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Congratulations (fwd)
by robert m. tynes 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

A 419, European-style? -robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:35:42 +0100 From: Guju Promo <gujupromo(a)guju.net> To: rtynes(a)u.washington.edu Subject: Congratulations ATTN-SIR GUJU PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS. ALFONSTRAAT B56, 1002 BS AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. TO THE MANAGER FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF: OYL /26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 8th SEPTEMBER 2003, of winners of the GUJU PROMO LOTaTERY,THE NETHERLANDS. NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 8th SEPTEMBER 2003. Your company,is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$5,500.000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent; DR MANAGER FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, UNIVERSAL ALLIANCE COMPANY, AMSTERDAM, E MAIL-managa_unialliance(a)yahoo.co.uk <mailto:MAIL-managa_unialliance@yahoo.co.uk> For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th NOVEMBER 2003 After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your Correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely, JOHN WALTERS IN THE PROMOTIONS

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AOIR delegates: New Air Canada Sale
by Rhiannon Bury 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

If you missed the last Air Canada seat sale, here's another opportunity for those based in Canada or US. Sale ends September 15! The newspaper ads mention international destinations as well but I don't know if that would include visits to Canada. You could always contact them via website and find out. Canadians, click here: http://www.aircanada.ca/e-home.html Americans, click here: http://www.aircanada.com/us-home.html Rhiannon

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RE: "NEW MEDIA POLITICAL ECONOMIES"
by David Peterson 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Dear Friends and Colleagues: About the interesting phrase, 'new media political economies', three sources that immediately come to MY mind are: 1. Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, MANUFACTURING CONSENT: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MASS MEDIA, 2nd. Ed. (Pantheon, 2002) 2. Edward S. Herman and Robert W. McChesney, THE GLOBAL MEDIA: THE NEW VISIONARIES OF CORPORATE CAPITALISM (Cassell, 1997) 3. Edward S. Herman, THE MYTH OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA: AN EDWARD S. HERMAN READER (Peter Lang, 1999) Hope the work represented by these titles sheds some light upon this matter of the utmost concern. By the way, the phrase "social contract" appears in one of Philip Howard's titles.---Might not the overwhelming preponderance of the evidence these days suggest that the time has come to rewrite this "social contract," if not break it in its entirety??? Sincerely Yours, David Peterson

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Call for Entries: (5 Days left) 17th Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media
by Benjamin Fischer 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media ------------------------------------------------- + Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2003. + ------------------------------------------------- Target Blank - the 17th edition of the Stuttgart Filmwinter is looking for innovative, critical, and unknown posititions in media art and film culture. After the record of 1300 submissions at the last festival the organizer Wand 5 cordially invites filmmakers, media producers, and artists to submit their work. Productions in the field of film, video, internet/www, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, installation, and performance are very welcome. Internet projects can be submitted online. For further information and entry forms please refer to our web site: http://www.filmwinter.de Besides the competiton with prizes amounting 11.000 Euros the Filmwinter offers various special programmes, lectures and performances. contact: Wand 5 im Filmhaus Friedrichstr. 23 A D 70174 Stuttgart Germany Telephone: +49-711-226 91 60 Fax: +49-711-226 91 61 mail: wanda(a)wand5.de URL: http://www.wand5.de

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Public Net-Work articles, E-democracy links and resources
by Steven Clift 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Aoir members, Feel free to use any of my articles in your classes or research ... just drop me a note and assume that permission is granted. I always appreciate being sent copies of your e-democracy/e-government related work: clift(a)publicus.net Thanks, Steven Clift Public Net-Work New papers from Steven Clift, e-democracy expert and speaker: * E-Democracy, E-Governance, and Public Net-Work http://publicus.net/articles/edempublicnetwork.html A short paper with diagrams that explains e-democracy, government online consultations, and introduces a new concept called "public net-work." * Public Net-work: Online Information Exchange in the Pursuit of Public Service Goals http://publicus.net/articles/oecdpublicnetwork.rtf (Word/RTF) A paper completed for the OECD E-Government Working Group that goes into further detail on the public net-work. In short ... E-democracy uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve citizen participation and government decision- making. Public net-work uses similar ICT tools and online communities to encourage direct stakeholder and citizen participation in efforts that help governments, NGOs, and others implement established public programs and priorities in new and more effective ways. If you are a public network practitioner, please attend the online conference planned for this October <http://publicus.net/publicnetwork.html>. Other resources and related articles: * Democracies Online Newswire - DoWire http://e-democracy.org/do <- Subscribe here A free e-mail list with announcements related to e-democracy, e-government, and related topics. Specializes in original "primary source" information with no more than seven posts a week. DoWire's 2500 members come from over 75 countries. * E-Democracy Resource Links http://publicus.net/articles/edemresources.html Links page to the best and most consistent e-democracy and e-government starting points across the Internet. Easily printed as a two-page flyer for free use anywhere. * Volunteer Opportunities - E-Democracy.Org http://e-democracy.org http://e-democracy.us Volunteer for global, U.S., and local chapter activities. Help us implement technology from the citizen perspective. Steven Clift is the volunteer Board Chair of E-Democracy. * Highlighted articles and presentations by Steven Clift http://publicus.net/articles.html - Start an Online Commons - Global E-Democracy Trends Presentation - Q and A Interviews - E-Democracy: The Promise of the Future is a Reality Today - E-Governance to E-Democracy: Progress in Australia and New Zealand toward Information-Age Democracy - Online Consultations and Events - Top Ten Tips for Government and Civic Hosts - Representative E-Democracy Presentation - Future of E-Democracy - The 50 Year Plan - E-Democracy E-Book: Democracy is Online 2.0 - An Internet of Democracy - Top Ten E-Democracy "To Do List" for Governments - Top Ten Tips for "Weos" - Wired Elected Officials - A Wired Agora - Minneapolis, Citizen Participation, the Internet and Squirrels - Democracies Online: Building Civic Life on the New Frontier - Using Electronic Communication for Political Discussions - Building Citizen-based Electronic Democracy Efforts * Questions or Comments http://www.publicus.net/contact.html clift(a)publicus.net Thanks, Steven Clift http://www.publicus.net Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: clift(a)publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - M: +1.612.203.5181 Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://e-democracy.org/do My blogging experiment: http://travelscoops.com

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new media political economies
by Philip Howard 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi Andrew / Lisa: I'm also curious about what is meant by 'new media political economies'. If you mean the market for political information and the business side of new media political campaigns, I have a piece called Digitizing the Social Contract: Producing American Political Culture in the Age of New Media, in Communication Review, 2003, 6:213245. page proofs are at http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/publications/socialcontract.pdf. also coauthored a piece with Tema Milstein called Spiders, Spam, and Spyware: New Media and the Market for Political Information, coming out in Mia Consalvo's Internet Studies 1.0 (Peter Lang: 2003). preview at http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/publications/howardmilstein.pdf. p. Phil Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/

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Call for papers - Gender & ICT Symposium
by Laurence Claeys 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

CALL FOR PAPERS Symposium Gender & ICT: Strategies of Inclusion Research on the inter-relations between Gender and Information & Communication Technologies is dynamic, multidisciplinary, engaging and creative. In January 2003 the symposium 'Gender and ICT: Where are we at' was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We aim to pursue the discussions begun there and therefore we are pleased to announce the symposium entitled: Gender & ICT: Strategies of Inclusion This symposium aims to be a meeting point for researchers from different disciplines and research schools that are familiar with ICT and gender studies, women's studies or feminist studies. The symposium will be held in Brussels on 20 January 2004. We invite abstracts on the following themes : - Women, Work and Computerization - Gendered Relations towards ICT in Daily Life - Gender issues in ICT at School and Informatics Education - Gendering Technology: Structure and Design Examples of possible paper sections in the different themes: Women, Work and Computerization Job profiles and the influence of ICT, the impact of ICT skills in the job function classifications, influence of ICT on work organisation, computerization of work and surveillance, portrayal of ICT (functions), etc. Gendered Relations towards ICT in Daily Life Possession and use of ICT, domestication, ICT-literacy, user and skill divide, consequences of use of ICT in the organisation of daily work and private life, ICT and family life, privacy and ethics, wearables and biometrics, on-line activities, interaction, Participation and democracy, etc. Gender issues in ICT at School and Informatics Education Gender differences in ICT-use in school contexts Computer attitudes, learning styles, informatics curriculum, e-learning, feminist pedagogies, ICT and lifelong learning, etc. Gendering Technology: Structure and Design Women designing and shaping contents and systems of the new technologies, social shaping of technology, production of ICT, feminist critiques of computing, gender scripts of technology, participatory design, user-friendlessness, adaptivity, etc. The deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words) is November 15. The final programme will be available by December 15. The working language of the symposium will be English. Abstracts may be submitted to: Laurence Claeys or Sarah Meersman at: steunpuntgeka(a)ua.ac.be Programme Committee: Els Rommes, Sally Wyatt, Anne-Catherine Devolder, Magda Michielsens and Laurence Claeys. The symposium is a joint initiative of the Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities (Belgium) and the European SIGIS (Strategies of Inclusion: Gender in the Information Society) network. It is part of Digitales and is supported by the. Dutch Association for Gender and Technology (The Netherlands). During the symposium, members of SIGIS will present their final research reports. Policy Research Centre on Equal Opportunities : http://www.steunpuntgelijkekansen.be (website only in Dutch) Dutch Gender and Technology Association: http://www.indexsociety.nl/genderictsymposium/aboutvgt.htm Digitales: http://www.digitales-online.org SIGIS (Strategies of Inclusion: Gender in the Information Society): http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/ Website of the conference: http://www.steunpuntgelijkekansen.be/genderandict [still under construction].

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The One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity
by George Lessard 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

> New book on radio and the Internet The One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity Information and download at http://comunica.org/1-2-watch --- >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> Via / Excerpted / By / From / Thanks to: From: "Bruce Girard" <bgirard(a)comunica.org> Date: Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:12:31 AM Canada/Eastern _______________________________________________ Cr-afghan mailing list Cr-afghan(a)comunica.org http://comunica.org/mailman/listinfo/cr-afghan_comunica.org >> (c)info http://tinyurl.com/jkkw http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm Due to the nature of email & the WWW, check ALL sources. http://tinyurl.com/h4m7 http://media002.tripod.com/ >> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." >>> (Gandhi) *****************************************

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internet effect on society
by g s 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi I'm a sociologist in Albany NY. My colleagues and I have prepared some reports on our web site social, political and economic change http://gsociology.icaap.org This site links to free resources, data, research, theory. We also have reports that we prepared about world social change. My main purpose of joining the list is to ask for feedback about one of the reports Review of world trends in communication and travel http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/commsum.html This report shows some trends about world internet use. Just wanted to see if there was any better data for this report, or supporting reports. Also, our social change site has links to research and data, and I wanted to ask if members could recommend reports published on the web about how the internet has changed society or been influencial in changing society. Thanks very much gene shackman --------- free resources on social research methods http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Last CFP: GOR 04
by Uwe Matzat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Dear internet researchers, the deadline for submitting a paper to this international conference on online communities, virtual organizations, e-democracy, online methods etc is approaching... Hope to see many of you at the meetings of the AIR in Canada and the DGOF in Germany, Uwe Matzat --------------------------------------------------------------- LAST CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- Sixth International GOR Conference GOR 04 GERMAN ONLINE RESEARCH '04 30th and 31st March, 2004 at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers: ---------------- German Society for Online Research - DGOF e.V. Social Survey Research Center, Institute of Sociology, University Duisburg-Essen --------------------------------------------------------------- The 6th German Online Research Conference 2004 is jointly organized by the German Society for Online Research (DGOF e.V.), and the Social Survey Research Center (Prof. Dr. Frank Faulbaum) of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The conference will be held at the university campus in Duisburg. Conference topics include theories, methods, and empirical findings concerning the internet, online communication, or mobile communication. The aim of the conference is to document the progress of internet research, innovative developments, and practical experience, as well as to further dialogue between: - researchers - researchers and users of internet research - universities and companies - customers and suppliers. --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Conference Languages: ------------------------- English, German ------------------------- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Don Dillman (Washington State University) ------------------------- -------------- Contributions: -------------- Paper presentations, posters, and sessions can be proposed on the following topics: Interactive Market- and Social Research - Online- and Mobile Market Research - Innovative Sampling approaches - Cross-over Designs, Mixed-Modes' and Methods' Effects - Usability Research, Usability Engineering, Usability Testing - Online Experiments - Online Surveys Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society - Online Groups: Structures, Interaction, Community Building, and Effects - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use - Social Networks and Relationships: On-line and Off-line - Online Community Software: Applications and Results - Mobile Communication and Social Networks - e-Democracy: Examples of Best Practice, Changes, and Problems - Internet, Crime, Privacy Protection, and Deviant Behavior - Digital Divide - Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action - Internet and Science e-Commerce and e-Controlling - e-Business and e-Advertising - Successful Evaluation of Web-Sites and e-Commerce - Currencies of the Net: Benchmarking and Measurement of Range of Coverage - Customer Relationship Management and Online Market Research - Non-Reactive Methods of Data Collection and Data-Mining Interpersonal Communication - Computer Mediated Communication - Mobile Communication and Life-Style - Online-Gaming - Trust and Credibility on the Internet - e-Health - Non-Reactive Methods of Data Collection of Interpersonal Communication - Weblogs and Bloggers The Internet Within and Outside of Organizations - e-Learning on the Intranet and Internet - Interactive Organizational Research, e.g. Online Employee Surveys - Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management in Organizations (Intranet) - Communities of Practice on the Internet: Design and Effects ------------------------------------------------------------ Paper Presentations: ------------------------------ Paper presentations include oral presentations of max. 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Qualified contributions will be invited to submit the paper for publication in an international English language conference proceedings' volume or in an international English language journal. Posters: ------------- Posters will be discussed at fixed times. The best poster will receive a prize of Euro 500,-. Sessions: -------------- There will also be the opportunity to propose a group of interrelated presentations (max. 4-5 persons) within one session. For more information please contact the program committee (gorpaper04(a)dgof.de) Workshops: ----------------- There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of internet research. These will be held by qualified researchers and practitioners. The workshops will take place the day commencing the GOR conference (March 29, 2004) as well as during the conference without overlapping with the presentations. Participation in workshops is not free of charge and the number of participants will be restricted. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information about the workshops and registration is available at http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm. Exhibition Stand Space: ---------------------------------- Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services that offer solutions to problems of market- and social research on the Internet or Intranet. More information is available at gororga04(a)dgof.de. Social Events and Membership Meeting: ----------------------------------------------------------- The traditional early-bird-meeting will take place on March 29th 2004. Already during this meeting visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues, acquainting themselves with other researchers. On Tuesday 30th April 2004, there will be a social event held during the evening which will include dinner and disco. During the conference there will be a meeting for the members of the German Society for Online Research. The members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Submission Guidelines -------------------------------- If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper or a poster, please send an abstract no later than: September 30th 2003 to: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de Authors will receive notice of acceptance by: November 17th 2003. The preliminary program will be posted on December 1st, 2003 at the following url: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm The program committee will review abstracts. For accepted oral presentations transparencies or Power-Point files (preferably in English) are expected to be sent before the conference until February 29th 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------ The abstract (of no more than 350 words) should be submitted in in the following format: 1. Title of the oral presentation or poster 2. Type (oral presentation or poster) 3. Author(s) 4. Address of first author (postal address, phone number, e-mail and URLs) 5. Central topic choice (max. 3), if applicable 6. Keywords (max. 4) 7. English text of abstract (max 350 words) Submission format: 1) Please send your abstract in rich text (.rtf) file format to: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de The subject line of your e-mail must contain the following text: "abstract" 2) In addition to sending the attachment, please include the abstract and the information 1-6 mentioned above in the body of your e-mail. -------------------------- Conference Fees: -------------------------- Conference fees include conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Academic: 120 Euro Students: 60 Euro Presenting participants: 30 Euro (first authors only) Non-academic (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants): 290 Euro Early registrants, who register before January 31st 2004 receive a fee reduction of 20%. DGOF members receive a fee reduction of 20% (membership application forms can be found at http://www.dgof.de/dgof_antrage.pdf) For German participants conference fees have to be paid in advance in full. Foreign participants may pay their fees at the conference venue. Day tickets are not available. Registration for all participants will begin on December 01st 2003. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm ------------------------------ Overview of the timeline: ------------------------------ 09/30/03 Deadline for abstract submission 11/17/03 Feedback on acceptance 12/01/03 Preliminary program will be published, Registration begins 01/31/04 Deadline for fee-reduced early registrations 02/29/04 Deadline for sending transparencies or Power- Point files for accepted oral presentations 02/29/04 Deadline for registration to workshops 03/29/04 Early-bird-meeting + workshops in Duisburg 03/30/04-03/31/04 Conference + workshops at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Duisburg ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Abstract submission: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de Business activities: gororga04(a)dgof.de Conference Website: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm workshops: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm Local organization: office.gor(a)uni-duisburg.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact address of the local organizing committee: Conference office GOR 04 c/o Prof. Dr. Frank Faulbaum Institute of Sociology University Duisburg-Essen Lotharstr. 65 47048 Duisburg Germany Phone +49 203-379-2532 Fax +49 203-379-4350 E-Mail: office.gor(a)uni-duisburg.de http://soziologie.uni-duisburg.de/PERSONEN/faulbaum.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** Uwe Matzat Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut / Institute of Social Sciences Soziologie Lehrstuhl I / Sociology Chair I Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf / University of Duesseldorf Universitaetsstr. 1 40225 Duesseldorf Germany email: matzat(a)uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/~matzat ****************************************************************

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