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Call for Papers, Computer Mediated Technologies Special Issue
by Mark D. Johns 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

The Iowa Journal of Communication, an award-winning regional journal in the U.S., issues a Call for Papers for a special issue on Computer Mediated Technologies: The Iowa Journal of Communication announces a 2005 special issue on internet communication, guest edited by Mark Johns. Manuscripts should be received no later than January 30, 2005. Computer-mediated technologies (CMTs) are no longer the province of "techies," but have become everyday means of social interaction in our society. This interdisciplinary issue welcomes research on the impact CMTs have had in daily communication among family members and coworkers, colleagues and competitors, friends and strangers. Papers investigating how individuals communicate with one another through email, community mailing lists (listservs or USENET), instant messaging, weblogs, MUDs and MOOs, game environments, and other online venues will be considered. The issue will particularly focus on issues arising for researchers in effectively and ethically studying online communication, therefore papers dealing specifically with these "meta-research" issues, and papers suggesting particularly innovative adaptations of traditional research methods to the CMT settings are especially welcomed. We welcome submissions from researchers in a variety of areas. Any manuscripts not accepted for the special issue will be considered for the general issue of the journal. The IJC follows a policy of blind review so no author identification should appear in the body of the manuscript. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages and should include a title page that includes author(s) name, academic position, institutional affiliation, full address, telephone number, email address and brief author bio. An abstract of not more than 150 words should accompany the paper. All submissions must conform to the most current edition of the APA. Queries and manuscript submissions should be sent electronically to: Kimberly A. Powell, Editor, Iowa Journal of Communication, powellki(a)luther.edu. ------ Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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[ACA-L:2226] A CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS (fwd)
by Lois Ann Scheidt 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

I apologize for crossposting. Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP Doctoral Student School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:13:13 -0600 From: "Tyrone L. Adams, Ph.D." <tyadams(a)louisiana.edu> Reply-To: aca-l(a)listproc.appstate.edu To: aca-l(a)listproc.appstate.edu Subject: [ACA-L:2226] A CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS A CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: ELECTRONIC TRIBES: INTERPERSONAL, SMALL-GROUP, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND CULTURAL COMMUNICATION ON THE INTERNET A collection of essays on the human tendency toward online tribalism. Collected and Edited by: Tyrone L. Adams University of Louisiana at Lafayette & Stephen A. Smith University of Arkansas What does it mean to be in a tribe? How does one create a shared identity with a tribe? What are the aspects of tribalism? Furthermore, does online discourse amplify or alter the realities of tribal instinct? Electronic Tribes: Interpersonal, Small-group, Organizational, and Cultural Communication on the Internet is a foray into the psyche of the human mind and how it functions in several online communication contexts. This collection of essays makes the argument that humanity only has the capacity to think and communicate within the parameters of its biological and nurtured tribal instincts. The co-editors of Electronic Tribes are now in the solicitation stage of abstracts, outlines, or finished essays which relate to the theme of online tribalism. All work must conform to the American Psychological Association's style guide (4th Edition), and must be no longer than 25 pages double-spaced, including references. Please place all inquiries and submissions to Tyrone L. Adams (tyadams(a)louisiana.edu) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. To date, no agreement has been reached with a publisher. However, a working prospectus document is in production. -- Tyrone L. Adams, Ph.D. Richard D'Aquin Associate Professor of Journalism Department of Communication University of Louisiana at Lafayette http://comm.louisiana.edu/ P.O. Box 43650 Lafayette, LA USA 70504 Phone: 337.482.6077

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All of you are going to love this.
by Sandeep Krishnamurthy 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

http://scholar.google.com "Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research." Check it out. Best, Sandeep Home Page: http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep Publications: http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/d/publist3.htm Blog: http://sandeepworld.blogspot.com/ Class blog: http://searchweb.blogspot.com

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Social networking software - Spoke, LinkedIn, etc.
by Julia Maintz 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hi all, I am looking for papers on social networking software like Spoke, LinkedIn, ZeroDegrees, VisiblePath in the context of epistemic communities and communities of practice, especially for recommendable methods to study their use. Hints would be much appreciated, best regards, Julia Julia Maintz Research Fellow Socio-Economics of Space (SECONS) University of Bonn, Germany maintz(a)giub.uni-bonn.de www.giub.uni-bonn.de/grabher ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 100MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de

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Cyber Selves
by radhika＠cyberdiva.org 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

radhika has sent you the following message and Web page to visit: fyi CYBER SELVES: FEMINIST ETHNOGRAPHIES OF SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN By Radhika Gajjala(Bowling Green State University) In her new book Gajjala examines online community formations and subjectivities that are produced at the intersection of technologies and globalization. She describes the process of designing and building cyberfeminist webs for South Asian women's communities, the generation of feminist cyber(auto)ethnographies, and offers a third-world critique of cyberfeminism. She ultimately views virtual communities as imbedded in real life communities and contexts, with human costs. The online discussions are visible, textual records of the discourses that circulate within real life communities. Her methodology involves a form of "cyberethnography," which explores the dialogic and disruptive possibilities of the virtual medium and of hypertext. Gajjala's work addresses the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of the Internet communication explosion. This book will be a valuable reference for those with an interest in cultural studies, feminist studies, and new technologies. http://altamirapress.com/ISBN/0759106924

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Fwd: 2nd CFP: Digital Multimedia Perception and Design
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: Sherry Chen <Sherry.Chen(a)BRUNEL.AC.UK> > Date: November 18, 2004 9:18:59 AM EST > To: WEB-RESEARCH-UK(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: 2nd CFP: Digital Multimedia Perception and Design > Reply-To: Web Research UK <WEB-RESEARCH-UK(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > > > ***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** > ======================================= > > Digital Multimedia Perception and Design > >> A book edited by Dr. George Ghinea and Dr. Sherry Y. Chen, Brunel >> University, UK >> Introduction >> Multimedia is an interdisciplinary, application-oriented technology >> that capitalises on the multi-sensory nature of humans and the >> ability of computers to store, manipulate and convey non-numerical >> information such as video, graphics, and audio in addition to >> numerical and textual information. Multimedia has the intrinsic goal >> of improving the effectiveness of computer-to-human interaction and, >> ultimately, of human-to-human communication. >> >> Whilst the HCI community looks predominantly at the application layer >> and the telecommunications community at the lower end of the ISO OSI >> stack, little work has been published in bridging the gap between >> these two communities. Indeed, the human element is often neglected >> in Quality of Service negotiation protocols. Not only does this have >> a negative and undesirable impact on the user> '> s experience of >> multimedia, it also discards the potential for more economical >> resource allocation strategies. With the proliferation of ubiquitous >> multimedia in predominantly bandwidth-constrained environments, more >> research is needed towards integrating and mapping perceptual >> considerations across the protocol stack and building truly >> end-to-end multimedia communication solutions. >> >> The Overall Objective of the Book >> The proposed book aims to provide a comprehensive review of >> state-of-the-art in the area of perception-based multimedia design, >> covering both theories and applications in areas such as virtual >> reality, multi-sensory based computing, ubiquitous communications, >> personalization and adaptation according to user perceptual needs. >> The book will cover many issues in the field, providing insight into >> analytical and architectural aspects of perception-based multimedia >> systems, as well as applications in real world settings. >> >> The Target Audience >> The book will be useful to professionals and academic researchers >> working in various areas, such as multimedia telecommunications, >> web-based technologies, human-computer interaction, virtual reality, >> content infrastructure, customisation and personalization. Moreover, >> it will provide a source of reference and a guide for students >> working on relevant projects. >> >> Topics of interest may focus on, but are not restricted to: >> * The influence of task, context and device on perceived >> multimedia quality >> * Perceptual and emotional impact of varying multimedia >> quality >> * Integrating haptics and olfaction in multimedia systems >> * Physiological and visual monitoring of human indicators >> in multimedia systems >> * The impact of cognitive styles and strategies on >> multimedia perception >> * Perceptual requirements of virtual reality systems >> * Adaptation and Personalisation of multimedia content >> according to perceptual needs >> * Perceptual multimedia communications in ubiquitous >> environments >> * End-to-end communication architectures incorporating >> perceptual requirements >> >> Submission Procedure >> Researchers and practitioners are invited to send on or before >> January 3, 2005, a completed author form with a 600-800 word >> manuscript proposal organized in sections as follows: aim, main >> methodology, results, and significance of the contribution. Authors >> of accepted proposals will be notified by January 17, 2005 about the >> status of their proposals and be sent chapter organizational >> guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 14, >> 2005. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a blind review >> basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc., >> www.idea-group.com, publisher of the > "> Idea Group Publishing,> "> >> > "> Information Science Publishing,> "> and > "> IRM Press> "> >> imprints. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded > electronically >> (MS-Word document format or RTF) to the editors. >> >> Editors of the book >> >> Dr. George Ghinea >> School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics >> Brunel University >> Uxbridge, Middlesex >> UB8 3PH, U.K. >> Email: George.Ghinea(a)brunel.ac.uk >> Tel: +44 (0) 1895 266033 >> URL: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~csstggg2/ >> >> Dr. Sherry Y. Chen >> School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics >> Brunel University >> Uxbridge, Middlesex >> UB8 3PH, UK >> Email: Sherry.Chen(a)brunel.ac.uk >> Tel: +44 (0) 1895 266023 >> URL: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~csstsyc/ >> >> >> > <<authors_form.doc>> > 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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6th Digital Government Conference convenes in Atlanta, May 16-18, 2005
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

> Hello, all: > > Please excuse the duplication if you see this elsewhere - and please do > forward it to colleagues and government IT workers who may be > interested. > > : : : The 6th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH > -- EMERGING TRENDS : : : > > http://dgrc.org/dgo2005 > > The National Science Foundation and the Digital Government Research > Center (DGRC) invite you to attend dg.o2005, the 6th annual National > Conference on Digital Government Research, May 16 – 18, 2005, in > Atlanta, Georgia. The conference also serves as the annual meeting for > all NSF digital government researchers. This year, we focus on: > > • the nature of digital government research as a new interdisciplinary > field that spans computer science and social science > • the breadth and depth of current digital government projects > • the unique partnership of university researchers and government > partners > • outcomes and impacts of digital government research in the public > sector > > Digital government research is interdisciplinary and multi-sector, with > a focus on research at the intersections of computer and information > sciences, social, political, and behavioral sciences, and the problems > and missions of government agencies. Digital government research > addresses problems in government in all sectors and at any scale -- > local, regional, national, and transnational. We invite researchers in > relevant disciplines, government agency representatives, policy > specialists, industry experts, and members of the public to attend and > participate in the many activities of this conference. > > : : The dg.o2005 Conference > > The 2005 National Conference on Digital Government Research includes > paper sessions, panels, demonstrations and poster sessions, and field > trips. The 2005 conference continues its tradition of showcasing > exemplary NSF digital government research projects through the project > highlights presentations. It continues the Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, > which promote informal discussions on emerging digital government > topics. The conference also includes a student-led mini-conference > featuring research papers authored solely by students and reviewed by a > student program committee. > > : : New this year for dg.o: > > · The dg.o conference is co-located with the IEEE International > Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, to be held May 19 > -- 20, 2005 (IEEE-ISI 2005, see http://www.ecom.arizona.edu/ISI/) > > · Tutorials on a range of topics in the digital government field > will be offered Sunday May 15 and Wednesday afternoon, May 18. > > · The conference proceedings will appear in the ACM Digital > Library, one of the major venues for computer science research. > > · An international workshop will take place on Wednesday > afternoon, May 18 > > To submit research papers, demonstrations, project highlights, posters, > or birds-of-a-feather proposals, please see > the dg.o 2005 Call for Papers, http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/papers . > > For registration and venue information, see the conference website, > http://dgrc.org/dgo2005 . > > If you know of colleagues who would be interested in the broad, > multidisciplinary and growing field of Digital Government research, > please > forward this announcement to them. > > To keep current on dg.o2005 and all facets of Digital Government, > please subscribe > to dgOnline, the Monthly Newsletter of Digital Government Research: > http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/dgonline > > ____________________________________ > ::::..... Mack Reed, Communications Manager > ::::..... Digital Government Research Center > ::::..... USC Information Sciences Institute > ::::..... 310.448.8494 ... mack(a)isi.edu > ____________________________________ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Democracies Online Research Network - DO-Research(a)yahoogroups.com > - Posts may only be forwarded with the author's express permission > and information about this private invite-only forum removed. > - Each member shall post at least twice a year or be removed > > To unsubscribe: do-research-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/do-research/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > do-research-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > 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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Fwd: [CSL]: Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

this seems to be a good start:) http://scholar.google.com/scholar? hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22association+of+internet+researchers%22&btnG=Sear ch Begin forwarded message: > From: J Armitage <j.armitage(a)UNN.AC.UK> > Date: November 18, 2004 7:45:34 AM EST > To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [CSL]: Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars > Reply-To: Interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society > <CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > > [Hi all, Google Scholar is actually up and running already. It is > here: http://scholar.google.com/ John] > > November 18, 2004 > > Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars > > By JOHN MARKOFF > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/technology/18google.html? > oref=login&th > > > > The New York Times > > > > > > > AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 - Google Inc. plans to announce on Thursday that it is adding a new search service aimed at scientists and academic researchers. > > Google Scholar, which was scheduled to go online Wednesday evening at > scholar.google.com, is a result of the company's collaboration with a > number of scientific and academic publishers and is intended as a > first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like > peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports. > > Google executives declined to say how many additional documents and > books had been indexed and made searchable through the service. While > the great majority of recent scholarly papers and periodicals are > indexed on the Web, many have not been easily accessible to the > public. > > The engineer who led the project, Anurag Acharya, said the company > had received broad cooperation from academic, scientific and technical > publishers like the Association of Computing Machinery, Nature, the > Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Online > Computer Library Center. > > The new Google service, which includes a listing of scientific > citations as well as ways to find materials at libraries that are not > online, will not initially include the text advertisements that are > shown on standard pages for Google search results. > > However, company executives say it is likely that advertisements will > eventually accompany search results on Google Scholar. One academic > publishing executive, John Sack, director of HighWire Press at > Stanford University, said that such advertising could be quite > profitable. > > "The commercial reason for doing this is that you can target areas > with high-quality, high-payback ads," Mr. Sack said. "An advertisement > that goes next to an article on cloning techniques is probably going > to be for services that are pretty expensive." > > Mr. Acharya, who started the Google Scholar project, said his > motivation, in part, had been a desire to help the academic community > from which Google emerged. > > "Google as a company has greatly benefited from academic research and > this is one of the ways we can give back to the community," he said. > > The project was also an effort, said Mr. Acharya, 39, to address a > problem he confronted as an undergraduate in India. As a student he > found materials in his college library, at times, to be significantly > out of date. > > Google Scholar will make the world's scientific literature > universally accessible, he said. > > "We don't know where the next breakthrough will come from," he said. > "We want everyone to be able to stand on the shoulders of giants." > > "Google's scientific search service is a significant step forward," > said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchWatchEngine, an online > newsletter. He was quick to add, however, that Google was certain to > have competition soon from Yahoo and others. > > "We will continue to see an explosion of vertical search engines like > this," he said of search services that focus on special collections. > > Google Scholar is another reflection of changing habits in the > academic world, said Mr. Sack of HighWire Press. In the past decade, > students and researchers have begun to go to online search engines > first. > > > > > > *********************************************************************** > ************* Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a > moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the > interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its > manifestations.To join the list please visit: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html > *********************************************************************** > ************** > 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 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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Ron Rice elected ICA prexy
by Barry Wellman 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

I'm deleted to announce that Ron Rice has been elected President of the International COmmunication Association. He takes office at the 5/05 AGM in NYC, and serves as program chair for the ICA's 2006 Dresden conference. That I'm sending this announcement to three lists gives some indication of the breadth -- and immense productivity -- of Ron's work. Although a thoroughgoing communications guy, his work has been informed by sociology and by social network analysis. I remember when I edited Connections (the social networks informal journal) 20+ years ago, we were filled with abstracts of Ron's work as a grad student (with the late Ev Rogers) and then as a faculty member. The productivity has continued unabated, and the wisdom has only increased. Ron recently moved to an endowed chair in Communication at the U of Cal. Santa Barbara. 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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Carl Couch student award call
by Mark D. Johns 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

The award call below is open to students, both graduate and undergraduate, of all disciplines. Please share it with your students or your student peers. CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2005 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, IA, Chair Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase, New York Dr. Jodi O'Brien, Seattle University Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2005 International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the A.o.I.R. conference, October 5-9, 2005. Applicants should send a copy of their paper electronically to Mark D. Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu . Application deadline is May 1, 2005. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu

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