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Please send a new message when starting a new topic
by Frank Schaap 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

A request for the list members: Please send a new message when starting a new topic, don't reply to an old message and change the subject. When starting a new topic, please use the "new message" function of your e-mail program. Some of us use e-mail readers that sort the mail by thread. When you reply to an old message and change the subject, chances are that your e-mail reader will still insert an "In-Reply-To:" line in the header, and your message ends up in the wrong thread, or, if you happen to reply to a rather old message, it ends up being sorted into a thread that's no longer the e-mail reader's current messages window. You can see what the problem is here: http://fragment.nl/pics/thread.png or if you don't want to open your browser, here's an ascii version: + message title | + re: message title | |-+ re: re: message title | |-+ re: message title |-+ re: message title |-+ re: message title |-+ Suddenly a new topic appears here! Thanks! Frank. -- Barst [NL] http://fragment.nl/barst/ Fragments [EN] http://fragment.nl/fragments/

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Re: [Air-l] The Internet Is Changing The Way Canadians Socialize
by Jonathan Marshall 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

I agree with what people are saying here. This was one of the shocks that i had when i first gave a class on virtual communities. The extremely techno-literate Students not only were ignorant about mailing lists, Moos, IRC and so on, but couldn't see the point, and seemed to think that web sites with no provision for spectator writing were interactive.... However the part of the article that Mike posts does not actually say that people were using mailing lists, MOOs etc. They could laregly be using ICQ, email, and websites, and be interacting with their offline friends -- whether these are absent or neighbouring. The term "Internet chat" is meaningless in itself. The later part of the article does state that people are playing online games - although it does not say whether these are 'pair games' like chess, or 'multiplayer games', and states that 29% say they have participated in an online forum or bulletin board discussion. But nothing about how often or what kind of forums. So the issue is really does the survey investigate what modalities people are using, frequency of that modality use, or whether people are primarily pursuing group or individual contact? jon ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Gurstein <mgurst(a)vcn.bc.ca> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:33 am Subject: [Air-l] The Internet Is Changing The Way Canadians Socialize > Vancouver, BC - Online Canadians, especially young online > Canadians, are > embracing the Internet as a way to meet new friends and stay in touch > with old friends according to an Ipsos-Reid study. Almost seven-in-ten > online Canadians (69%) have used the Internet for social interaction. > This includes such activities as taking part in online chat, playing > games with other people, using the Internet to contact someone they've > lost touch with, participating in forums or bulletin board > discussions,using online personals or dating services, or taking > part in an online > telephone call. Younger online Canadians are especially likely to use > the Internet in their social lives. In fact, 82% of those 18-34 > years of > age have taken part in some form of online social activities. The > studyinvolved 1,000 telephone interviews with Canadian adults and > 1,000online interviews with Canadian Internet users in September > and October. > > > http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=2008 > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ========================================================================

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another physicist discovers social networks andthe internet
by Barry Wellman 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

fyi, Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:11:40 +0000 From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Reply-To: Mapping and visualising Internet infrastructure and Web space <MAPPING-CYBERSPACE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> To: Recipients of MAPPING-CYBERSPACE digests <MAPPING-CYBERSPACE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 16 Jan 2004 to 20 Jan 2004 (#2004-6) There is one message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. New Book from Cambridge University Press ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:28:44 +0000 From: Andy Flower <aflower(a)CAMBRIDGE.ORG> Subject: New Book from Cambridge University Press List members may be interested in the following new title from Cambridge University Press. If you would like more information please follow the link at the foot of this email. Best wishes, Andy Flower Marketing Controller, Physical Sciences Cambridge University Press Evolution and Structure of the Internet: A Statistical Physics Approach Romualdo Pastor-Satorras Universitat Polit=E8cnica de Catalunya, Barcelona and Alessandro Vespignani Universit=E9 de Paris XI This book describes the application of statistical physics and complex systems theory to the study of the evolution and structure of the internet. Contents: List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. A brief history of the Internet; 2. How the Internet works; 3. Measuring the global Internet; 4. The Internet large scale topology; 5. Modeling the Internet; 6. The Internet robustness; 7. Virtual and social networks in the Internet; 8. Searching and walking on the Internet; 9. Epidemics in the Internet; 10. Beyond the Internet=92s skeleton: traffic and global performance; 11. Outlook; Appendix 1. Graph theory applied to topology analysis; Appendix 2. Interface resolution and router topology; Appendix 3. Numerical analysis of heavy-tailed distributions; Appendix 4. Degree correlations; Appendix 5. Scale-free networks: scaling relations; Appendix 6. The SIR model of virus propagation; Bibliography; Index. For more information please visit http://books.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=3D0521826985 ------------------------------ End of MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 16 Jan 2004 to 20 Jan 2004 (#2004-6) ***********************************************************************

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Re: RE: [Air-l] factcheck.org
by Jonathan Marshall 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Michael Gurstein <mgurst(a)vcn.bc.ca>writes > It does look interesting, but I think the real power of the net would > come (wait for it, it will come...) when rather than have one person > attempt to do the "fact checking", the ads/claims are packaged in > such a > way that they are thrown open to the whole world for fact checking > (somebody more adept at working with RSS feeds than myself could > probably devise the input on this in a few hours). > > Then one would have 24/7, thousands of eyeballs from every walk and > every corner checking the statements/mis-statements as they roll > out... I'm cyncical about this. The result would probably be that you would accumulate heaps of slurry and dis-info. Companies, political groups, and so on would make sure their spin doctors got in. Volume of confirmation would be important (it might make confirmation in fact), so they would flood these sites, and eventually it would be impossible to work anything out other than by the biases you already brought to the subject. The more checking up could occur, the more confusion becomes necessary. jon UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ========================================================================

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Re: [Air-l] The Internet Is Changing The Way Canadians Socialize
by Steffasong＠aol.com 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

In a message dated 1/20/2004 5:06:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, rowin.cross(a)strath.ac.uk writes: > 2. They are not familiar with the source of that "Giant > Sucking Sound." > Please, could someone explain what this is?! Rowin (intrigued and bewildered in Scotland!) Rowin, I am intrigued and bewildered here in the States! Pray, tell! Stephanie Stephanie Bennett Department of Liberal Arts Division of Humanities--Parker 380 Nova Southeastern University 3301 College Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314 "Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Helen Keller

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CFP: Web and Aging: Challenges and Opportunities
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

CFP: Web and Aging: Challenges and Opportunities Special Issue for Universal Access in the Information Society Journal http://www.springeronline.com/east/journal/10209/ About the UAIS Journal ---------------------- The UAIS Journal solicits original research contributions addressing the accessibility, usability and acceptability of Information Society Technologies by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and through any media and device. Universal access refers to the systematic effort to proactively apply principles, methods and tools of universal design, in order to develop Information Society Technologies which are accessible and usable by all citizens. The Journal's unique focus is on theoretical, methodological, and empirical research, of both technological and non-technological nature, that addresses equitable access and active participation of potentially all citizens in the Information Society. For further information, please, refer to the "Aims and scope" section on the Website of the UAIS Journal. Aims and scope of this special issue ------------------------------------ A significant increase of the older population has led to various studies investigating the effect of age in utilizing the Web as an information resource. A report by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2001 stated that the estimated change in the total size of the world's elderly population between July 1999 and July 2000 was more than 9.5 million people, growing at an average of 795,000 people each month. This trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Recent research shows that older adults are beginning to incorporate Web use in their daily activities, mainly because the Web presents an opportunity for them to maintain a high quality of life. As a consequence, a variety of new opportunities and challenges related to the use of the Web by older adults arise in a Universal Access perspective. The main objective of this special issue is to bring together work by researchers, academics and practitioners from various disciplines who are interested in the interrelationships among web access, web usability and ageing. Contributions on novel methodologies, theories, products and design guidelines that address these issues, as well as on related case studies, are solicited. Main topics ----------- Authors of submissions should carefully explain how the work and results presented contribute to facilitating and promoting universal access. Contributions are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics: · Information architecture and the older user. · Ageing-related disabilities and accessible design of web technology. · Empirical studies on web usability and older users. · Analytical studies & computational modeling of the older web user. · Social aspects of web and aging, including the effects of web use on personal well-being, as well as social determinants of successful web use (e.g. educational attainment, socio-economic status, etc.) · Emerging applications and interaction techniques with high relevance for older web users (e.g., WAP) · Social policy implications of web access for older users, especially including issues of public access to computing facilities, access to government services, and social/civic engagement. · Web-based learning and training for the elderly. Important dates --------------- Deadline for submission of papers: April 1, 2004. Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2004. Deadline for submission of camera-ready version of accepted papers: September 1, 2004. Expected publication date of the special issue: second half of 2004 or early 2005. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically as PDF files to one of the Guest Editors of the special issue: Panayiotis Zaphiris (e-mail: zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk) Sri Kurniawan (e-mail: s.kurniawan(a)umist.ac.uk) R. Darin Ellis (e-mail: rdellis(a)wayne.edu) The call for papers and any updates about this special issue can be found at http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/UAIS-Aging/ Manuscript preparation ---------------------- Please, refer to the "Instructions to authors" section on the Website of the UAIS Journal. Reviewing process ----------------- All papers will be peer reviewed by three reviewers, experts in the field, appointed by the Guest Editors of the issue in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Copyright information --------------------- Submission of an article implies that: - the work described has not been published before, except in form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis; - it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. For further information, please, refer to the "Copyright information" section on the Website of the UAIS Journal. -- Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Lecturer Center for Human-Computer Interaction Design School of Informatics City University London, EC1V 0HB Tel: +44-(0)-20-7040-8168 Fax: +44-(0)-20-7040-8168 zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri Also check my HCI blog: http://www.zaphiris.org/Resources/

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Re: [Air-l] The Internet Is Changing The Way Canadians Socialize
by Steffasong＠aol.com 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

In a message dated 1/20/2004 8:20:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, rowin.cross(a)strath.ac.uk writes: ahh... thank you! Gracias! Stephanie Stephanie Bennett Department of Liberal Arts Division of Humanities--Parker 380 Nova Southeastern University 3301 College Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314 "Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Helen Keller

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INTERNEWS SEEKS RADIO TRAINER/MENTOR FOR AFGHANISTAN
by George Lessard 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

------------------------------------------- INTERNEWS SEEKS RADIO TRAINER/MENTOR FOR AFGHANISTAN --------------------------------------------- Job Title: Radio Trainer/Mentor, Afghanistan SUMMARY: Journalism and radio production mentoring for new radio stations in Afghanistan. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Internews Network, a nonprofit media development organization, is seeking experienced, adventurous radio production and journalism mentors to assist in the startup of national independent radio in Afghanistan. Mentors will have the opportunity to assist in the creation of national programming to feed a network of local stations, Afghan-owned and operated, throughout Afghanistan. From January until the end of 2004, mentors will help an Afghan team develop news and current affairs programs to be fed by satellite to a network of stations around the country, starting with two hours a day in March/April. In 2003 Internews helped Afghan partners launch seven independent stations, and five more will be on air by February 2004. These 12 stations form the basis of a network of local and regional stations across the country. A local translator will be provided if necessary. Minimum term of employment is two months, with preference for three or more. Working professionals encouraged to apply. Salary negotiable. Specifics of the job include: * teaching fundamentals of radio production to Afghan staff. * teaching fundamentals of journalism to Afghan staff. * working closely with radio station management to design programming schedules. * helping define listenership interest and community relations. * liaison with other organizations in the region, such as humanitarian assistance and international organizations. * assisting the station on questions of sustainability. * research into media needs and potential pressures that could influence the stations' independence. QUALIFICATIONS * Five + years experience as a radio journalist and/or producer * Experience teaching radio journalism and or radio production * Media management experience * Overseas working experience in a developing world environment, preferably Central and/or So. Asia * Dari or Pashtu language skills desirable * Relevant university degree required -------------------------------------- IMPACS MEDIA AND ELECTIONS SEMINAR FOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES -- FEBRUARY 20-22, 2004 TORONTO, ONTARIO -------------------------------------- Increasingly, civil society organizations and media professionals are recognizing the centrality of supporting fair, accurate and responsible reporting of elections in countries where democracy is a fragile or a new idea. The Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS), a Canadian-based non governmental organization, is hosting a three-day seminar for reporters, editors, and media development professionals interested in sharing, developing and honing their skills in this field. Seminar topics will include risk assessment and security training, working with elections administrators and state-run media executives, developing effective training for new reporters, and the latest tools and resources for working in the field and evaluating success. Detailed case studies by reporters and trainers working in the field will offer lessons learned working in conflict-stressed states like Cambodia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Iraq. Detailed program and venue and travel information will be made available early in 2004. Check the media and elections portion of the website for updated info. http://www.impacs.org WHO SHOULD ATTEND: staff and trainers of media development organizations, those interested in pursing media and elections programming internationally, and reporters and editors delivering elections coverage in emerging democracies. HOW TO REGISTER: Registration is just $350 CDN + GST if you sign-up before January 20. After January 20, registration is $400 CDN + GST. Bursaries are available for applicants from the global south, students, or those who are under-employed or unemployed. Please send a one page CV and in a brief letter tell us how your attendance at the session will advance your professional development and the kind of contribution you can offer to discussions of media and elections. 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Live Cyber-Caucus experiment - Chat tonight (Now)
by Steven Clift 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

*** Live Cyber-Caucus Chat @ WH2004 - Now *** --- Hosted by http://e-democracy.org/us --- Join us right now (Monday night) at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wh2004/chat You need to be a member of the non-partisan WH2004 YahooGroup and have a Yahoo ID: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wh2004/join Examples messages on the WH2004 e-list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wh2004/messages Also, C-SPAN is streaming two caucuses in video or audio in both Real and Windows format: http://www.c-span.org Join us for some banter across the political spectrum. Steven Clift - http://publicus.net E-Democracy.Org http://e-democracy.org/us > E-Democracy.Org now links to hundreds of election 2004 > sites. Visit/blog/bookmark it today: > > http://www.e-democracy.org/us > > > E-Democracy.Org also hosts the White House 2004 e-mail list > for exchange of links and daily digests of important news > stories. > > Subscribe: wh2004-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > E-Democracy.Org created the world's first election-oriented > web site in 1994. Navigate this election from a non-profit, > non-partisan, ad-free web site. > > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.Org > > P.S. Volunteer today if you believe in democracy and want > to contribute your time toward building a user-friendly and > effective election 2004 web site for all citizens: > > http://www.e-democracy.org/us/comments.html > > We are also accepting site submissions and nominations for > the top twenty blogs to watch in the 2004 presidential > election. > > ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: clift(a)publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join 2500+ on my Democracies Online Newswire: http://publicus.net/dowire.html E-Democracy.Org's US Election 2004 directory: http://e-democracy.org/us Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net Join DoWire: http://e-democracy.org/do Speaking requests: http://publicus.net/speaker.html Watch my BBC World interview: http://publicus.net/media.html

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Re: [Air-l] On Netnography
by Dan L Burk 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

This is a very interesting service. I hope that you've engaged good counsel and/or have excellent business liability insurance -- aside from the data privacy issues raised by your activity, you appear to have massive copyright, trespass, and unauthorized access issues, across multiple jurisdictions. Lots of exposure, not easy to sort out the sources of liability. (And I'm not even going to mention all the ethical issues -- Charles Ess or somebody else can do that.) Should be plenty to keep you on your toes. Best of luck, Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 On 18 Jan 2004, Fernando Polo wrote: > Dear all, > > Our company has recently launched a service to discover online consumer > insights from discussions held in Internet (newsgroups, message boards, > etc). We use our proprietary technology to crawl the web, store and text > mine the contents, and visualise the outcome (everything in real-time), > combined with analysis provided by a team of sociologists. > > We have heard of some companies using ethnography and even netnography > (or cyber ethnography), and we have gone through research by R. > Kozinets, and some other forerunners, but I would appreciate very much > if you can provide me with more case studies or citations of firms using > this methodology. > > If you want to receive more information about our service, just send me > a mail. > > Thank you all in advance. > Fernando Polo > > _____________________________ > www.dicelared.com > Tel/Fax +34 914 453 721 > fernando.polo(a)dicelared.com > _________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

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