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second Yale ISP / IJCLP writing competition announcement: deadline February 1, 2005
by Rotenberg, Boris 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

http://www.ijclp.org http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/writingcompetition.html The Yale Law School Information Society Project ( ISP ), The Yale Journal of Law & Technology (YJoLT) and the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy ( IJCLP ) are pleased to announce their second interdisciplinary writing competition and a call for papers in conjunction with The Global Flow of Information Conference taking place on April 1-3, 2005 at Yale Law School. We invite students, scholars, policy makers, activists and practitioners to submit papers for the writing competition and/or for publication by YJoLT/IJCLP. Conference Description Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping globalization. Today individuals, groups, countries, and international organizations are trying to promote and control the flow of different kinds of information across national borders— information ranging from intellectual property and scientific research to political discourse, brand names and cultural symbols. And digitally networked environments subject information to ever new methods of distribution and manipulation. Fights over information flow are going to help define who holds power in the global information economy. The groundbreaking conference on Global Flows of Information, will explore these emerging patterns of information flow, and their political, economic, social, and cultural consequences. We will be looking at the following key questions in six different contexts: (1) governance; (2) economics; (3) culture; (4) politics; (5) science; (6) warfare: Can the flow of information across borders be controlled? If so, how? Whose interests are going to be affected by flows of information across borders? Who will be empowered and who will lose influence and authority? What role can or should law play in securing freedoms, rights, and democratic accountability as individuals, groups, and nations struggle over control of information flows? What lessons can we learn about how to regulate information flow from past experience with other kinds of flow across borders— for example, flows of goods, services, people, and capital? For a full conference description, list of speakers, schedule, and resources, please visit the Yale ISP web site ( http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ ). Writing Competition Submissions for the writing competition must be received by noon EST, February 1st, 2005. The author of the best paper, as well as two runners-up will be invited to present their work at a panel during the conference. The author of the winning paper will receive coverage of his/her travel to and accommodations at Yale University for the conference. Selected papers will be announced by March 1st, 2005. The authors of the award-winning papers will automatically be invited to publish their work in special Fall 2005 volumes of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology (http://yjolt.org) and the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy ( http://www.ijclp.org ) devoted to the conference topic. Journal Publication Submissions for publication must be received by noon EST, May 1st, 2005 . The selection committee, composed of the editorial boards of YJoLT and IJCLP, will review and consider all submissions for publication in the special Fall Volume 2005 of the journals, including submissions for the writing competition. Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 1st, 2005. The journals reserve the right to decide which journal will publish which work, based on the journals' respective audiences and editorial expertise. Submission Guidelines All submissions should be written in English in .doc or .pdf format. They should conform to academic citation standards, be no longer than 25,000 words, and include an abstract of up to 250 words. Submissions should be e-mailed simultaneously to Simone Bonetti (simo.bonetti(a)tiscalinet.it) and Boris Rotenberg (boris_rotenberg(a)yahoo.it) lead editors IJCLP; as well as to Lawrence Cogswell (lawrence.cogswell(a)yale.edu) Editor-in-Chief, YJoLT. Inquiries may be addressed to any of the above.

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Call for Papers for International Symposium on Online Journalism
by jeremy hunsinger 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

> 2005 Call for Papers for International Symposium on Online Journalism > April 8-9, Austin, Texas > Submit Today! > Deadline: February 11, 2005 > > For the second year, the International Symposium on Online Journalism > will > include presentations of original research into online journalism. All > presentations will take place on the second day of the conference. The > first > day is devoted to presentations and panels of online journalism > professionals. > Prior symposia have included representatives of the NYTimes.com, > MSNBC.com and > WashingtonPost.com. > > Deadlines for papers or three-page abstracts: February 11, 2005. > > Submission requirements: Academic papers should present original > research into > any aspect on online journalism including, but not limited to, changes > in news > content and presentation, business models for online journalism, > shifting roles > of journalists and readers, and the legal and ethical implications of > globally > accessible journalism. > > Papers should not have been published or presented at a prior > conference. If a > completed paper is not yet available, please submit a three-page > abstract > including details on research questions and methodology. Papers should > be > completed by time of the conference. All submissions will undergo a > blind > review. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 28, 2005. > All > submissions should be made electronically to: onlinesymp(a)yahoo.com. > More information and instructions available at: > http://journalism.utexas.edu/onlinejournalism/05callforpapers.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 Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Cybersafety Conference - call for papers
by Vicki Nash 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Dear Colleagues, The Oxford Internet Institute is issuing a Call for Papers for a major conference in 2005 on the value choices and conflicts surrounding cybersafety in a converged world. Abstracts should be submitted to cybersafety(a)oii.ox.ac.uk by March 11th 2005. For further information please see our website at <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/cybersafety> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/cybersafety best wishes Vicki Nash Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>

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Collaborative online dictionaries (etc.)
by Lauren Squires 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Sincerest apologies if this has gone out before; I seem to be having trouble getting it to go through. Dear AoIRers, I'm working on a project looking at open content/collaborative reference sites, namely English-language dictionaries, such as Urban Dictionary and Wiktionary. Two questions: 1. Does anyone know of other such online dictionaries, which allow users themselves to define the entries? (I've googled fruitlessly.) 2. Does anyone have any references (articles, chapters, etc.) about collaborative reference projects? More specifically about the possibilities they pose for "democratization" (buzzword) of knowledge/language? I can take responses off-list. Thanks, Lauren ps - If there's something I'm missing here about the difference between "collaborative," "open content," and "wiki" (aside from the fact that the latter is branded), I'd also be grateful for terminological clarification! ---- Lauren Squires Linguistics Program University of Virginia *** http://polyglotconspiracy.net

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future of online media
by Philipp Budka 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

Hi all, Take a fascinating look into the future of online media and journalism: http://www.letitblog.com/epic/ "In the year 2014, The New York Times has gone offline." cheers, Philipp -- Philipp Budka philbu(a)gmx.net Rustengasse 5/10 A-1150 Wien, Austria http://www.philbu.net http://www.lateinamerika-studien.at -- NEU +++ DSL Komplett von GMX +++ http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl GMX DSL-Netzanschluss + Tarif zum superg�nstigen Komplett-Preis!

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folder and file names as direct speech
by David Palfreyman 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hi all, In recent weeks I've noticed an interesting phenomenon on our large and volatile university shared drive (a "scratch" drive accessible to all faculty and students, which is wiped clean once a week). Students are using folder names and file names as public announcements. For example, a student might put a folder on the scratch drive called "Last Samurai here plz", asking any student who has the film to upload it to there for her to copy. There's one today called "plzzzz we need the new version of adobe photoshop". There's also a folder called "movies", containing (among other things) a text file with the following name: "can u put ur requests in this (Text document and not folders) cuz we dont know which folder contains something or not and have to enter each ONE.txt" People also use the drive for backing up their data for short periods (e.g. for transfer between computers); last week I found a folder on the scratch drive called "Please don't touch my documents". Of course I opened it :-) and found just one subfolder called "I'm warning you". Opening that I got a single subsubfolder called "Shame on you", and within that was one called "everything", which contained the student's data. Do institutions in other parts of the world have a drive like this? Do similar things happen there? David Palfreyman Dubai :-D

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cfp: blogtalk in Sydney
by Adrian Miles 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Please feel free to redistribute: Call for Papers BlogTalk Downunder Sydney, 20 & 21 May, 2005 An official call for papers that address any of the conference themes, but not restricted to these, is announced. Papers are welcomed from academics or practitioners across all levels and disciplines. Early career researchers and students are also encouraged to submit abstracts for papers. Suggested conference themes: Weblogs in education Weblogs in language & literacy Weblog application tools / software Weblogs in organisations Weblogs as a medium: genres, styles, aesthetics, discourse etc Weblogs in social studies Weblogs in journalism Weblogs in cultural studies Weblogs in political arenas Weblogs & technologies – RSS, graph theory, network mapping Weblogs and knowledge management Emergent trends – including moblogging, audio-blogging, vlogs Future issues Abstracts of no more than 500 words are required in Word format – emailed to: Anne.Bartlett-Bragg(a)uts.edu.au Please include: Your name Position Institution or Organisation email contact URL (if relevant) Acknowledgement will be sent via email within 48 hours of receipt. Key Dates: Submission of abstracts 31 January, 2005 Paper acceptance 28 February, 2005 Final versions of papers 31 March, 2005 Final Papers: Final papers are due by 31 March, 2005. A maximum of 3,000 words. Paper presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion. All papers accepted will be blind refereed by 3 people and eligible for DEST. Workshop Sessions: Submissions to conduct a half-day (3 hour) workshop are also welcomed. A detailed outline, including objectives and topics to be covered, will be reviewed by the organising committee. Participant attendance will be at additional cost to conference registration. Costs of the workshop and fees will be negotiated with presenters. cheers Adrian Miles +++++++++++++++++++++ http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

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JoDI (V5i4): Social Aspects of Digital Information in Perspective
by Cunliffe D J (Comp) 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Colleagues, I thought that this announcement might be of interest to people on this list, but might not be widely disseminated - apologies for cross-postings. Daniel. Journal of Digital Information announces A SPECIAL ISSUE on Social Aspects of Digital Information in Perspective (Volume 5, issue 4, December 2004) Special issue Editors: Roberta Lamb and Susan Johnson, University of Hawaii, Manoa From the special issue editorial: "This special issue showcases a series of studies that are guided by the methods and perspectives of Social Informatics. This line of inquiry extends a research stream of the late Rob Kling, a pioneer in social informatics studies who strived for over 30 years to make social issues central to discussions about computing and information systems. "Within the past decade, social informatics research has grown to encompass a widening and interdisciplinary interest in studies that carefully examine the ways in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) are bound up in everyday social and organizational structures. It draws researchers who focus on the inter-relationships among people, their institutional and cultural contexts, and their uses of ICTs. This focus on 'ICT use in context' diverts some attention from the task at hand to pay more careful attention to the power relations that shape the task and the setting, as well as the roles of the social actors who use ICTs to perform their situated tasks. "For this inaugural theme issue, we were particularly interested in presenting empirical examinations of ICTs that carefully depict and theorize about the cumulative influences of local histories on ICT use, with emphasis on the everyday aspects of living with digital information in the home, in the workplace, in research labs, in public places, and other social settings. We know that for many readers the contents of this issue will be very different from the types of articles they usually find in JoDI, but we hope this will be a welcome change. We feel it is very important to present theoretically guided examinations of everyday encounters with digital information to balance the more prevalent business-centric concerns and technology-focused projections about Information Society futures. "Although the studies in this issue cover a wide range of topics, they share basic concepts that guide social informatics studies: - Digital exchanges shape and are shaped by community interaction. - History and context matter. - Shifts in identity accompany the use of new digital information technologies. - Going online precipitates unexpected social, economic and political outcomes." http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i03/editorial/ The issue includes the following papers: H. Ekbia, R. Kling (October 2004) How IT Mediates Organizations: Enron and The California Energy Crisis http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i04/Ekbia/ P. McLean, S. Johnson (October 2004) How Oke-Ogun Crosses the Digital Divide - Study of a Nigerian Rural Development Project http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i04/McLean/ M. Raisinghani, A. Benoit, J. Ding, M. Gomez, K. Gupta, V. Gusila, D. Power, O. Schmedding (August 2004) Ambient Intelligence: Changing forms of human-computer interaction and their influence on people and organizational environments http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i04/Raisinghani/ K. Stam, J. Stanton, I. Guzman (October 2004) Employee Resistance to Information Technology Change in a Social Service Agency: A Membership Category Approach http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i04/Stam/ Editor's note. One further paper (Klashner) will be added to this issue and will appear in due course in the issue listing http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/?vol=5&iss=4 It will also be included in the announcement for the next issue of JoDI. -- The Journal of Digital Information is a peer-reviewed electronic journal published only via the Web. JoDI is currently free to users thanks to support from the British Computer Society and Oxford University Press http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/

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Oxford Summer Doctoral Programme Moves to China - Application Now Open
by Vicki Nash 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Dear Colleague, The Oxford Internet Institute is pleased to announce that the application process for our next Summer Doctoral Programme is now open. The 2005 programme will take place in the city of Beijing, China between the 7th and 21st July 2005. The programme will focus on the increasingly multilingual, multicultural character of the Internet and Web, particularly with the rapidly growing prominence of Asia, and China, in this global network of information, communication, services and technologies. Further information regarding the programme and details on how to apply, are now available on our website. Please see: <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp. If you have any further queries please email <mailto:sdp@oii.ox.ac.uk> sdp(a)oii.ox.ac.uk. Kind regards, Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>

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Fwd: [isworld] Workshop on Human and Social Factors of Software Engineering
by jeremy hunsinger 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

>> HSSE 2005- Workshop on Human and Social Factors of Software >> Engineering >> http://bigfoot.uib.no/HSSE/ >> St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 16th 2005 >> >> To be held in conjunction with 27th International Conference on >> Software >> Engineering >> http://www.cs.wustl.edu/icse05/Home/ >> >> >> ABOUT THE WORKSHOP >> ---------------------------------- >> To make the social and human factors of software engineering more >> explicit, >> the Workshop "Human and social factors of software engineering" >> focuses on >> the human communication and the social environment of software >> developers. >> Including and combining approaches of software engineering with social >> science, the workshop will systematize the relevant factors. The >> workshop >> looks at software engineering from a perspective of agile methods and >> communication theory in order to point out solutions and conditions >> for >> human-centred software engineering processes. The workshop aims to >> provide >> a >> forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest >> developments >> in the areas of social science, knowledge engineering and software >> engineering approaches. The workshop originated in order to provide a >> forum >> in which the latest developments in the field of human centered >> software >> engineering could be discussed. >> >> TOPICS >> ---------- >> . Social science approaches to software engineering >> . Practices for knowledge dissemination in software engineering teams >> . Knowledge reuse in software engineering projects >> . Interaction tracing during software development processes >> . Communication architectures for advanced collaboration support of >> developer teams >> . Human and social factors in agile methods >> >> CONFERENCE VENUE >> ------------------------------ >> See ICSE web page: http://www.cs.wustl.edu/icse05/Home/ >> >> PAPER SUBMISSION >> ---------------------------- >> We accept position papers (maximum 3 pages) or full papers (maximum 7 >> pages) >> describing on-going or finished research. The papers must be in ACM >> 2-column >> format (see >> http://www.cs.wustl.edu/icse05/Submissions/PaperFormat.shtml) >> Papers need to be submitted online as PDF (see >> http://www.cs.wustl.edu/icse05/Submissions/Submissions.shtml) >> >> PROCEEDINGS >> -------------------- >> The proceedings will be published in the ACM digital library. >> >> IMPORTANT DATES >> ---------------------------- >> . February 21, 2005 - Paper submission deadline >> . March 21, 2005 - Notification of acceptance >> . April 04, 2004 - Camera-ready deadline >> . May 16, 2005 - Workshop at the ICSE 2005 >> >> LANGUAGE >> ---------------- >> The official language of the conference is English >> >> Organizing Committee: >> ------------------------- >> Michael John, Fraunhofer FIRST, Michael.john(a)first.fraunhofer.de >> Bjørnar Tessem , University of Bergen; bjornar.tessem(a)uib.no >> Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, frank.maurer(a)cpsc.ucalgary.ca >> >> >> The ISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information > Systems (http://www.aisnet.org) To unsubscribe, redirect, or change > subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are > subscribed to isworld as: f.land(a)lse.ac.uk. Each Sender assumes > responsibility that his or her message conforms to the ISWorld LISTSERV > policy and conditions of use available at > http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm. >> > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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