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Research Fellowships at the Oxford Internet Institute
by William Dutton 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

The Oxford Internet Institute aims to appoint a Research Fellow to focus on themes surrounding productivity and the Internet. The position would be for one year in the first instance, but renwable for 3 years. The successful candidate would be researcher capable of working within a multidisciplinary team, but with a strong background in an area of relevance to issues of productivity, such as economics, management or organizational behavior. The appointment would be at the RS1A level, roughly equivalent to that of an Assistant Professor in the US. The Fellow would take a central role in research on productivity and the Internet, working with senior Fellows and Professors at the OII. Applications need to be received by 1 November. Further particulars for the position are on the OII Website at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?rq=positions A second Research Fellowship will be announced within the next week, focused on identity management in e-government.

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teleconferencing resources needed
by Ed Lamoureux 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

I need to get up to speed on current literature about teleconferencing, esp. in business environments. Can you point me to a state of the art literature review or current bibliography? thanks Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/

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Re: [Air-l] digital future project
by Uwe Matzat 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Dear Alla, On 12 Oct 04, at 12:09, air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Alla Genkina wrote: > > > On a personal note, I am currently a graduate student at Indiana > > University and I have just started working on my thesis project > > which deals with trust and the Internet. I was wondering if anyone > > here could recommend some seminal papers on trust, they can be from > > any perspective (ie social science, computer science, ect). > > last year we organized an international workshop on Trust and Community on the Internet. The participants came from different disciplines within the social sciences. You can find the program including the abstracts at http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/~matzat/conference.htm. A selection of papers is going to be published in a special issue on "Trust and Community on the Internet" of the journal Analyse & Kritik (http://www.analysekritik.uni- duesseldorf.de/frameset/frameset_english.htm). The issue is (almost) on its way to the publisher and will be published within the next weeks. Regards, Uwe Matzat ======================================= Uwe Matzat Sociology Section Department of Technology Management Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands --------------- phone: +31 40 247-8392 email: u.matzat(a)tm.tue.nl http://www.tue-tm-soc.nl/~matzat/ =======================================

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Protection against unethical practices in search engine optimization?
by Carmen Mardiros 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hello everyone, I'm new to this list and joined upon recommendation. I work in search engine optimisation and would be interested to know your opinions on the following question: Why is this industry not properly regulated like email marketing? Is it because it is too specific and doesn't concern the mass consumers? The ones at risk of falling prey to unethical companies are businesses and the only place where you might consider complaining to are BBBs or similar organisations. For example, a business hires a SEO (search engine optimization) company for a 3 months contract. The company performs optimization so that it has complete control over it. This means it can turn the results off with a click if the business has any intention of getting out of the contract at the end of 3 months. This is in my book highly unethical. There is a severe lack of information in this area to educate business owners and help them make a wise decision. The internet is being marketed as a "level-playing field" where the small guys can compete with the big boys but it is precisely these small companies who are at their most vulnerable. An unhappy experience with an unethical SEO provider can mean short to medium term financial difficulties. Thank you for your time, Kind regards, Carmen

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digital future project
by Alla Genkina 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hello, The Center for the Digital Future has recently come out with an interesting paper: "10 Major Trends Emerging in the Internet’s First Decade of Public Use". You can download the paper for free here: http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/current_report.asp?intGlobalId=19 On a personal note, I am currently a graduate student at Indiana University and I have just started working on my thesis project which deals with trust and the Internet. I was wondering if anyone here could recommend some seminal papers on trust, they can be from any perspective (ie social science, computer science, ect). Thank you, Alla ------------------- Alla Genkina Graduate Student, Indiana University Human-Computer Interaction agenkina(a)indiana.edu --------------------

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Re: Trust and the Internet--Resources
by Miraj Khaled 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hello: I recently came upon this interesting project based at SFU-Surrey,Canada, that explores "...loyalty and trust in online environments": http://www.eloyalty.ca/ The "publications" section may be of help to you. On the more general issue of "Trust" there is this "Survey on Trust" conducted by World Economic Forum: http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Annual+Meeting+2003%5CRe… Best Wishes, Miraj Khaled mindexplorer.blogspot.com --- air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:58:00 -0500 > From: Alla Genkina <alla(a)ayre.org> > Subject: [Air-l] digital future project > To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org > Hello, > > The Center for the Digital Future has recently come > out with an > interesting paper: "10 Major Trends Emerging in the > Internet�s First > Decade of Public Use". You can download the paper > for free here: > http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/current_report.asp?intGlobalId=19 > > On a personal note, I am currently a graduate > student at Indiana > University and I have just started working on my > thesis project which > deals with trust and the Internet. I was wondering > if anyone here could > recommend some seminal papers on trust, they can be > from any perspective > (ie social science, computer science, ect). > > Thank you, > Alla > > ------------------- > Alla Genkina > Graduate Student, Indiana University > Human-Computer Interaction > agenkina(a)indiana.edu > -------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Docam '04 next week - still open for registration
by Niels Windfeld Lund 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Dear friends and colleagues We have got a number of questions if it is still possible to register for DOCAM this year, the Annual Document Research Conference at UC-Berkeley,SIMS organized by the Document Academy, an international collaboration of document scholars around the world. It is still possible to register, but please do it as soon as possible and you can see the program and instructions for registration : http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/docam/index.html Kindly regards Niels Windfeld Lund chair of The Document Academy professor, University of Tromso, Norway

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culture in Encyl of HCI
by Barry Wellman 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Dear AOIRniks, Charles Ess asked about the place of Culture in the new Encyl of HCI. Of course to answer that question would be to start an extended debate about what "Culture" is -- a matter I've avoided since my theory exams in the mid-60s. (Re exams: more fun to give 'em than to receive 'em). Are we talking about Shakespeare on line, or culture in the way that anthropologists and sociologists do, the latter often distinguishing from social structure? [Note: I will not answer any questions on the matter: see Re exams sentence.] Anyways, I digress. I have asked the publishers and editor of the Ency to answer, as they know the beast better than me. However, a browse of the entries shows me lotsa culture stuff, depending on how you slice it: Recommender and Reputation Systems (wot's yr fave movie?); Cognitive Walthru; Constraint Satisfaction; Ethics; Ethnography; Ontology; Soci-technical ...; value Sensitive Design; Digital Divide; Privacy; Spamming; Hackers; Peer-to-Peer; Anthro; AI, Law; PoliSci, SocPsych; Soc; Language Generation; Semantic Web; Social Implications; Chatrooms; Children; Collaboratories; CSCW; Cybersex; Cyborgs; Education; Gender; Worldwide Diffusion; Human-Robt Interaction (HRI?); Movies; Sociable Media; SOftware Cultures; Work: Workforce, MUDS; Culture-Based-Capture Systems; and of course, Internet in Everyday Life; and the many pages on movies, songs, fiction, non-fiction, and shows having to do with HCI (RUR to I Robot). In short, culture pervades the 2 volumes, without there being a special entry on "Culture". I rather like it this way, for reasons noted in the 1st para. YMMV 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 _____________________________________________________________________

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Fwd: [icie] scientific positions at salzburg university
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi(a)amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de> > Date: October 12, 2004 3:24:23 AM EDT > To: views(a)waoe.org > Subject: [icie] scientific positions at salzburg university > > Dear colleagues, > > The Center for Advanced Studies in Information and Communication > Technologies & Society (ICT&S) at The University of Salzburg, Austria, > is > offering two scientific positions to engage in academic research and > training. > > Areas of work: Internet and Society; in particular, > > for the first position, Foundations of Information Science, e.g., > > · Unified Theory of Information, > > · Theory of Evolutionary Systems (self-organization), > > · Cognitive Science, > > · Biosemiotics; > > for the second position, Information Society Theory, e.g., > > · Science of Collective Intelligence, > > · Global Brain Theory, > > · Studies in Sustainable Development, > > · Cultural Studies, > > · Sociocybernetics > > Tasks: To assist with working independently on university level > research; > developing and completing third-party-funded research projects; > organizing > conferences; co-supervising students > > Intended start date: Immediately > Length of employment: 4 years > Number of hours expected to work per week: 24 > > Necessary qualifications: A completed post-graduate degree either in > philosophy, physics, biology, psychology (or another science study for > the > first position) or in sociology, economics, political science, > cultural or > communication science (or another study in social science or humanities > for the second position) > > Additional qualifications desired: An understanding of Systems and > Evolution Theories (self-organization); A strong interest in > interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary scientific research; A > positive > attitude towards the overall shaping and designing of technology; > Practical project experience > > Personal characteristics desired: Demonstrated ability and willingness > to > work as a member of a team; Flexible, dynamic and able to work under > pressure and with limited time frames; Professional knowledge of at > least > one official European Union language (i.e. English, French) > > For more information, please look at > http://www.sbg.ac.at/aktuelles/stellen/ or call: +43/662 8044/4802. > -- > > With regards, > Arun > > To remove yourself from this list, send the message unsubscribe > waoe-views to majordomo(a)lists.pdx.edu > or for assistance e-mail owner-waoe-views(a)lists.pdx.edu > Web archives of list messages: http://www.lists.pdx.edu/waoe-views > WAOE Home: http://www.waoe.org > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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e-social science conference announcement
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

>> 1St International Society on e-Social Science >> >> University of Manchester, UK >> >> 22nd - 24th July 2004 >> >> website - www.ncess.ac.uk > The vision of the 'Grid' first emerged as a solution to the highly > specialised computing infrastructure requirements of particle physics. > The past five years, however, have seen the Grid's potential > recognised by the wider scientific research community and the > emergence of new forms of research practice now encapsulated in the > notion of 'e-Science' > > Now, members of the social science research community in the UK and > elsewhere are beginning to explore how they can use the Grid and to > explore the prospects for 'e-Social Science'. This year, for example, > has seen the creation in the UK of the National Centre for e-Social > Science (NCeSS). > > The opportunities presented by the Grid for social science research > are numerous and intriguing. The Grid will make it possible for new > computational tools to be brought to bear on a diverse range of social > science research problems; it will make established social science > datasets more readily accessible and easier to integrate; it will make > feasible the collection and management new kinds of data on an > unprecedented scale. Beyond enhancing existing research methods, > however, e-Social Science also brings with it the prospect of > articulating a radically new research agenda and encouraging the > formation of new forms of research community. > > Realising the full potential for e-Social Science will be a major > challenge and calls for a major collaborative effort from social > scientists and Grid developers. As a contribution to meeting this > challenge, NCeSS is very pleased to announce the first international > conference on e-Social Science. > > We invite contributions from members of the social science and Grid > research communities with experience of - or interests in - exploring, > developing and applying e-Social Science research methods, practices, > tools and technologies. > > Submission categories include: long and short papers, posters, > workshops and tutorials. > > Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: > > Enhancing existing research methods > Novel research methods > Challenges of large scale collaborative research > Experience of e-Science and e-Socal Science practice > Research ethics > Socio-technical issues in the development of e-Social Science > Standards for metadata, ontologies, annotation, curation, etc > Middleware for data collection, sharing and integration > Tools for data mining, visualisation, modelling and collaborative > research > Usability issues in tools and middleware > > > Details of submission formats and deadlines will be announced shortly. > The conference mailing list can be found at - > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/E-SOCIAL-SCIENCE-NEWS > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > This is the full transcript from the website but please feel free to > edit the text as you see fit. > > Best wishes > Gillian Sinclair > > > Dr Gillian Sinclair > Programme Manager > National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) > University of Manchester > Zochonis Building > Oxford Road > Manchester > UK > M13 9PL > > Tel: 0161 276 8234 > Email: gillian.sinclair(a)ncess.ac.uk > Website: http://www.ncess.ac.uk > News mailing list: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/E-SOCIAL-SCIENCE-NEWS

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