dimensions of communications policy in the Information Age. �There are few, if any policy conferences where government decision makers go out of their way to be in the audience as opposed to being on the podium,� observes Robert Cannon, Chair of the Program Committee. �TPRC is the annual showcase where decision makers go to be exposed to original thinking and hard data.� This year�s conference features over twenty sessions during which economists, social scientists, technologists and lawyers present original research about a range of timely topics to include broadband deployment, Wi-Fi networks, consolidation and mergers, and digital copyrights. Keynote speakers will be Michael K. Powell (invited), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Randolph May of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, and Andrew Schwartzman (invited) of the Media Access Project. Program highlights include panels discussing the FCC�s relaxed media ownership rules, the Congressional challenge to that ruling, and an exploration into the consolidation of and competition in telecommunications industries by senior economists from the Department of Justice, the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission. Devoid of sound bites, pundits and rhetoric, TPRC moves into the oasis of original research and solid data. �Where else can you find the FCC�s Chief for Policy Development, Commissioners and staff, some of the leading thinkers from the academic community, and former FCC economists and technologists?� reflects Ben Compaine, Chair of the Board of Directors, about the upcoming conference. Complete details about the conference and registration materials are available online at www.tprc.org. Attendees save $100 if registration is received by August 22, 2003. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com

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Rob Kling commemoration Friday October 3
by C. Courtright 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

* * PLEASE CIRCULATE * * Please join the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science in commemorating the life and achievements of Professor Rob Kling. Friday, October 3, 2003 1:30-3:00 PM Wendell W. Wright School of Education Auditorium, Room 1120 201 N. Rose Avenue Bloomington, IN Map at: http://www.indiana.edu/~edfolks/stretmap.html Visitor parking in upper level of Jordan Avenue Garage - take a ticket when you enter. Nine of Rob's friends and colleagues will speak briefly about his life and work: Blaise Cronin, Indiana University Kenneth Kraemer, University of California, Irvine Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine Suzanne Iacono, National Science Foundation John King, University of Michigan Fritz Lieber and Dorothy Menosky, Indiana University Alice Robbin and Noriko Hara, Indiana University Immediately following the commemoration please join the Indiana University Student Chapter of ACM in planting a tree in Rob's honor. This will take place in the arboretum outside his SLIS office. For out-of-town guests, a block of rooms has been reserved for the "Rob Kling Memorial" at: The Indiana Memorial Union (until September 18) 800-209-8145 University Plaza (until September 13) 812-339-2033 ________________________________________________________________ Debora Shaw, Professor and Interim Dean shawd(a)indiana.edu | School of Library and Information Science | Indiana University Main Library 011 (812) 855-3261 | 1320 East 10th Street Fax: (812) 855-6166 | Bloomington, IN 47405-3907

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Re: History and architecture of chat rooms/spaces
by E. Sean Rintel 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

Dear Amanda, For IRC, the best resource for IRC history and technical information (which you probably already know) is irchelp.org. Until anon, Sean

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AOIR 4: Getting to Toronto
by Rhiannon Bury 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

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

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The Fluxus Home Page
by George Lessard 27 Jul '03

27 Jul '03

The Fluxus Home Page http://www.nutscape.com/fluxus/homepage/ The Companion Web Site to the FLUXLIST Email Discussion Group The purpose of FLUXLIST is to promote an exchange of ideas about the past, present, and future of Fluxus. The list can include a wide range of members, ranging from those who have recently read or heard about Fluxus to experts. New Beginnings (Aug, 1999): Guidelines for FLUXLIST participation "Fluxus has been able to grow because it's had room for dialogue and transformation. It's been able to be born and reborn several times in different ways. The fluid understanding of its own history and meaning, the central insistence on dialogue and social creativity rather than on objects and artifacts have enabled Fluxus to remain alive on the several occasions that Fluxus has been declared dead."--Ken Friedman, A FLUXUS IDEA 1/2. Subscribing to FLUXLIST http://www.fluxus.org/FLUXLIST/subscrib.htm The Fluxus Email Discussion Group You can subscribe to FLUXLIST by sending the following command in the body of an email: subscribe FLUXLIST to majordomo(a)scribble.com Note: It doesn't matter what you type in the "Subject:" line of your email message. After you have successfully subscribed, you will begin receiving each new message as it is posted to the FLUXLIST discussion group. You will also receive instructions about how you can post messages to FLUXLIST. FLUXLIST-DIGEST: An Alternative Way to Subscribe If you would prefer to receive your FLUXLIST messages in batches, then please subscribe to FLUXLIST-DIGEST. You can do so, by sending the following command in the body of an email: subscribe FLUXLIST-DIGEST to majordomo(a)scribble.com Note: It doesn't matter what you type in the "Subject:" line of your email message. After you have successfully subscribed to FLUXLIST-DIGEST, you will begin receiving a new digest approximately every 6 to 10 emails. You will also receive instructions about how you can post messages to FLUXLIST. If you need assistance in subscribing, please contact fluxus(a)rust.net Before deciding to subscribe to FLUXLIST you may want to sample previous messages and discussions at: the Fluxus Mail Archive http://king.dom.de/fluxus/ QUESTIONS ABOUT FLUXUS --the "art" movement What is Fluxus? Some definitions, history, and resources. Geroge Maciunas "...a fusion of Spike Jones, vaudeville, gag, children's games and Duchamp." Martha Wilson "Fluxus...holds that change is the only constant. This movement contributed the term 'intermedia,' and popularized time-based performance, video, film, installation and published multiple forms that artists and the public take for granted today." Ken Friedman "Fluxus is (or was) an international community of artists, architects, designers and composers sometimes described as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the 1960s." In the aftermath of the 30th anniversary exhibitions, Fluxus has been celebrated as a leading force in the development of post-modern culture and dismissed as a group of charlatans. Variously described in terms of architecture, design, music, poetry, criticism, social sculpture, mathematics, politics, dance, film, visual art and many more, Fluxus can be thought of as a community of people engaged in all these disciplines. What they had (or have) in common is their engagement in evanescent forms that expanded the boundaries of art. When Fluxus emerged, it was radically distinct. It was not an art form or a way of making art, but a way of viewing society and life, a way of creating social action and life activity. "Fluxus occupied ecological border zones between existing forms and media, only some of which were art forms. Fluxus successfully and somewhat problematically erased all distinctions between art, philosophy, design and daily life. What distinguished Fluxus from everything else was the fact that we were in love with experimentation, really in love. "Often controversial, willing to argue with each other and with the common view of art, Fluxus participants were diverse in goals and divergent in viewpoint. The work was rooted in science and social practice as well as in art, resolutely experimental, profoundly theoretical and often didactic. These factors made Fluxus difficult to describe. Lacking a common sensibility or a trademark style, Fluxus was overlooked by an art market that defined the art history of recent decades. This situation has changed. Historical studies now locate Fluxus as a primary source of conceptual art, intermedia and performance art and Fluxus includes founding figures of video art, installation, mail art and Internet. Neglected by the market-oriented art world, Fluxus became a source of ideas and practices adopted by fields ranging from architecture and industrial design to culture theory and psychology." Fluxus Online "Fluxus is the wry, post-Dada art movement that flourished in New York and Germany in the 1950s and 60s, and influences many contemporary artists. The rest you have to figure out yourself." Ken Friedman (from a 4 October, 1996, post to FLUXLIST) "Heiko asks, 'Pop/Flux, I think the difference is the still unclear role of Maciunas, unclear to me. Why did people follow him?? What was so convincing in his concept, personality?' "It's not clear that anyone "followed" George in the normal sense of the word. I was close to him in the mid-60s and in those years worked more closely with him than many of the other Fluxus people, but you couldn't say I "followed" him. "George's role is quite clear. It's there in the history if you wish to read it. Four scholars have addressed different aspects of the issue, each from different views. Owen Smith's doctoral dissertation looks most specifically at George and at his relations with the rest of us. Smith, Owen. George Maciunas and a History of Fluxus (or) the Art Movement that Never Was. Seattle: University of Washington, Department of Art History, 1991. [doctoral dissertation] "What's a key here, is that much of what is said and written about George is the repetitive recycling of a few dramatic inventions that distort and mistake his role. He played an important role as one among several key figures, but the historical fact is that George was actually a late-comer to the circle of people who formed Fluxus. This circle began to form in the mid-50s in New York and in Europe among people who met and contacted each and who stayed in good touch during the formative years and after. In New York, this included the circle of Cage's students and friends such as Higgins, Knowles, Hansen, and others. In Europe, it included Paik, Vostell, Williams, Patterson and others. George met these people and brought them into the framework of his plan for a magazine called Fluxus. He had a name and an idea: the artists eventually adopted the name but they did not adopt George's ideas and he didn't lead them. Rather, there was -- after some fuss and bother -- a merging of ideas and expectations. If anything, you can say it was George who changed rather than the others, but it was all of them together who became Fluxus. "Fluxus was the name that George Maciunas created for a magazine. He used the name for a festival where some of the artists who became the group known as Fluxus met and performed together publicly for the first time under the name Fluxus. The name stuck, describing an existing complex of phenomena and a meeting ground of multiple concepts. To the degree that George brought the name with him that came to be applied to Fluxus, you can say that Fluxus was George's name. Even so, you can not say that Fluxus was "his concept." "Three other theses and dissertations discuss the several aspects of this in a brilliant way: Blom, Ina. 1993. The Intermedia Dynamic: An Aspect of Fluxus. Oslo, Norway: Institutt for Arkeologi, Kunsthistorie og Numismatikk, Universitet i Oslo. [magister thesis] Doris, David T. 1993. Zen Vaudeville: A Medi(t)ation in the Margins of Fluxus. New York, New York: Department of Art History, Hunter College. [master's thesis] Higgins, Hannah. 1994. Enversioning Fluxus: A Venture into Whose Fluxus, Where and When. Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of Art History. [doctoral dissertation] In addition, two magazine special issues shed great light on these matters: Sellem, Jean, ed. 1991. Fluxus Research. Lund Art Press, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1991: School of Architecture, University of Lund. This special issue of Lund Art Press is especially notable because it contains the first widely published version of Dick Higgins's key article, "Fluxus: Theory and Reception." Milman, Estera, ed. 1992. Fluxus: A Conceptual Country. [Visible Language, vol. 26, nos. 1/2.] Providence: Rhode Island School of Design."

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RESEARCH SOFTWARE
by D.Mepham 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

As an undergraduate I am seeking to find out the best way to continually update my PC skills while also studying my degree and aiming for a career in research. It would help if anyone could recommend skills, courses, and research software that would be relevant. For example if you are about to employ a Research Assistant want skills apart from their degree would give an application The Edge! Dont forget I am a UK student and am running Pentium 4 level PC with Windows XP as the OS. Thanks

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Online Support Groups
by David Jacobson 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

Dear Colleagues, I'm looking for references to journal articles, written by sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists or other social scientists about online peer illness support groups. The disorders can be of any kind--e.g., breast cancer, anorexia, pain syndromes, huntington's disease, etc. I'd appreciate any suggestions. If you email them to me (jacobson(a)brandeis.edu) I'll compile them and post them to this list. Thanks in advance, Dave Jacobson David Jacobson Professor of Anthropology Department of Anthropology Brandeis University MS 006 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 USA Phone: 781-736-2228 Fax: 781-736-2232

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Generations Online: Study from AARP
by Beth Mazur 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

Here's some info from a study just released by AARP. I thought this might be of interest to some on the list. From the website: ----- Generations Online: Getting By With A Little Help From One's Kids Over two-thirds (71%) of adults surveyed age 25-44 who reported having an older parent or older adult with a computer are contacted by that person for help with their computer or the Internet. In fact, of these, over three quarters (78%) are the first person their relative turns to for help, with nearly 50% saying they are contacted more than twice a month. While some might expect frequent requests for technology support would be a burden, the survey proves otherwise as over 80% of those surveyed report that having their older relatives online has made a positive difference in their lives. In fact, several respondents reported that they enjoyed being able to help their parents and that this was a way that they could give back for all their parents had done. Additional findings from the survey: * 43% of the respondent's 50+ parents use instant messaging to keep in touch with their children * email is used nearly as frequently with families who live closer geographically (94%) than those who live far apart (99%) * 78% of respondents have taught computer use; 74% how to use email; 64% have helped set up a computer * older grandchildren (52% of respondents with kids 18-24 years old and 48% of respondents with kids 11-17 years old) help their grandparents with the computer of the Internet ----- To download the report, click http://links.aarp.org/generationsonline (PDF, 72K) or visit http://www.aarp.org/olderwiserwired Beth Mazur IDblog: http://idblog.org

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